> -----Original Message----- > From: Duane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Sony Playstation 3 Gets FireFox & Linux > > From what I've read, the Sony PS3 will only run on blue laser DVDs. I cant > remember where I read it, but the article stated that a lot of the > manufacturers are unhappy about this because of increased production > costs.
Naw - it'll run just about anything flat and shiny. The full list is pretty intimidating: CD: PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side) DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE > Apparently these disks are a much higher quality but much more expensive. > This has caused the WWF to defect. I don't play any of the wrestling games > but I know they were a pretty big hit with Sony. Several of EA Sports > games > will only be released now for PS2. The article also stated that the PS3 > would not be backwards compatible. I've no idea about the WWF... but the article is just plain wrong about the other things. EA is heavily onboard - they've announced thirty titles, 10 of which will be done by March. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=20521 EA says: "Over the course of the next 18 months, EA will roll out groundbreaking new original properties and spectacular new versions of perennial hits that will further maximize the power of the PlayStation 3's unique cell processor and outstanding blu-ray disk capacity." > On another note, are you still playing Oblivion? If so I got a quick > question for you if you don't mind. What the hell are the Sigil Stones > for? > I tried to "embed" them in weapons but no luck. Do they serve any purpose? I'm still playing... I don't think I'll ever be able to stop. ;^) 140 hours in and I've seen less than half the game! (I really should have gotten it on the PC instead of the 360 - it's easier to get PC time in my house than TV time.) The sigil stones can be used for basic crafting - but not, annoyingly, to add powers/abilities to already enchanted items. You have to go into the menu and "activate" the stone (like you would a repair hammer for example). You'll get a little menu - each stone has an offensive option (for weapons) and a defensive option (for clothing/armor). Add an appropriate item (which needs to be a normal, no magic item), give your new doohickey a name (you have to do this or you can't continue) and press "create". The items made are good, but nothing spectacular. There are a few good ones, like "Light", "Feather" and enhance Luck, but they tend to be rare. As a side note if you want to drive yourself looking you can save right before you touch the sigil stone then grab it. When the screen says (for example) "Transcendent Stone Added" you can immediately go to your inventory and see what it is (you don't have to wait until you "get outside"). If you don't like it you can reload from there and try again - the type of stone is decided the instant you grab it. The best online resource for Oblivion, I think, is here: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page Here's the page on Sigil Stones: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Sigil_Stone Another really nifty resource is this: http://til.gamingsource.net/ It contains the text of nearly every book in the game (actually all the games). So if you, like me, find it annoying to read off the TV screen when you could be knocking heads you can read the books (many of which are quite good) whenever you like. Now all I have to do is wean myself off of this game... probably just in time for "Final Fantasy XII" to suck up what's left of my weak, weak soul. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:218132 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
