allistonmedia

2010-11-13T10:30:00.002Z

New Back to the Future game due in December!

More info here:

http://www.telltalegames.com/bttf

Logitech unveils Google TV boxes

2010-10-07T17:57:00.004+01:00

More details here http://bit.ly/9SsPg3

Awesome street art from Banksy

2010-09-07T15:57:00.005+01:00

More here (scroll right)

Improve your gaming accuracy?

2010-09-01T12:44:00.003+01:00

Just spotted these game controller add-ons, there are some for racing games too. Look pretty interesting, wonder how comfortable they are to use tho'?

More info: http://www.kontrolfreek.com/

New Xbox 360 controller

2010-09-01T09:10:00.002+01:00

Major Nelson unveils new Xbox 360 controller
http://bit.ly/dsu3hE

Not sure about the grey buttons when most games rely on the colours?

Trackmania Nations Forever

2010-06-15T12:37:00.005+01:00

Just thought I'd share this excellent free multiplayer racing game.
It's extremely polished and a lot of fun.
Home page here
Or download here

The Summer of C64!

2010-05-28T17:53:00.005+01:00

I've decided to put together another totally free C64 chip tune album; as per the previous one, this is a collection of tunes from the HVSC that I've converted to MP3 and edited slightly.

The theme, as you can probably tell, is Summer; I picked the tunes by looking up some of the top Summer songs from various lists around the internets and threw in a few of my own favourites. It's quite a mixed bag and hopefully should be a lot of fun.

You can download the full album here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?anemmygwng3

Or individual tracks here:
http://www.box.net/shared/nkdfnf29kn

Copyright for all the tracks belong to the original author/owner.

Comments are welcome, thank you.

Tiger Woods Online

2010-04-06T20:48:00.003+01:00

Free online golf game from EA: http://tigerwoodsonline.ea.com/

It's put together in the same style as Battlefield Heroes, meaning you can purchase upgrades etc and various courses if you wish.

PS3 Update will drop Linux capability

2010-03-30T19:13:00.002+01:00

The PS3 Firmware 3.21 Update, due for release April 1, 2010, will remove the “Install Other OS” functionality from all existing PS3 systems—even ones predating the current PS3 Slim, more details here

If you like Typography

2010-03-24T07:57:00.003Z

Check out http://friendsoftype.com/

Inspirational Type.

Commodore making a comeback!?

2010-03-20T08:11:00.004Z

Commodore USA are producing a new computer much in the style of the old C64 or Amiga computers where everything is self-contained under the keyboard.

From the tech' spec' it seems like a very capable machine.
The store officially launches June 1st; no prices have been announced so far.

Check out the homepage here: http://www.commodoreusa.net/index.html

Michael Jackson's Thriller and Smooth Criminal 8bit chiptune remixes

2010-03-18T17:27:00.008Z

Just found these awesome 8-bit chiptune remixes of Michael Jackson's Thriller and Smooth Criminal on youtube:

Thriller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM31lsU0Gpc
Smooth Criminal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F3n43xc29c

You can find the artist's home page here: http://www.myspace.com/saitone

Daow!

Easy way to create a .ICO icon file

2010-03-18T14:18:00.009Z

To create a quick .ico file (windows icon format), use this excellent free online tool here: http://converticon.com/

The utility supports GIF, PNG, JPEG and other file types.
Once you click 'Get Started' don't forget to choose your filetype.

It exports to various default sizes.

More info on the .ICO format here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(file_format)

Interactive 26 Gigapixel Image of Paris

2010-03-17T09:54:00.004Z

Amazing interactive 26 gigapixel image of paris:

http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html

You may want to disable the sound (see the navigation bar at the bottom left).
Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out.

Online ZX Spectrum Emulator

2010-03-12T15:47:00.003Z

Just discovered this excellent online ZX Spectrum Emulator: http://zxspectrum.net

Complete with plenty of games to play including Manic Miner! (you can find it under 1983).

The emulator is Java-based which you should have installed but if not you can get it here

Free SNOW screensaver

2009-12-16T14:00:00.013Z

As it's snowing outside today I decided to put together a quick SNOW screensaver.

You can download the installer here
This screen saver is free and will always remain free.

The AM logo is not visible on the screensaver, just the snow.

The screensaver requires the Flash plug-in to be installed (you will most likely already have this).
This should work with all versions of Windows from 95 and up. I've only tested it using Windows Vista and XP.

To change settings (time before it starts), either go to your start menu and click Control Panel then search for "screensaver", or right click on your desktop and select 'Personalise' (in Vista), or I think it's 'Properties' in XP?

To uninstall open your Control Panel and choose 'Uninstall a program' (Vista), or I think it's 'Add/Remove Programs' in XP?

This has only been tested on a 16:10 screen so if you are experiencing problems (like loosing the edge of the background etc.), on a 4:3 screen please let me know and I'll try to fix it.

A C64 Christmas!

2009-11-14T09:00:00.017Z

Being a fan of chip tunes I've stumbled across several 8-bit Xmas albums on the net featuring chip versions of well known Christmas songs. As it's getting close to that time of the year I decided to put together a collection of festive Commodore 64 SID tunes from the HVSC.

The tunes have been converted to MP3 and edited slightly; you can download the collection here
You can download the songs individually or download the two ZIP files to get the whole album

I've also recently moved the collection to SoundCloud, you can also download the tracks there.

If it proves popular I may put together a few more collections; perhaps some using different hardware. Any suggestions are welcome, thanks.

Duplicate shortcut not working in Illustrator CS4?

2009-11-11T09:02:00.002Z

Just come across this and found a quick solution.

I've used Illustrator for years and very often I'd 'alt drag' an object to copy it, then I'd use 'ctrl+d' (or Apple(cmd)+d on Mac), to duplicate my last action; very useful for creating a series of objects following a path.

For some reason this shortcut no longer works; I couldn't even find the 'Duplicate' option in the menu.

The fix is to 'alt drag' your object as you would normally; then, in this order, use:

'ctrl+c',
'ctrl+f',
then 'ctrl+d'

(Mac users swap the Apple (cmd) key in place of ctrl).

eBay: change Best Match to Time Ending Soonest

2009-10-19T07:50:00.001+01:00

I don't know about you, but since eBay changed the search defaults to Best Match I've found searching for items pretty annoying.

To change the search defaults from Best Match to Time Ending Soonest follow these steps:

1. search for an item as you would normally

2. at the top of the search results in the bar where it lists View As: or Sort By: there is another option that reads [ customize view ], click on this.

3. a small menu will appear titled Customize your search, from this menu there is an option on the right titled Advanced Options, click on this.

4. from these options you can now change Sort order in Search and Sort order in Browse by clicking on the down menus and selecting Time: ending soonest; once done click Apply changes, and you're done.

Hope this is of use to anyone, comments are welcome, thank you.