Ciarán Walsh

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  • Liverpool win Champions League Final

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    Liverpool last night won the Champions League Final in a penalty shootout with AC Milan. It was a thrilling game, with AC Milan dominating the first half, scoring inside the first minute, and then twice more to leave the score 3 – 0 at half time. Then Rafa Benitez changed his formation and brought on…

  • Ars Technica discusses details of the XBox 360’s Xenon processor

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    Major Nelson points out this article on Ars Technica that delves into the innards of the Xenon processor which will power the XBox 360. The article talks mainly about procedural synthesis, which is essentially using the CPU to generate vertex data for the GPU in real-time based on higher-level descriptions of objects that take up…

  • Halo 3 vs PS3 – perhaps not

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    HBO reports that Robbie Bach, Chief XBox Officer, has contradicted Bill Gates’ claim that the Playstation 3 will run into Halo 3 when the PS3 is launched next year. I liked this quote in particular from Robbie: With all respect to Bill, I don’t run Bungie’s studio, and neither does he.

  • Xbox360.com has been updated

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    The Xbox 360 web site has been updated. The interface is now more interactive and encourages you to explore and experiment. Among the things that you can find include downloadable images of the console and the controller, as well as other promotional images. More interestingly there is a new video segment featuring J Allard that…

  • Neon lightsynth to be included in XBox 360

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    The XBox 360 is to include the Neon lightsynth from Llamasoft – a name which might be familiar to gamers who grew up in the 1980s 🙂 I believe that we got a preview of this in the MTV special, where there were large screens behind the bands that played in the show, and these…

  • Arsenal win the FA Cup 5-4 on penalties

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    Arsenal became the first team ever to win the FA Cup via a penalty shoot-out yesterday in Cardiff. Manchester United dominated the match and had several attempts on goal, including one put in the back of the net by Rio Ferdinand that was ruled outside. But for Jens Lehmann’s goalkeeping and a last-gasp goal-line header…

  • Star Wars: Episode III

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    I saw Star Wars: Episode III last night, and I came away having enjoyed it more than I expected to. After the disappointment of Episodes I and II, I had set my expectations fairly low for Episode III. Now, in some respects, I was right – the dialogue is rubbish, some of the acting is…

  • XBox 360 backward compatibility will not require re-compilation

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    According to Major Nelson, the backwards compatibility for the XBox 360 will not require re-compilation, nor will it require purchasing a new version of the games. Apparently the goal is that every XBox game will work on XBox 360. What this says to me is that backwards compatibility will be implemented through emulation. Now, they…

  • Red vs Blue – Season 3 comes to an end

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    Red vs Blue bring Season 3 to an end with Episode 57. Finally they use a feature from Halo 2 multi-player that I have been waiting for them to take advantage of. For you non-sponsors, hang in there, it’s worth the wait 🙂 I miss the fact that sponsoring doesn’t entitle you to a free…

  • Playstation 3 details announced at E3

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    The Playstation 3 details have been announced at Sony’s press conference at the E3 expo. You can see the details for yourself over at Eurogamer. However, two items in the specs caught my attention. First, this: Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2) Why would the PS3 need…