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[WTS] Smash Bros & Jewel Master

cylon — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:01:39 +0800

Item(s): Super Smash Bros (inclusive of Ryu Amiibo) and Jewel Master

Package includes: Complete with box

Price:

1. Super Smash Bros (inclusive of Ryu Amiibo) RM 80
2. Jewel Master: Cradle of rome 2 RM 30 (!!!NOTICE!!!: Sellers are required to display the exact selling prices of their products. Failure to do so will result in the deletion of the topic)

Warranty: None

Dealing method: COD Kajang, Subang or postal for RM6

Location: Kajang, Subang

Contact method/details: PM

Item(s) conditions: Used

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Reason for sale:Not played

[WTS] Surface Pro 4 i5, 128GB RM3K

cylon — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:51:36 +0800

Item(s):Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Intel i5 processor, 128 GB HDD and 4GB RAM

Package includes: Complete with all cables, pen, packaging plus UAG Protective Casing and Logitech UltraThin Mouse

Price: SOLD!

Warranty: ...until 28/11/2017 via SenHeng

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: Kajang

Contact method/details: PM or h/p: +60 (17) 879 0463

Item(s) conditions: 10/10

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Reason for sale: Really underutilized

Note: DOESN'T COMES WITH TYPE COVER KEYBOARD

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[WTS] Loxx Vintage Brass Guitar Strap Lock

cylon — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:28:15 +0800

Item(s):Loxx Box Music E Vintage Brass

Package includes:(2) 16mm LOXX pins
(2) LOXX locking heads
(2) LOXX washers
LOXX tool
Manual

Price:RM 70

Warranty: None

Dealing method: COD or Money transfer

Location of seller: Kajang

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item:1 week

Item(s) conditions: Brand new

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Reason for sale:Doesn't fit my guitar strap

FEATURES

Fast assembly. Quick & Easy release
Very secure - over 220 lbs pull-out force
Top quality craftsmanship. Rust proof
Made in Germany. 3 yr warranty

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[WTS] Galaxy Nexus for sale! (SOLD!)

cylon — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 10:17:55 +0800

Item(s): For sale a Samsung Galaxy Nexus 16GB Grey. It's considered to be a developer phone. As of now officially support numerous ROMs apart from stock Jelly Bean Android, including Cyanogenmod, Ubuntu Touch and Mi rom from Xiaomi.

Package includes: Full Set (disclaimer: no headphone) + Extra Screen Protector

Price: RM 250.00

Warranty: None

Dealing method: C.O.D

Location of seller: Kajang / Subang / Kuala Lumpur

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: 2 years and 6 months

Item(s) conditions: 9.7 / 10 (the back cover doesn't sit firmly as one of the lock clip was broken)

Picture: soon

Reason for sale: Not in use

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Inacessible sites through Maxis

cylon — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:02:25 +0800

Broadband provider
ISP/package: Maxis
Location: Kajang
Have you called your ISP's helpline?: Not yet

Personal equipment
Modem: USB Tether

Problem details
First occurence of problem: 24.07.2011
Problem frequency: A lot
Problem description: Unable to connect to several sites

Hi, have any of you on Maxis face problem of accessing certain sites. Such websites are Engadget, Phoronix, XDA, Linux Today & CNN? It seems the it takes forever for these sites to load.

I also believe that these problems exist on their land-line connection as I face the same problem in the office which use Maxis.

Tapatalk Plugins

cylon — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:55:06 +0800

Would u mind consider enabling Tapatalk Forum client via Tapatalk plugin? Basically it enables Tapatalk Forum client on iPhone, Android, Nokia & Blackberry access to Lowyat Forum since i believe there's no mobile version of Lowyat Forum.

Japanese iPhone

cylon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:02:56 +0800

In need of assistance regarding Japanese iPhone...will it work over here and can we change the language to Japanese?

Playstation Kopitiam | V6

cylon — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:00:32 +0800

1st post lagi!

Peter Moore Leaving Microsoft.

cylon — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:29:01 +0800

Via IGN

Peter Moore To Head Up EA Sports
Microsoft's Corporate VP now President of successful sports brand.
by Jeff Haynes

July 17, 2007 - Today, Electronic Arts announced the completion of its internal reorganization into four main labels, as well as its executive team which will be heading up each brand for the publisher. The restructuring move was designed to maximize the production of the company's games and help it drive growth for the four autonomous labels: Games, Casual Entertainment, The Sims and EA Sports. Frank Gibeau was announced as the President of the EA Games Label, Kathy Vrabeck will be the President of EA Casual Entertainment and Nancy Smith will be the President of The Sims. However, one of the surprises that was attached to today's announcement was that Peter Moore, the Corporate Vice President for Interactive Entertainment Business in Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, would be leaving his position as the leader of the Xbox 360 platform to take over as the President of the EA Sports brand.

