Internet – Page 14 – Iain Douglas Stewart

Xbox 360 dashboard – Versatile but messy

By Iain 18 November 2009Films/TV, Internet, Music, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

You may have heard that the Xbox 360 has recently had lots of Web 2.0 functionality added. My initial reaction to it all is that the dashboard is so cluttered now! My Community, separate Music and Video Marketplaces (why would anyone want to download music videos to their 360 when they can most likely watch them for free on Youtube?),…

Halo 2 screenshots

By Iain 30 September 2009Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

That piece the other day reminded me of all those screenshots we took of Halo 2 years ago. They used to be up on the gallery that was integrated into our old phpBB2 forum, but I have them saved and would like to try and reproduce them here for you now. Bear in mind, with no screenshot feature in Halo 2 these were photographs of a TV screen taken by Orca.

CAUTION! There are 37 thumbnails!

Halo 3 screenshots

By Iain 26 September 2009Internet, VideogamesNo Comments

Yes, I know I'm very late on this subject, but playing with the screenshot mode on Halo 3: ODST has made me remember that I'd like to talk about this. The entire Theatre mode of Halo 3 was an absolute genius masterstroke. Given the amount of people who use the internet as well as play games on their consoles, it…

Poopgang no more

By Iain 7 September 2009InternetNo Comments

Sillysprout has decided to close Poopgang. The exact reasons are complex, but the basic jist is that some members weren't happy at the level of administration being done by the man in green, so Aneurin demanded that Sprout handed control of the forum over to him or he'd take half the community elsewhere. Sprouty declined, citing that they were not…

Normal service is resumed

By Iain 16 March 2009Internet, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

The Broadband is installed and working! Forum spambot deletion and weekly LOLcat posting will resume. I may even do some more blog posts, if you're lucky. No Xbox Live just yet though, as the main "internet" is downstairs, and we're connecting to it on our PC upstairs via a Wireless USB thingy. We just need to drill some holes in…

Moving is so stressful!

By Iain 27 February 2009Internet, ReflectionsNo Comments

We're not quite still living out of cardboard boxes, but there are an awful lot of them around still! Shouldn't be too bad when we get some storage, and there's plenty of room in the loft for stuff we rarely use... So we should be OK. The cats are settling in well, still terrified of the baby though! They'll be…