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Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP Coming End of 2010
Now that Monster Hunter Tri has been out for the Wii long enough to reach the West, Capcom reveals the third PSP game will be coming out sometime towards the end of this year 2010.
It looks as if it won’t be simply a port of the Wii version either…
- The home town of “Yukumo” has a greater Far East atmosphere (mostly Japanese).
- You can now take two Felynes with you in single player mode.
- There’s a new monster resembling a bear.
- New environments.
Seems Capcom’s Group CEO, Kazuo Hirai’s 16 year old son is quite a fan of the game too and has been asking him when a new game was going to come out!
Students and Teachers Excluded from Free MS Office 2010 Upgrade
Remember that little leak from an Microsoft blog about how people who buy Office 2007 can get a free upgrade to the 2010 version?
Well, it’s officially revealed now but unfortunately, teachers and students who purchase the software at a discount price over the next few months won’t be eligible. Shame.
Otherwise, if you’re paying the full price which can be range between an RRP of £110 – £600, you are eligible for a free download if you activate the software between now and 30th September.
Picking Earphones and Speakers, A Guide to Better Audio
I’ve read, experimented and learned a lot about audio since upgrading my home speaker setup to a surround sound one and I thought I would share the information I’ve gathered so that more people can enjoy their favourite music (and perhaps movies too) at its best.
I’ve tried to keep all the technical details to a minimum as best as I could and highlighted the key details that should help you understand why you might want to invest in some more expensive equipment. Any audio enthusiasts who read this and would like to make some comments, feel free to enlighten me if anything doesn’t read right.
Three things contribute to the sound quality of your music…
- The source of the music.
- The quality of your listening equipment e.g. earphones, headphones or speakers.
- The quality of the output signal from your music player.
Nokia 5800 Review, GPS Navigation and Internet on a Smartphone
Decided to replace my current mobile with a smartphone because I thought internet on the move and GPS would come in handy when scouting for new places for the odd photo stroll or good spots for practising my photography. However, I didn’t want to pay the price of a laptop for say the HTCs or an iPhone so I decided to try the Nokia 5800 instead.
The following also looks at internet usage and GPS navigation on mobile phones just for anyone curious about how it all works and how well it works.
Persona 3 Portable Official Fanbook
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Not really much to do with the fanbook but…
Just in case anyone’s been wondering why the Japanese gave the P3P Heroine the unofficial name “Hamuko”, Kita-san kindly explained that it maybe because in Atlus’ TGS2009 trailer, they named her as “主人 公子” instead of “主人公” (which I think is most likely a typo). If you take “公子” then read the “公” as if it’s Katakana, you get “ハム” thus the unofficial name “ハムこ” ^^;
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Well, every Persona fans should know about the fanbooks that get released by now. Despite being the third remake of Persona 3, the PSP Portable version has also been given its own fanbook – With a nice group illustration for the cover too.
You can view Kita-san’s preview of it at his blog. The layout and contents appear to be very similar – Photos used for the background and lots of text only this time, the character profiles are laid out like a blog. Highlights of the 192 page B5 size book are…
- Concept art including early boxart designs.
- Musical score sheet of the original P3 opening “Burn My Dread” and ending “Memories of You”.
- Original short story and comic.
- Persona Music Live 2009 coverage.
- Interviews with the directors, sound producer and voice actors.
- Fold-out poster.
Play-Asia doesn’t seem to stock it at the moment but you can always import from HMV Japan too or if you’re in the UK, try Otaku.co.uk.
As cute as the Heroine is (or MShe, Minako as fans call her), I think one P3 fanbook’s enough for me, though ^^;
So can we expect some P3P drama CDs, Atlus?
