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Archive for October, 2008

Australia knock off Qatar again

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Nicely done, Aussies! I expected a decent win, but they really blew the Qataris away last night, 4-0 was probably a little flattering to the away side with the amazing amount of possession the Socceroos had. It was also one of the better passing displays I’ve seen from the National Team in a long time. [...]

My cup runneth over

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

A couple games I’ve been eagerly anticipating, along with another two that I’ve been putting off purchasing for various reasons. Now they’re all sitting there in shrink-wrap, just waiting to be played. Rather poor timing really, given that this years Holiday spend-fest period has such a wonderful looking release schedule. Just off the top of [...]

Congrats to Adelaide

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Nice work by Adelaide United last night, knocking off Uzbekistan’s Kuruvchi FC in front of a sellout crowd of 16,998. The match finished 3-0, with all three goals coming in the second half - despite Adelaide struggling at various points in the match - and the Reds will now travel to Tashkent with a huge [...]

Sydney make winning start to NYL

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

It was good to see Sydney kick off the new National Youth league with a win on Saturday afternoon. Even more pleasing was the crowds response to the match — goals were celebrated with a roar, fans groaned as one as the ball skimmed the bar and so on.
The A-League goes on a break this [...]

Australia squad trimmed for Qatar WCQ

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Quite the diverse squad, I’d hate to be the poor bugger organizing flights for everyone. The squad will be further cut to 18 for the match — it will certainly be interesting to see the final mix Verbeek puts together; I’d imagine most of the A-League players remaining will go. Probably the most interesting battle [...]

Flashback Feature / Final Fantasy IX

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Originally released in the year 2000, Final Fantasy IX was the last hurrah for the series on the original PlayStation and represented something of a look back by the developers. Eschewing the more modern worlds of VII and VIII, IX took the series back to its original medieval style fantasy setting.

Flashback Feature / Lunar 2 Eternal Blue

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

From the Mega-CD to the Saturn and finally to the PlayStation, GameArts’ classic RPG is a multi-platform RPG that shouldn’t be missed.

Aaron Rodgers - Mini-Favre?

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

It was quite a spin to watch Aaron Rodgers thrown into tight coverage for a TD reception by Greg Jennings in the tight loss to Atlanta on the weekend — not just for the Favre-like play but for the reaction immediately following: it was almost as if he was channeling his predecessor. Still early days [...]

When will the crowds return?

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

After a season featuring crowds that can best be described as "small but vocal", I’m starting to wonder if the question isn’t so much When will but simply Will the crowds return?
It’s been a strong start to the season by Sydney FC, plenty of goals, currently second on the ladder and only one defeat in [...]

Nintendo Conference 2008 - Upcoming Wii Titles

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Some nice looking titles for the Wii have been announced at Nintendo Conference. Most are only confirmed for Japan at the moment, but here’s hoping. Nice to see Klonoa make a comeback and I’m particularly excited about Another Code (Trace Memory) and Rune Factory. Oh, and Haruhi <3

2008

Wii Music (Nintendo) 10/16
Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) [...]

Nintendo unveil DSi

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Nintendo have announced the next hardware revision of the Nintendo DS — the DSi — at Nintendo Conference. Pretty similar to the DS Lite but with a slightly larger screen, a camera, and MP3 playback, along with a Wii Virtual Console style online game store which looks set to contain NES, Gameboy and GBA games. [...]