As sports fans know, the EA Sports Brand is one of the strongest in the gaming industry, consistently producing titles like NBA Live, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, FIFA Soccer, Nascar and Madden NFL. Moore, who joined Microsoft in 2003 to oversee their gaming consoles, previously was the President and COO of SEGA of America, and helped launch the Dreamcast in 1999. However, apart from his experience in the gaming industry, Moore also has an extensive sports background, as both a Senior Vice President of marketing at Reebok International Ltd.and as the President of Patrick USA, the United States subsidiary of a French sportswear company.

A statement released by EA from Peter Moore stated the following, "The people at EA Sports have created one of the strongest brands in the entertainment industry and John Riccitiello is building an organization which will extend the company's leadership to new platforms and new audiences all over the world. I couldn't be more excited about joining EA and moving my family back to the San Francisco Bay Area."

Shortly after the news was announced, we spoke with John Riccitiello, the CEO of Electronic Arts about this announcement and what it could possibly mean for the future of his company.

IGN: This is a pretty large announcement -- not only the completion of the reorganization project, but also gaining Peter Moore to head up the EA Sports label. Can you tell us a bit more about how building the label model and recruiting Mr. Moore came about?

John Riccitiello: The whole point behind the label model is empowering teams that are closer to studios so that product can really be the middle of our universe. That means getting a stronger focus and accountability: as I describe it around here, 'zero cycle time on decisions.' One of the great opportunities we've got here is to build our business, especially now that we're in the growth part of our cycle, and I just wanted to get the best people I could find in the industry to drive that growth and try to put into place an organization that would be a heck of a lot faster. You wouldn't expect a company like EA to be the fastest company in the industry given our scale, and frankly, it is challenging when you're sort of one monolithic, global studio, to be fast.

The point here was to take and put together the best sports organization, the best core games label, the best casual teams and also do the same with The Sims, which is the single biggest brand in the industry, and we've now done that. Two internal folks -- long serving and extremely talented folks with Frank Gibeau for the games label and Nancy Smith on the Sims, and as you know, we've recruited Kathy Vrabeck to do casual for us, and now Peter Moore to do sports. This is about making better and more innovative games and building the business for the future, and getting the best people is a key part of that.

IGN: There aren't many people that are aware of Mr. Moore's sports past or sports history. Wouldn't this be somewhat of a different direction for him?

Riccitiello: Actually, it's not. In his youth, Peter was a professional soccer player. From there, he was at Reebok, and led all their sports marketing and ultimately was their global head of marketing in the sports business. Then he went to SEGA to compete against EA in sports, and this is the first time (the Microsoft stint) that he hasn't been in the direct line of fire on sports for his entire career since he was fifteen. He's the kind of guy that when you ask him, 'Who's the fitness trainer for the Chicago Bulls,' he'll know. He's beyond deep on sports: he knows all the commissioners, the folks that run the league, etc. It's been a key part of his life, and while I didn't necessarily need to get a guy or a gal that keeps track of box scores, it's good to get somebody that's that deep on sports.

IGN: Right. So has Mr. Moore expressed any plans or moves that he wants to take the studio in once he takes over the position?

Riccitiello: Well, we're announcing it today -- he doesn't start for a month, so other than having massive enthusiasm for the growth of the EA Sports business, which includes the product marketing and the business side in addition to the studio. Obviously, the acceptance of the job is a strong validation, but give him time - actually, let him start before you start quizzing him on the finer points of his strategy.

IGN: Finally, now that you've got Mr. Moore and Kathy Vrabeck to help head up some of your labels, where do you feel that the new reorganization will take EA?

Riccitiello: What I want is half of all the great games in the world to come from our company. That doesn't mean that I'm saying fifty percent market share; I'm want the stuff that people want to play the most to come from EA -- really the best products out there. We make a lot of them now, whether it's The Sims or what we do with Need for Speed, what's coming with Skate, what's coming with Boogie - I want to continue and build on that. If you gave me a half hour, I could give you a much more nuanced answer to that and exactly what it means to our business and our consumer perspective. But it's innovation and building new stuff that's more fun to play.

