Wednesday 29 July 2009

Sony reveals new motion controller

As you may of heard Sony are releasing a new line up of devices for the Sony Playstation 3 and could possibly be shipped with the Sony Playstation 3 Slim and Playstation 3 lite models due for release before the years end. Anyway here is a clip from the E3 showing off the new Sony motion controller.



As you can see this is much like Microsoft’s Project Natal which is a controllerless motion sensor device, things should get interesting later this year as to who will win the crown for best new device, you can expect this to hit the shelves in time for Xmas 2009.

Monday 20 July 2009

Zevs - “Liquidated Logos” @ Art Statements Gallery (Hong Kong)



AM stopped by Zevs’ “Liquidated Logos” exhibition at the Art Statements Gallery in Hong Kong to bring you an exclusive first look at this wild show. The French street artist known for “flipping the script” on world renowned brands such as Coca-Cola and Chanel, broadened his scope to include fashion icon Louis Vuitton. Using his trademark technique of “liquidation,” Zev showed the trendy residents of Hong Kong his reinterpretation of Murakami x Louis Vuitton’s famous “multi colore” pattern among one of many iconic logos he has “liquidated”.

It seems fitting that the gallery is located in the very fashion conscious “Central” shopping district as Zev could easily share his “urban tastes” with the high end shops in the area. So easy in fact, Zev got hauled off by the local authorities for “vandalism” after being reported by the local hipsters (reported). Check out all the pics from the show after the jump.

Monday 13 July 2009

Getting Started with VID Zone





Learn how to find your favourite artists and create playlists with the free music video application on PS3.

Once you’ve downloaded the VidZone application from PlayStation Store, an icon will appear under Music on the PS3 Home Menu (XMB); from then on, selecting this will open VidZone, providing access to a world of free music videos.

The first thing you will see is the Homepage, where you can use the left and right directional buttons on the Wireless Controller to browse through a selection of preset playlists. These are chosen and updated by VidZone every week and are based on most-viewed videos or certain themes, genres or eras.

You can select any of these with the X button and it will be added to your Now Playing list, which is like an ongoing playlist, allowing you to queue videos to play easily and quickly. At any time, you can press the SELECT button to enable or disable full-screen mode; the R1 and L1 buttons to skip to the next and previous tracks; the R2 and L2 buttons to fast-forward and rewind; and the START button to pause the current video.

Searching

As long as you aren’t in full-screen mode you can perform a search based on the name of the video, the name of the artist or the genre. Use the scrolling text bar to enter your search term and press the X button to check the results. Once you’ve highlighted the video you’re looking for, you can press the Square button to play it now, the X button to add it to Now Playing, or the Triangle button to bring up a list of options, such as adding it to one of your Playlists.

The Related Videos option in the main menu is useful if you’re enjoying the video currently playing and would like to see others by that artist or of a similar style. Simply select Related Videos to scroll through and play them there and then and add them to Now Playing or one of your Playlists.

Creating Playlists

VidZone allows you to create as many Playlists as you like, with no limit to how many videos you can add, and it’s really easy to do.

Select Playlists from the main menu, followed by my Playlists; this is where your party soundtracks and chill-out collections will appear, but as you haven’t created any yet, select New Playlist to get started.

First, give it a name and a description, then select Save Playlist to return to the My Playlists menu. From now, you can select any track in the Search menu and add it to any of your saved Playlists using the Triangle button. It’s as easy as that!

Remote Play for PSP

Whenever you have access to a Wireless Internet connection you can access the entire VidZone service on the move, using Remote Play for PSP.

First, make sure your PS3 and PSP systems are set up for Remote Play using the relevant guide on eu.playstation.com. Then it’s simply a case of selecting VidZone as you would if you were on your PS3 at home; the applications features and controls are also exactly the same.

Hopefully, with this guide you can start enjoying all of the great music videos and features VidZone has to offer in no time. If you’d like further information on this great application, or a more in-depth explanation of Remote Play for PSP, check out the related articles on eu.playstation.com.

Thursday 2 July 2009

Phillips sold their soul for 50 cents

In quite possibly the worst hip hop tune to ever be made coming out of the 50 Cent camp Phillips shamelessly collaborated with the jumped up loser by allowing him to use there superb Clown Video Viral. (See Below)



I don’t really know who is to blame here for the shocking collaboration, has the credit crunch hit Phillips so hard that they asked to be a major part of this super crap music video to sell more TV’s or was 50 pence trying to get more record sales by trying to piggy back off of what was until now a very good TV Product Campaign.

Seriously I sat and my desk and was a little bit sick in my mouth at how awful and disgusting this video is….. and the song is not even worthy to touch anyone’s eardrums.


I don’t normally rant about these things but I think the combination of Sun Stroke and 2 pints of cider at lunch has got me riled. The vile video is below





PS, Best part of the video is 2:39 in when quite possibly the worlds biggest ‘arse is revealed.