The Briefcaser's Dilemma: Part 2

Nearly less than a year later a new PSP has been announced. I still have yet to get the newer/older model the PSP-2000, but once I heard this news, it intrigued me. Yet Sony again is doing this from the loss of profits of the PS3. What else would they do it for? The new PSP looks pretty fancy compared to the older models. Here are some comparison pictures from IGN:

PSP-1000

PSP-2000

PSP-3000

Here are some pretty significant pics on what's new with the new system with comparison shots of the PSP-2000 and PSP-3000:

If you didn't understand earlier, the PSP on top is the PSP-2000 and the PSP-3000 on bottom. The New updated PSP will have a new LCD screen, much brighter with a non glare screen, and a new back decoration to it. The PSP-3000 will also have an updated UMD port, faster game load times, a built-in microphone, a new home button, a rumored antenna, a higher output resolution of 480p, and the speakers will be moved (same place as PSP-2000). A little early? Maybe considering the PSP-2000 wont be on sale anymore in September. So if you don't wont the PSP-3000 for a few upgrades and want an older model? Gotta buy it now. The PSP-3000 is also said to have a shorter battery life by 20 or 30 minutes, so its another reason to get the PSP-2000. Even though I am a bit of a Video Game collector, I'll just wait for the PSP-3000, which is a first for me. The PSP-3000 will be released October 14 with the Rachet & Clank: Size Matters Entertainment Pack which includes:

Updated Mystic Silver PSP 3000

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets UMD

echochrome PSN download voucher

1GB Memory Stick PRO Duo

Which will go for $199.99. Also a month later will be a different pack for the PSP-3000 will be out which will include:

Updated Piano Black PSP 3000

4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo

Everyday Shooter PSN download voucher

Again going for $199.99. Kinda wierd how its being released, but I don't think theres any word of a core release at the moment, so it is a dilemma for Sony indeed.

The Briefcaser's Dilemma: Part 1

Yeah, I totally suck. Well, anyway's with the summer long and gone from big superhero movies, it is now almost time to start buying the movies on DVD. With most of DVD buyer's problems are either the quality of the DVD sets or DVD's that deal with content, which makes buyer's double dip (Buying more than one of the same DVD) on a set and is the last resort most of the time. Well with me, I have only double dipped only a few times, and most of those times were making the mistake of buying a Full Screen version of a DVD than a Widescreen edition (A poor excuse, but its an excuse). Also here's an explanation of the different screen sizes here. A long explanation, but a fairly decent explanation for those who need one. In the short run Full Screen shows either not all of the film, or sometimes it will be the actual screen size of the film and is in a square shape. With Widescreen it is more rectangular, but is the best way to view a film, and is also the one of the only ways to see a film in the highest resolution (I may be wrong, but that's how I see it nowadays, and stop making me explain it). Well anyway's back to the DVDs, the first batch of superhero films to be out on DVD should be Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Here is the Hulk cover and Iron Man cover from a friends blog. I still say the Hulk one is weak. Now it comes down to content. From What I heard Iron Man will not only come in a Best Buy edition which comes with a quite lackluster Iron Man helmet mini-replica from Sideshow Collectibles:

It is also a bit disappointing when you see so many good stuff from the awesome company. Also they do seem to quite compensate you for making such a huge buy, by giving you an extra $50 coupon for their website on anything. So you basically get your money back in form of Sideshow dollars. Now for the Steelbook edition. The Steelbook will this time of course, be a TWEC exclusive or places like Suncoast and FYE. I don't really know exactly what it will look like, I'll I know is it will be a Steelbook that I would want to pick up. So it either looks like either one of these:

Is said that this is a poster advertising for the Steelbook DVD:

And then there's the Target and Circuit City sets no one will care about...the Target exclusive will have a CD with all the songs from the movie that you already have.

And So It Comes To This...

