Here’s Johnny!!!!

After being out in the wilderness for forty days and nights, I have returned to the fold.  Blogging will resume as normal. IE Spurts of extreme activity followed by long gaps of nothing.   
However there is a light at the end of the tunnel.  I’ve recently purchased a spanky new macbook, which will help facilitate the blogging process.  So hang in there. In the works are articles about my experience as a new apple user, and of course there’ll be the usual dross, such as reports of famous crusty plonker Jeff Minter ranting about no one liking his new game Space Giraffe. Awww. 
So strap yourself in and get ready for some sporadic and mediocre journalism.I know I’m excited too! 
Big Red 

Bungie split from Microsoft is Official. “It’s not you it’s me”

It’s been on the rumour circuit for quit a while now that Bungie, the developers of the cash cow Halo, have been talking about splitting with Microsoft.  The alleged reason cited were Bungies unhappiness with the uniquely Halo direction Microsoft were pushing them  Most of us in the know have been taking the rumours with a pinch of salt.  After all, Microsoft without Bungie is like love without laughter and tears without tissues.

However,  the unthinkable has happened.  In a press release today Microsoft and Bungie say that they are to split company, and that Bungie will become an independent company.  The Beast will still maintain a share in Bungie, and will also retain and invest in the rights to Halo.   As Shane Kim, head of Microsoft Game Studios, said in a statement. “While we are supporting Bungie’s desire to return to its independent roots, we will continue to invest in our ‘Halo’ entertainment property with Bungie and other partners,”

So what does this mean? Could we be seeing Halo on the PS3?   This hack says it’s highly unlikely.  But perhaps some heavily networked focused multiplayer could well be on the cards for the victorian waffle owners.  

Unlock your iPhone at your peril!!

Be afraid, be very afraid.  The usually jovial  apple, has issues a dire warning to consumers not to unlock their iPhones, as this may result in permanent inoperability. Gasp!

Besides destroying it, unlocking the iPhone also has the effect of allowing the user to subscribe to non authorised telecom networks.  Even more exciting, unlocked phones can have additional homegrown functionality such as the extra wallpapers and ringtones.

Apple intends to update the software regularly, and these updates will might kill the deregulated phone.  You’ve been warned, your unlocked iPhone is nothing but a ticking timebomb in your pocket. 

Kah- Blooie!