You have the Come Dine With Me book and CD, why not grab the app? You plan your own party, send invites, select your menu from a hundred recipes, post scores on Facebook and listen to Dave Lamb quotes. The app is available now from the iTunes store for £1.79 which doesn’t seem bad for a hundred recipes. All the user reviews seem to be obsessed with Dave Lamb quotes though. If you do get invited to a dinner party and your host starts guffawing while playing sarcastic quips down your eyes you do have permission to show them the back of your hand.
If you have played the recent demo for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit you are no doubt chomping at the bit to get the full game and get speeding down the highways. Now there is still two weeks till the blockbuster racer hits the shelves, but you can get your fix of car chase action through a fun new video series produced to tie-in with the game featuring Roll Deep, purveyors of some of the catchiest songs of the year, and former Stig Ben Collins. Check out the teaser below and we’ll be back on Monday with the full action packed video. How much do you wish you had one of those cars?
ORIGINAL STORY: Kinect is out across America and millions are jumping around their rooms and learning some brilliant dance moves to show off at the clubs, but what is the that massive camera up to while you play? RumblePackNZ has made this great video in which he films the Kinect at work through some Infrared goggles. The highly anticipated piece of kit comes to the UK on Wednesday November 10th, are you ready to go controller free?
Battery. Anyone with an Android phone will relate to the dreadful battery life on the vast majority of the handsets. Sony Ericcson’s flagship device the X10 has a myriad of battery issues, illustrated with a quick search for ‘X10 battery life‘ You’ll be lucky to get a full day of use out of the phone before you need to connect it to a power supply. Internet browsing and apps seem to be the main culprits, throw in some fancy games and your phone will be dead before lunchtime. The solution? Time to invest in nuclear powered batteries or keep simple games on the phone, and more power hungry blockbusters on a separate dedicated device.
Warning, there will be spoilers for Heavy Rain. If you haven’t played it yet, run!
Anyone that has played through Heavy Rain will have noticed that a pretty major plot point is never explained – Ethan’s blackouts. Sony recently posted a new video on the American PlayStation Store showing off some content that was cut from the game, and a very strange explanation for the blackouts. I feel that cutting this explanation was a good thing as it seems a bit silly in the context of the game – and it also shows that David Cage still seems obsessed with cramming in fantastical elements into his games. There is also a deleted scene featuring the Killer and some interesting gameplay mechanics that were removed from Madison’s playable sections. If you don’t have an American PSN account you can see the clip below, credit to SolidusDave for uploading it to YouTube. Video is after the jump as there is a major spoiler in the thumbnail!
