Month: June 2005

  • Hleb signs for Arsenal

    Arsenal.com reports that Alexander Hleb has signed for Arsenal in a deal that could rise to €15 million. The Belarussian midfielder arrives from VfB Stuttgart. The move is dependant on Hleb passing a medical and obtaining a work permit. It is not clear where Arsène will play Hleb. He may continue his role on the…

  • AnandTech compares the XBox 360 and the PS3

    Anandtech have a discussion comparing the XBox 360 with the PS3 (mentioned by Major Nelson). The article is quite lengthy, and goes into some detail on the comparisons between the two consoles. They think that it will take some time for developers to take advantage of the two different architectures. This means shifting to true…

  • Arsenal news – Draft fixtures list, transfer speculation, new kit

    Arsenal.com have details of the draft fixture list for next season. It hardly seems like the last season is over, and already we’re talking about the next one! The season kicks off with a home game against Newcastle, and finishes with a home game against newly-promoted Wigan. The Gunners cross London for their second match,…

  • Come fly with me…

    Last Saturday I had my first introductory flying lesson with Sky Trace flying school, based in Weston Aerodrome in west Dublin. The weather was lovely, with little wind and only the occaisonal cloud to spoil the sunny morning. Since it was to be the first flight of the day, my instructor Augustin showed me all…

  • NVIDIA technology licensed by Microsoft for XBox 360 to assist backwards compatibility

    Eurogamer are reporting that Microsoft have licenced technology from NVIDIA to assist with backwards compatibility for the XBox 360. Since the original XBox used an NVIDIA GPU, while the XBox 360 uses an ATI chipset, this was always going to be one of the main problems in getting backwards compatibility to work. Microsoft seem to…

  • Major Nelson tries out Halo 2 on an Xbox 360

    HBO reports that Major Nelson has tried out Halo 2 on an XBox 360 – and he couldn’t tell the difference 🙂 The man himself talks about it on his blogcast of the 12th of June.

  • Robin van Persie held by Dutch police

    Robin van Persie faces a further two weeks in custody with the Dutch police as they investigate rape allegations against the Arsenal player. He was arrested last weekend and detained while the investigation progresses. So far Arsenal have refused to make any official comment. Dutch police can potentially hold him for a further three months…

  • Liverpool will defend their Champions League title next season

    UEFA have relented and are allowing Liverpool to defend their Champions League title next season. Liverpool will have to go through all the qualifying rounds, and will not be restricted from potentially playing against other Premiership sides. UEFA have also changed the Champions League rules so that in the event of a similar situation arising…

  • HBO’s Halo Cutscene Library complete

    Louis Wu has finished putting up all the Halo cutscenes into their Halo Cutscene Library. If you get all the hi-res QuickTime versions, you’re looking at 37 files totalling 387 MB! I’m planning at some stage in the medium future to revamp my Halo Screensaver so that it can use playlists of files, so that…

  • Halo movie details

    The ongoing rumours of a Halo movie have been vindicated with the news that Microsoft have distributed a script for a Halo movie to several Hollywood studios. The scripts were delivered by couriers rigged out in full Master Chief armour, no doubt provided by Nightmare Armour. The script has been penned by Alex Garland who…