Well Summer has past and gone by, at least for me anyway. A new semester has started so blogging may take longer than usual now. My classes are somewhat good, unfortunately I have an 8:00AM class so I will be more tired than I ever have been before. Although it is piano, so it somewhat subtle of a class. Other classes on my list is a class called Motion Picture & Television/Radio, and Lettering and Typography; both ranging in good classes. Another class year, more ways of becoming incredibly lazy and days involving procrastination. Besides school, this summer has still not ended for most people. What do they look forward to? Perhaps the recent movies that have just been released such as Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (If your a fan), and/or another round of The Dark Knight (Especially in IMAX). Nothing much else as happened unless you are keeping up with the Beijing 2008 Olympics or have yet to be in school (for you Floridians) and have been preparing or in the approaching storm. Well whatever the case here are the top five events that have happened during summer just for fun:

#5: Bigfoot Corpse in a freezer; A hoax or not? -

This was solved a few days ago: A hoax. Don't believe it until it is proven, especially from the same guys who said they found a corpse a couple years earlier. This was not only disappointing, but again we were fooled to believe something that clearly resembles a monkey suit with fake teeth and fake guts sticking out. The picture most people have saw was unclear, but still smelled of a hoax. We should have disproved it right away when DNA results came back of that of an Opossum.

#4: Iron Man was good? -

But sadly the video game was not. Yes, most people were skeptical (like myself) at first of the new Iron Man movie with the rejuvenated Robert Downey Jr. helmed the huge part and become an instant success. Who knew? I sure didn't, at first I thought it was going to be another Hulk, but it ended up being really funny and really cool. Robert Downey Jr. was really funny in this and see him even more funnier as he portrays the part of an African American in the new Tropic Thunder movie.

#3: Comic-Con '08 -

I say its big since it is the biggest Comic Book convention ever, but I actually got to go to it. Yep, I went for one day and it was one heck of an event. Lines were a bit long, but weren't anymore since we arrived late on account of a traffic accident. Don't ask. It was cool though, we saw a few celebrities, didn't get to the autographs section or see any panels, but this was my first year and was a good day. We got a semi close-up of Alfie, a hover ship from the upcoming Watchmen movie, some new toys, and what else? The Comics. I'm sure we will se more next year. Right?

#2: Michael Phelps Wins 8 and Chinese at the Olympics controversy -

Olympics are still going on, but I got to admit, I haven't kept up with most of the Olympics, although what I did see was two of Phelps' Gold wins. Especially the really close 10ths of a second win which blew my mind. You seriously have to have lightning fast arms to do something like that. (You can see Michael Phelps' picture above along with all the other mayhem) I also saw the gymnastics with the super young Chinese girls, which is still in controversy. As well as the fake fireworks, the Chinese singing girl perfection (actually probably not the right term), and other wins by the Chinese and other countries. All mostly paranoia, but I still dislike the fact about the singer controversy.

Honorable Mentions: California 5.4 Earthquake and Fires -

Anyone else feel that? The reason these didn't make the list is because; no one really talks about it. Sure the fires are serious deal to the people who live within the area, but the earthquake was relatively small compared to the past. Most people thought it was big since its been a while since their has been one. Although it also has said it is just the beginning and just paves the way for an even bigger earthquake. We doing anything about it?: Not really...no.

Indiana Jones, Mulder and Scully return to the big screen -

What a summer for movies this year, we got to see not only Hellboy and Hulk, but Indy and our favorite paranormal FBI investigators come back to the big screen. Indy was a fun adventure I say, but X-Files seemed like an old episode from the past. It was cool to see them back but was mostly for the fans. Yeah I'm a fan and enjoyed it as well as Indiana Jones.

Now that we got through all that, what is the most thing that has shaked the industry more than the earthquake?:

#1: The Dark Knight Premieres -

What else? Being on top for 5 (I think) straight weeks is no easy feat with all the other movies that have premiered. Its one heck of a movie. From start to finish, you will enjoy every minute of it. Unless your one of those people who drift out too easily for some odd reason, you should enjoy it. Its even on its way to defeat Titanic from being the top grossing movie ever. But most importantly is Heath Ledger's fantastic performance as The Joker. He's the man of the hour and is what makes this movie great along with everyone else. This is one thing Joker can't make disappear.