Shortly after the announcement of Moore's position at EA Sports, Microsoft took the opportunity to announce his replacement, Don Mattrick. A former president at EA himself, Mattrick will lead the Interactive Entertainment Business that includes both the Xbox and Games for Windows divisions. Robbie Bach, the president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft, responded to the news with the following statement, "Peter has contributed enormously to the games business since joining Microsoft in 2003 and we are sad to see him go. Since that time, he presided over the global launch of the Xbox 360, spearheaded a revitalized and rebranded Games for Windows business, and helped steer the console's ascent."

Sony also released its own statement regarding Peter Moore's new position from Jack Tretton, the President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America. "We wish Peter the best of luck in his new role at Electronic Arts and look forward to working with him. We have an outstanding relationship with EA and their sports products have been incredibly successful on all our platforms. I am sure this will continue with Peter now at the helm."

Sony at E3 2007

cylon — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:05:30 +0800

A glimpse of upcoming Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for the PS3.

Gamer tv Heavenly Sword Special: Part 1
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR7e8HOm9ag[/YOUTUBE]

Gamer tv Heavenly Sword Special: Part 2
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWev2oogYp0[/YOUTUBE]

Gamer tv Heavenly Sword Special: Part 3
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aa0lIyjUNc[/YOUTUBE]

Gamer tv 22 minutes of Heavenly Sword goodness.!Watch out for spoilers though.

Eye of Judgment

Square Enix lineup on E3!

cylon — Tue, 09 May 2006 06:58:38 +0800

Via Gamespot.Com

ANGELES--Kicking off a week of potentially explosive gaming announcements is Square Enix's annual pre-E3 press conference, being held this morning at LA's Palladium event venue. With new consoles due out this fall from Sony and Nintendo (and the Xbox 360 already plowing ahead at full steam), excitement here is understandably high about new products the titanic Japanese publisher may announce for next-generation platforms.

A throng of eager journalists assembled outside the Palladium prior to the event. Surprisingly, Metal Gear Solid designer Hideo Kojima made an appearance, eschewing the spotlight and sitting among the regular audience.

The Square Enix press conference.

Following a brief delay, the audience was herded into a fashionably decorated auditorium where the company's most closely held secrets will be revealed. Banners displaying existing properties--from Final Fantasy XII to Dirge of Cerberus--draped the walls, display cases full of statuettes bearing familiar likenesses greeted attendees at the entrance, and a rousing score from many of the company's most popular games.

But even minutes before the show began, no hint of Square Enix's new, next-generation games was yet in evidence.

1:02 pm The conference is starting with a cavalcade of announced products on video--Dawn of Mana, Final Fantasy V and VI for GBA, Rocket Slime (!), some mobile stuff. President Yoichi Wada's now taking the stage, wasting no time talking about the promise of next-gen and telling us they've got some hot secrets for us today. So let's have 'em already!

1:06 COO Daishiro Okada is now on stage discussing the upcoming lineup. Final Fantasy XII will be out October of this year. Finally. Also some mobile stuff. Space Invaders? Elevator Action? Dirge of Cerberus: Lost Episodes also on mobile this summer.

1:10 Now we're getting into the meat with a long trailer for Final Fantasy XII, all in English. Sounds like they're sparing no expense on the voice acting for this one--it's all appropriately haughty, in line with the tone of the story.

1:18 More trailers for announced, current-gen stuff like Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth and the latest FFXI expansion. Now it's Final Fantasy on mobile--I knew my nerd sense was tingling for a reason.

1:24 Looks like their mobile strategy rages unabated--Dirge is the standout since it's all in 3D. Now we've got Final Fantasy III for DS, billed as "the only Final Fantasy never to reach Western shores." They're urging us to "complete the fantasy" with this 3D remake--fine by me since it looks like the best DS RPG yet.

1:28 Final Fantasies V and VI for GBA--not the biggest news, but near and dear to many hearts for sure. Promised to have new surprises. Now it's Mana time, starting off with the sorta middling Children of. But what's this? Ten years before Children of Mana, a 3D game: Dawn of Mana, of course. More CG than gameplay, but it looks pretty good.

1:32 Once upon a slime! It's Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, which is the most bafflingly adorable name I've ever heard. Apparently, "it's payback slime." So cute, I'm sold. Now Shinji Hashimoto is taking the stage to talk about the utterly unsurprising massive success of the many Final Fantasy VII projects, from Advent Children to Dirge and the mobile games. Hey, and a US date for Dirge: August 22, with new features included.

1:43 Still showing off the Compilation of FFVII stuff, all of which is out here or in Japan. Bring on the next-gen games!

1:49 I spoke too soon: Here's our first real footage of FFVII Crisis Core for the PSP. Stars Zack of Soldier fame, apparently, and there's a ton of Sephiroth in here (down, boys 'n girls). No gameplay footage, only real-time cutscenes, but it looks amazing for a PSP game.

1:51 Here we go--Dragon Quest is coming to the Wii. Some dude is fighting a stone golem in a forest. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. Launch title for the Wii! No real footage of the game, but still, big news.

1:54 The hits keep on coming--now we have Akitoshi Kawazu, exec. producer of Crystal Chronicles. Two new games from that series: one DS, one Wii. DS game is Ring of Fates, and will have wi-fi multiplayer (duh). Looks a bit more whimsical than the Cube version, same basic sense of style though. They're showing four players at once, like you'd expect. Yay DS!

1:58 And here comes the Wii title. That Final Fantasy theme still makes me all misty-eyed. Wow, these visuals are nice--random shots of CC-style little dudes fighting bombs and other monsters. If any of that was real-time footage of the game, the Wii graphics ought to do us just fine. Hard to say if it was just CG, though. Code name: Chrystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. No major details on the game available yet though.

2:02 Final announcement! For PS3! E3 is so damn exciting sometimes. What is it?!

FINAL FANTASY XIII. FINAL FANTASY XIII. They pulled a serious bait-and-switch on us. Sword-and-gun-wielding heroine who looks like Yuna, flipping her way around a high-tech, futuristic world. No idea what it was until the end when that NAME popped up. Yoshinori Kitase directing! This is the guy behind all the best ones--VI, VIII, VIII, X. Be still my heart.

2:08 Sorry, I jumped the gun--Mr. Kitase was merely presenting. Motomu Toriyama will direct the game. And apparently FFXIII isn't the only game coming out of this universe--there's a, uh, mobile game too. Oh. It's Final Fantasy Agito XIII.

Now it's Fabula Nova Crystallis--"the new tale of the crystal" in Latin. They're big on the Latin today. Whoa, wait, another new game? Another PS3 game?! Final Fantasy Versus XIII? They're emphasizing that in Latin, versus means "to change direction." This is a Tetsuya Nomura game, and he's taking the stage now.

2:17 Nomura is providing more details. The CG movie we just saw, featuring a spiky-haired character (natch) squaring off against machine gun-wielding soldiers, was created by the Advent Children team, but the game itself will be made by the Kingdom Hearts team, and will feature "extreme action elements." He says "bonding" will be the primary theme of the game.

2:20 The conference draws to a close with a comment from Hashimoto that this should demonstrate Square Enix's commitment to next-generation gaming, but that it's "only the beginning." A final movie showcases the name Final Fantasy XIII, as if each new installment in this mega-enormous series is now a franchise unto itself.

Finally, Mr. Wada has retaken the stage. "How did that grab you?" Laughter and applause. Some more commentary on SE's commitment to supporting the next gen. Speaks more about the "synergy between products" being a proven formula with Compilation of FFVII. Looks like they're taking the same tack with FFXIII.

Some more info on FFXIII (can't type fast enough!): The game was begun by the FFX team for PS2, but the team was then derailed to make last year's FFVII PS3 tech demo. They were so happy with the hardware, they decided to then shift development to the new platform. Apparently the game will run on the "White Engine" and will feature the most technologically advanced civilization ever featured in a Final Fantasy. The storyline will center on "those who resist the world." Yeah, okay.

2:27 The conference is officially over, but E3 (and GameSpot) is just getting started. Stay tuned for screens of all this FFXIII madness, and a lot more. And to think, the actual show is still two days away.

The Legend of Zelda - Phantom Hourglass DS

cylon — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:59:16 +0800

Nintedo has announced the development of a new Zelda adventure hitting Nintendo DS. The game has visuals mixing the 3D cel shading beauty of the Wind Waker and the crisp sprite work of the Minish Cap to create the "Phantom Hourglass".
The title will have touch screen interaction as well as traditional Zelda gameplay elements.

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