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Roger's PlayStation Games Blog October 2005 Archive

By Roger Altizer, About.com Guide to PlayStation Games since 2004

China taking steps to help MMORPG videogame addicts

Friday October 28, 2005
China is testing a system that would limit players to 5 hours of online gaming. The system kick in after 3 hours of play, at that time the character's attributes ... Read More

PSP Giga Pack goes on sale in November

Thursday October 27, 2005
For those of you who have not yet purchased a PSP, your procrastination may have paid off. According to Gaming Age, starting in November, and only for the holiday season, ... Read More

Best PSP gift ever? The PSP solar panel may be it

Wednesday October 26, 2005
Aside from the hilarious mistranslations on this Hong Kong based site, the product is clever. A solar panel for the PSP is supposed to be able to charge it, rain ... Read More

Want the inside scoop on the upcoming Metal Gear games? Check out Hideo Kojima's Blog

Tuesday October 25, 2005
Hideo Kojima is one of the geniuses of videogame design. One only needs to look at the depth of the Metal Gear series to realize that this guy knows gaming. ... Read More

X-Men Legends 2: Rise of the Apocalypse Review - PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC

Monday October 24, 2005
X-Men Legends II is not only a solid action RPG, but X-Men fans will be left speechless by the attention to detail and all the wonderful unlockable X-goodies. Fun game ... Read More

Big, bulky and beautiful, the 4 gig Datel PSP Hard Drive has arrived

Wednesday October 19, 2005
The good folk over at Lik Sang have gotten their hands on the soon to be released Datel 4 gig PSP hard drive and extended battery. It looks a little ... Read More

Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland soundtrack songs list

Wednesday October 19, 2005
Skaters, both real and virtual, rejoice. Not only will Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland look and play good, but it will sound good as well. Check out the songlist, featuring Green ... Read More

Indigo Prophecy Review - PS2, Xbox, PC

Tuesday October 18, 2005
Indigo Prophecy attempts to revive the psycho-thriller RPG genre. There are new twists, mini-games and movie-style cinematography, but the slow, deliberate pace is back. Think of it as an American ... Read More

Sonic the Hedgehog - PlayStation 3 (PS3), Xbox 360 Screenshots

Monday October 17, 2005
Sonic the Hedgehog is ready to bring his fast and frantic action to the PS3 and Xbox 360. These screenshots are from the Tokyo Game Show and have Sonic showing ... Read More

Playstation, BMX, Motocross, Skateboarding... does it get any better?

Sunday October 16, 2005
About.com's Skateboarding Guide, Steve Cave, has the news on the Dew's latest action sports event, PlayStation Pro.

Metal Gear Solid 4 (MGS4) PlayStation 3 (PS3) screenshots and details of the new MGS games

Thursday October 13, 2005
There is no doubt that Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 is going to be a massive hit. Here we have MGS4 screenshots from the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) as well ... Read More

Early PS3 Screenshots: The Getaway, Heavenly Sword, I-8, Ni-Oh, Tekken PS3, Vision GT

Wednesday October 12, 2005
Well, due to much clamoring, I've decided to post more PS3 screenshots. While these are not final screens, they are very cool and hopefully give us a taste of what ... Read More

Ultimate Spiderman Review

Tuesday October 11, 2005
Ultimate Spider-Man has emerged as king of the superhero hill. Amazing comic-inking (new cel-shading), solid story line, killer gameplay and outstanding animation leave gamers begging for more. This could mark ... Read More

Ultimate Spider-Man Videogame Screenshots

Monday October 10, 2005
With the glut of gorgeous superhero videogames out there it isn't easy to consider one game better than all, but the Amazing Spider-Man is truly amazing in the Ultimate Spider-Man ... Read More

First malicious PSP crack/trojan

Saturday October 8, 2005
Hackers/Crackers have created the first malicious PSP trojan. This trojan, when downloaded, takes advantage of the PSP's picture viewing ability and deletes four key directories, rendering the PSP unusable. The ... Read More

Ultimate Spiderman Released on PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and PC

Friday October 7, 2005
Folks can now take on the role of Marvel's Spider-Man, the world's most famous Super Hero, and his arch-nemesis Venom with the release of Activision's newest entry in the Spider-Man ... Read More

We Love Katamari desktop buddy

Wednesday October 5, 2005
As if We Love Katamari the game wasn't enough of a gift in and of itself, now you can enjoy the madness on your PC. The We Love Katamari website ... Read More

New study: special computer games can help kids learn to pay attention

Tuesday October 4, 2005
According to the CBC, a new study states using special computer games helped healthy six-year-olds train their brains to pay attention, but other scientists said it's not clear whether the ... Read More

Sony and Blu-Ray attack Microsoft and the HD DVD camp, Microsoft fires back

Monday October 3, 2005
According to Slashdot Microsoft is calling Sony to the mat over their Blu-Ray disk comments. Microsoft claims that the 30 gig HD DVD disks can readily be produced and are ... Read More

Sony to place the PSP and PS3 at the center of the company's focus

Monday October 3, 2005
At a recent conference in Tokyo, Sony CEO Howard Stinger announced that Sony would be going through a major reorganization due to smaller electronics firms chipping away at their market. ... Read More

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