…but does this seem right to you?

I spent yesterday afternoon building a shelf with Donny - major thanks there, dude… couldn’t have done it without you. I stained it today and will put a satin varnish on it tomorrow and mount it on the back wall of our lounge room.

On the other side of the room, I’ve rearranged the equipment stands to create a lower, more balanced look. The TV will be going to Giz and Kym on Thursday and is being replaced with a very sexy 1080p projector (which is having trouble displaying 1080p at the moment, but I think that’s a bad cable to blame).

I’ve only played this game for a couple of hours in total, but I knew I was going to love it when a citizen that was trying to thank me for rescuing her was being drowned out by the dying screams of a guard whom I’d just stabbed in the stomach.

Laugh? I nearly died.

A guy hated his animation class, and this was the final project he created in protest. I find it screamingly funny, and I can’t explain why.

from Cartoon Brew.

The latest firmware for the PS3 is just about to arrive, with DivX support so I won’t have to transcode any video from Channel BT.

GT5:Prologue was released in Japan this week, not coming until March in the US and elsewhere…

LittleBigPlanet now delayed until Sept/Oct 2008…

WTS: PS3

WTB: Xbox 360

…for the link to the review of the final cut of Blade Runner. I have the Blu-Ray collector’s box on the way. Can’t wait!

I read an article yesterday which claimed that Warner was looking to drop one of its high-definition formats depending on which performs better this Christmas, Blu-Ray or HD-DVD (currently Warner is one of the few studios that supports both formats). I already had the Blade Runner box set pre-ordered, and upon reading this I added Corpse Bride and The Shining to the list.

The PlayStation3 has Blu-Ray built-in, and uses the format for games and movies. The Xbox 360, conversely, has an HD-DVD player available as an add-on and ships games on DVD. Experience would suggest that the PS3 will help push Blu-Ray over the holidays, especially with the recent price cut, and it also comes with a free movie in Europe, Japan and the US. The PS2 was credited with pushing DVD into millions of households when it launched, but DVD had nothing to compete against. It could still go either way, and digital downloads are waiting in the wings to cause mischief, but I don’t see downloading high-def films working in this country with our appalling broadband.

I was doing some searching for an HDMI-DVI adapter to hook the PS3 up to my LCD monitor, and found that Dick Smith are selling Monster HDMI cables for $300 for a 1.5 metre length.

People, that’s a horrific ripoff. You can buy a cable - even in expensive stores - for $40 or less and being digital, it either works or it doesn’t. Anybody telling you otherwise has shares in Monster.

…and sometimes the bear eats you.

I just cancelled my order for Rock Band. There are supply issues, there are issues with broken hardware and I’m low on funds. It just seems better to give up on it and have another look at it in a few months time, say March or April. Kind of ironic that the game I bought the PS3 for isn’t exciting me anymore.