Halo 3 Was Just The Beginning...

But that really doesn't make sense since Bungie keeps updating Halo 3 like madness. Or so it seems. A new video I have recently seen is Halo 3, but a guy (as a regular spartan in multiplayer I may add) is walking through what looks like a campaign type level and everything is interacting with him. Too vague? Yeah I don't have a clear explanation so just watch the video from Bungie's Edge award acceptance speech:



Different, huh?

Also Bungie recently won the award for Game of the Year at this year's cheaply made Gphoria 2008.:

The Long Summer

Its been one heck of a summer, no? We got more comic book movies than one can count. We got to see: Iron Man, Hellboy II, and even the record breaking; The Dark Knight. The Olympics have also just started and there's a bit of tension between both the United States and China teams, both making massive wins and world records in the Olympics. But it also seems no one can break Phelps amount of gold medallion wins for the US. This summer may be one of the best summers ever witnessed. Speaking of The Dark Knight, here's a recent haul I just got when I came back from Las Vegas. I ordered a few things online and got three boxes, ranging from small, medium, to the large. Guess which one's the large:

Here's the Backside of The Long Halloween:

And more pictures without the slipcover and the amazing artwork. Its got that new book smell and very well made pages:

Also here's a book a picked up before Vegas and one book during Vegas:

If you can't see the middle picture because of the flash; its Superman's logo except with a Soviet Union symbol embedded in the middle. Its an interesting read since it tells the story of Superman if he ended up in Russia during the Cold War and is a Communist. Also Batman makes an appearance as a Russian anarchist:

Who Are You Not Gonna Call?

Its been one pretty interesting two weeks. Went to Comic-Con which was a big learning experience. Saw a lot of things, things we didn't see, and things, that well; we wish we never saw. Also we went through a recent earthquake which was highly debated just how strong it was. It went from 5.8 down to 5.4. Pretty shaky, but wasn't too bad, it only woke me up and didn't knock anything down fortunately. Again this is earthquake country at least it wasn't so bad as recent earthquakes have been. So its all been good.

Until recently have I read a recent article about how things are shaping with Activision about their recent bought of Vivendi. I thought it was cool, until I read the article of the games that have been revitalized and games that may be dropped from the Vivendi publishing studio. The few games that I read about that have been saved, are mostly games which mostly been used up and have really no place in video games anymore, but when I came up on the bigger titles with more potential that might be dropped; I was stunned. The games on the list were: Brütal Legend, WET, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena and World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, and Ghostbusters: The Video Game. No way. Ghostbusters may be dropped? I saw it at Comic-Con!

(See some guy is playing the demo)

It can't be dropped it looks really good and one of the games I was really looking forward to. But they can't. It wont be. Even the guys who made it said so! So what will be the final verdict? Who knows, we have to wait and see for now.

With other things aside, there have also been talks of a Venom movie, who will be in the next batman movie, and other craziness like this new Harry Potter trailer for the new movie:

You can watch the High Def version of the trailer here.

Also a demonstration on the new WiiMotionPlus peripheral:

Video of the Day:

Most people by now know about the Late Night with Conan O' Brien show on NBC which is filled with much hilarity and lots of randomness. Here's Conan doing a little community service, so to speak; for UPS:

Also be sure to check out Triumph the Insult Dog's trip to Comic-Con in these two video's (Extra Warning: if you aren't a fan of a dog, that's a puppet, insulting people in cruel ways; watch at your own risk):

The Full Trip on Conan

Triumphs Full Speech at Comic-Con

Movie Posters that look like other Movie Posters:

Here's another installment of the series, which I completely made up, that shows off how lazy the people who make posters; really can be. Now here's two that completely have nothing in common and one's a movie and one's about to become an HBO series, so it can somewhat be forgiven, but not completely: