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Canon 60D or Nikon D7000: A Filmmaker’s Decision part 2

April 29, 2011May 18, 2012 kingpinlei DSLR, DSLR video, filmmaker decision, high ISO test, in depth, Nikon, Nikon D7000, review5 Comments

Nikon was the first camera company to enable HD video recording on their D90 DSLR in 2008 and thus ushered in the ensuing frenzy that took hold of the video world. For once in the history of video cameras, there was now a sub-$7000 camera that shot 720p 24fps HD video on a sensor that dwarfed even broadcast cameras, but as well allowed people to interchange and use the seemingly endless variety of DSLR lenses! It was the independent filmmaker’s dream come true. Thus the HD-DSLRs were born.

ASUS Eee Slate EP121 review

April 28, 2011April 29, 2011 Doug Groves Asus, Asus review, Core i5, EEE Slate, EP 121, EP121, Intel, multitouch, Photoshop, review, Sketchbook Pro, stylus, Wacom, Windows 7, Windows tablet4 Comments

Eschewing the more common convertible notebook design and going full on slate with both multitouch and Wacom digitizer is something new for Asus and the PC industry in general. It’s clear that such decisions are driven more by the consumer market that convertible makes have been targeting in the past. We had a couple of weeks to put the EP121 through its paces, and have come away suitably impressed.

Portal 2: 60 dollars well earned

April 25, 2011April 26, 2011 Wesley Fok GlaDOS, PC gaming, Portal, Portal 2, PS3, review, Steam, Valve, Xbox 3601 Comment

I don’t have much to say about Portal 2 for two reasons. First, posting spoilers for the game just feels like a bad idea. Letting you in on some of the gags or the overall trajectory of the plot would be criminal, so much so that even the requisite spoiler warning doesn’t feel like enough protection.

Hanna film review

April 19, 2011April 19, 2011 Peter Brunton Film, Hanna, Joe Wright, review0 comment

Hanna. An original thriller by Seth Lochhead, and directed by Joe Wright. Not exactly household names; this is Lochhead’s first film, and whilst Wright has a substantial number of titles under his belt, he’s hardly known for action movies. His biggest previous success? Pride & Prejudice. Yeah.

Homefront: Thanks for playing our demo

March 24, 2011March 26, 2011 Wesley Fok Dear Game Diary, Homefront, PC gaming, PS3, review, THQ, Xbox 3602 Comments

Spoiler warning: Plot spoilers for Homefront. All four hours of it. Though I would love to expect a higher level of emotional engagement with my video games, when it comes to military-style first-person shooters, I don’t ask for much—probably because they almost always fail to deliver. You run through a bunch of corridors, shoot a bunch of dudes, pick up some new guns with one of seventeen different scopes, hit a slow-motion sequence, feel like a bad-ass. I’ve just distilled the essence of every modern Call of Duty game into…

Windows Phone 7 Day to Day

March 22, 2011March 23, 2011 Doug Groves LG, LG Optimus 7, LG Quantum, Live, review, smartphone, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, WP7, Xbox Live4 Comments

Just a week or two before the launch of Windows Phone 7, my old phone did a nosedive onto a tiled floor. Not just a drop mind you, but a slow motion flung through the air and land screen first about 10 feet away from me drop. Though I had to cover the screen with cellophane to avoid dislodging glass shards, it wasn’t a permanent solution. That’s when I decided to give Windows Phone 7 a try…

Acer Liquid mt (Metal) on Rogers review

March 15, 2011March 19, 2011 Doug Groves Acer, Android, Android 2.2, Breeze UI, google, Liquid Metal, Liquid mt, review, Roger, smartphone0 comment

Over the past couple of years, Android has managed to not only grow, but thrive. Google’s phone OS is now the best selling smartphone OS in the US, and shows no signs of slowing down. With this growth, it’s not surprising that manufacturers of all stripes are trying to establish a name in the smartphone market, as the category shows nothing but growth for the foreseeable future. This is where Acer comes in.

Dragon Age 2: Dragon Harder

March 14, 2011March 15, 2011 Wesley Fok Bioware, Dragon Age 2, EA, PC gaming, PS3, review, Xbox 3601 Comment

I’ve poured almost thirty hours into Dragon Age 2 since its release less than a week ago, and in that time I’ve been slowly getting a handle on what exactly I like and don’t like about the game. Narrative concerns I will probably leave for another day, but there were a few things I noticed:

Killzone 3 review: Another Take

March 11, 2011March 12, 2011 David Doel Guerilla Games, Helghast, Killzone 3, multiplayer, PS3, PSN, review, Sony1 Comment

The instant I triggered Killzone 3’s ending cinematic I literally said “Thank ****ing GAWD” out loud. Killzone 3 is like an abusive loved one with deep-seeded issues. There are those moments where you’re having fun with them, moments where you feel sorry for them, and then moments where they make you so angry that you just want to hit them over the head with a baseball bat.

SteelSeries Siberia V2 USB headset review

March 10, 2011March 10, 2011 Doug Groves audio, headset, mic, review, Siberia V2, Steelseries3 Comments

When the SteelSeries Siberia V2 headset arrived at the studio, I was looking forward to seeing what changes they had made, as I was already using the original Sibera as my PC gaming headset of choice. Fortunately, there were very few major changes, but the one big update to the line was most welcome.

Killzone 3: The Glorious Fruits of Our Land

March 9, 2011April 1, 2011 Wesley Fok Dear Game Diary, Guerrilla Gardening, Killzone 3, PS3, PSN, review, Sony1 Comment

The standard review approach for Killzone 2, Guerilla Games’ showcase PS3-exclusive first-person shooter, focused on judging its merits in comparison to landmark Xbox 360 shooters like Call of Duty and Halo. The latter comparison was especially enticing—clash of the console-exclusive titans! Take that approach to its logical conclusion and you end up with the majority opinion about the game: graphically impressive and plenty of fun, but occasionally marred by poor design decisions…

Bulletstorm review – FPS meets arcade fun

February 25, 2011September 26, 2012 Doug Groves Arcade, Bulletstorm, EA, epic games, FPS, PC gaming, People Can Fly, PS3, PSN, review, Xbox 360, Xbox Live3 Comments

Bulletstorm is a breath of fresh air for FPS games. The Duty Calls parody ad, complete with in-game cries of “boring” was a statement on the state of modern shooters, as if each were as serious a look at war as Platoon, Band of Brothers or Generation Kill. Of course, this Tom Clancyesque style of fiction has as much in common with reality as Plan B’s magical super subs, but that’s another story. Eschewing the gritty ‘realism’ of modern shooters for over the top science fiction is only the beginning,…