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For those who remember me, hello again! For those who don't, hello for the first time! I've been making hi-res bat textures for cricket games since EA's Cricket 2004. Some of you may even have used them. ;) Anyway, this is really just a heads up for those of you who are looking for graphic...

The title says it all really! :) Thanks to my wonderful job at Play.com. I just got back from the launch party at the BFI IMax in London. I now have in my possession all of the things in the photograph below. Most importantl, I've got a free copy of the game itself. Time to play! :onpc...

Anyone else downloaded BioShock from XBox Live yet? I have and I played it for about 30 minutes but now I'm off to bed. I'll post my first impressions in the morning but for now all I'll say is that it reminds me of The Suffering set in a sort of Atlantis type scenario. Quite bizarre really. Not...

Today it has fallen to me to announce two further changes to the PlanetCricket Staff: Firstly, I have to announce that Saurabh2185 is stepping down as moderator and Staff member. Saurabh has been an invaluable contributor to PlanetCricket for the last couple of years. Not only has he been a...

Read the full article here This is truly a sad event but unfortunately not a shocking one. How many more of these massacres do there have to be before the Americans do something about their gun laws?

OK, having helped out Colin with his graphics issues last night. I thought I'd post this quick tutorial on how to setup your ATI card to get the maximum performance out of it. Now, to be clear, we are talking about performance in terms of framerate rather than graphical quality. ;) 1) Follow...

This morning started with a smile for me (despite the Bears' shameful performance in the Superbowl last night) as a friend sent me a link to an article on The Guardian's website about the new Macintosh advertising campaign. It was so good I had to share it. Here's a little excerpt: This made...

I saw this and laughed out loud so I had to share... What were they thinking? (And no, I don't mean Microsoft :p)

In case you've managed to forget or have been living under a rock for the last little while, the new series of Top Gear (including one R.Hammond) starts tonight at 8pm on BBC 2. Top of the bill will be the footage of Hamster's crash in the rocket car which should be in equal measures disturbing...

Is this a picture of someone in the military's Jeep who has seen one too many episodes of Pimp My Ride? No. It's actually a new weapon in development by the US military: 'A ray gun which fires a beam to make people think they're about to catch fire'. :eek: Read the full article from...

For all you wannabe games designers out there, Microsoft has just released the first full version of Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express. 'So, what is it?' I hear you ask. (You can also read the FAQs here) Sounds like it could be a lot of fun. I'm downloading it as I type this post...

For all you paranoid conspiracy theorists out there. Here's one about the plane that hit The Pentagon on 9/11. Or rather, about the plane that didn't actually hit The Pentagon. ;) Click Me

The PS3 debuts in America today with crazy people having been sleeping in the streets for up to 48 hours to get their hands on it. GameSpy are running a series of launch day features here. There's an interesting BBC article too.

Marcus Trescothick has left the England squad in Australia and is flying home immediately. Reports are that Alastair Cook will open the innings and Ian Bell will likely bat at number three. Additionally, it appears as if Trescothick's replacement will be chosen from either Robert Key or Ed...

AMD and ATI have launched a site where you can check your computer's Vista readiness. This is quite important as you will need a DX9 graphics card to run Vista properly. TAKE THE TEST HERE Here's a sample of what the basic result looks like:

ATI have released version 6.9 of their Catalyst driver package. You can download it HERE.

The ECB has announced who will be centrally contracted to play for England for the coming year. The players are: What's interesting is that neither Geraint Jones nor Chris Read have been contracted which leaves England without a contracted Wicket Keeper. For some reason Sajid Mahmood...

Pricing plans for the forthcoming launch of Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system have recently been released. This is what we're in for: [Source: GameSpy PC] Additionally, the System Requirements are reported by Microsoft to be as follows: [Source: Microsoft] So, in short, if...

I don't know if anyone is even playing BLIC '05 anymore but if you are and you would like the to have the latest bats to use in high-res format (512*1024), I will be posting them here as I begin converting some of my C2K5 collection. To start off with, I thought I may as well do the very most...

The 4GB Batpack is released. :D Post comments, questions, and suggestions here. Hope you enjoy it.