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This Is Sparta ! Back Again !

Yep. My little trip into romanian mountains is over. Enough relaxation! Now getting back to work. So, the website needs some updates… Hmm. Let’s start with some tribute/fun/fan movies for 300. Click Read More for some other remixes. This is Spartaaaaaaaaaaa!
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This is Sparta!
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Extended Warranty Or Lingering Death ?

Today, Microsoft just announced oficially: Xbox 360 consoles warranty will be extended from 2 years to 3 years. I’m actually amazed by this announcement. I was hoping for an announcement that they found a way to fix their consoles. I was hoping to recall the series that seem to have manufacture issues. I was crying for some hardware sollution (better cooling, better manufacturing)… But no. They choose to extend the warranty. It’s like “From now on, our customers will be happy. They will be able to go to exchange their broken Xbox 360 consoles not only 20 times in 2 years. Now they can go to service 30 times in 3 years!”. WoW! And this is actually costing them 1bln USD. I wonder where those money come for (actually, from ppl like me who decide not to wait for repair and get e newer console). Read more for full details.
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Fastest Supercomputer Powered By Cell ?

It seems like PlayStation 3 possesses formidable hardware: IBM’s fastest supercomputer to date, Blue Gene/P, is juiced up by the same kind of processing chip that was originally designed for the Sony PS3. Blue Gene/P is approximately 100,000 more powerful than a PC, just enough to make PlayStation 3 owners feel proud about their powerful machine. IBM’s latest supercomputer can run about 1,000 trillion calculations per second, also termed as “petaflops”. Read more for details.
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PS3 Tomb Raider Killer

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune: It’s looking great. It’s looking superb. Hell yeah, it’s sublime! Sorry i can’t post the High Def version (you cand find it in here) to see how gorgeous this is. And again, it seems to be an exclusive title for PS3. Well, keep the good games coming. May the force be with PS3 guys! Lara Croft, eat some dirt!
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Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
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Heavenly Girl To The Rescue Of PS3 ?

Oh Yeah. I believe so. Heavenly Sword might be that title to save PS3 from dying wounds inflicted by more and more games released for Xbox 360. As this is an exclusive title, Xbox 360 fans would cry a little, and then wait for the Rings of Death, then go buy a PS3 (insert evil laughs). Anyway, here is some trailer from Heavenly Swords… i can hardly wait for September 2007.
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Folklore Looking Better And Better

The super dudes from Gametrailers.com came with some movie presentation for the japaneese game Folklore. I can only say that is looking awesome, and it’s one of the expected PS3 titles to break up the slow pace PS3 is showing us lately. Let’s hope the game will not be only about the visual, and the motion sensors from PS3 controller will not fail on us.
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Folklore Gameplay
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Why bother ?

N-as vrea ca site-ul sa se transforme intr-o lupta surda impotriva Microsoft, dar pur si simplu it keeps on happening. Titlul este evaziv, in ton cu problema de care m-am lovit recent, referitoare la licentierile Microsoft. Well, pe scurt, am inceput de ceva vreme incoace sa simt placerea de a folosi soft original, cu licenta si toate cele. Ba mai mult, am ajuns pe sistemul meu sa am chiar cate 2 licente (una de XP Professional si alta de Vista Ultimate), pe langa multe altele. O groaza de bani daca fac un raport la salariul lunar… dar am zis ca e un efort care merita. M-am gandit la developerii care isi varsa sudoarea pe la Microsoft. Well my friends… acum mi s-a pus capacul. Astazi am avut de testat 3 HDD-uri (un Raptor 150GB, un Seagate de 750GB si un WD de 500GB). Mare mi-a fost mirarea cand m-am trezit dupa ceva reboot-uri cum eram anuntat de Mr. Windows ca au fost multe modificari hardware pe instalarea curenta, si ca licenta a expirat. WTF?!? Tin sa mentionez ca nici macar nu m-am atins de HDD-urile mele de sistem… pur si simplu am adaugat cate unul, cate doua, HDD-uri noi. And for what?!? I mean, come on Microsoft! Eu personal o consider o bataie de joc, si de-abia astept sa ma rafuiesc maine cu cineva de la Microsoft. Shame… shame on you Microsoft. Acum, ar trebui sa ma simt prost cand ma gandesc la amicii mei care ma intreaba de ce sunt idiot si dau atatia bani cand ei nu dau un leu si nu le expira niciodata nimic?!? Well, i kinda do… and i start thinking… Why bother?
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Xbox 360 Failure Rate Is 30%

OMG. If that’s true, i would just stay away from today’s batches of Xbox 360, until Microsoft will find some cure and use better cooling for Xbox 360 console. According to SmarthouseRetailers are claiming that Microsoft has had to handle a failure rate of over 30% with their Xbox 360 console. More than 100 consumers have written to SmartHouse complaining of either poor service from Microsoft or total failure of their gaming console. One consumer was even given back a refurbished unit in exchange for their original Xbox console”. Well, i was there, beeing now on my third console (which is already patched by a very good friend with some epoxy glue… but don’t really know for how long). Microsoft tech guys, it’s time to DO SOMETHING! Click here to read the full story from Smarthouse.
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Got To Love Soccer !

Or football. Or football and beer. Or football, beer and girls. Maybe just football and girls… Well, for now, i’ll stick just to girls, and maybe a ball… or two (insert evil rolleyes). Well, i just created/cleaned/enhanced some nice wallpapers for your personal pleasure. Chicks and soccer field. Go girls, Go (widescreen or not)! Hit the read more button to get the girls in full res.
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