playstation Blog and Journals

Third Eye Blind, Creed and Chickenfoot just released exclusive video content from 3 concerts they did this year. (No, not together) Pretty rad HD shoots for each event and now you can own them forever or just stream them from the comfort of your own bedroom.

Sounds snazzy, huh? Well unfortunately you can only access the music series through the PlayStation Network using a PS3 or PSP. The series is waiting for you in the PlayStation Store under ‘Featured Collections’. What else? It won’t break your piggy bank! Renting the concerts directly to your PlayStation is about the same price as a pay-per-view or on demand movie, $3.99 for standard definition and $5.99 for HD.

Scope out more info here: www.us.playstation.com/PSN/store

 

so i can understand why some people hate it. (namely all of my family members. jk) but its like crack to me. once i start playing i wont stop for hours. (ahaha thats what she said...) my favorite is probably the obstacle course but i just tried the snowball fight last night. im thinking of going pro. ahaha no. but i think i will start playing more often as long as the board/pad/thingy shuts up and keeps its comments about the last time i played to itself... :)

do you have a wii fit? or a wii? whats your favorite game? (i asked the question, now you can scroll down and answer! thnx.)

but i have to say, ill always be a fan of the playstation. i still have the 1st and it will still play spyro the dragon! :D i should have gone to church today...dont know where that came from. ill just be extra good this week.

have you ever seen the site called, hold on i have to spell it now, uh polyvore? (my friends know im a horrible speller. ashleys my personal dictionary and in return she gives me very vague descriptions of songs or bands and i remember them. she loves me. :)

anywho i love that site. i dont have one because i fail at life. but when im board and not complaining about farmville, i go on there and waste time. if youve ever been on there do you have a favorite polyvore-er???

now im gonna go sit on the couch and cuss out the wii fit for murdering my legs...by the way does anyone read these??? please answer. tear.

muah, me

ahahaha i love the muppets!!! but isnt cookie monster just from sesame street? [i have i cookie monster gym bag. everyones jealous. ;D]

From You To You Tube: A Filmmaking Summer Camp For Young Adults, is a workshop in New York running till August 14, with another session closely following, from August 17-28, teaches concepts of story and structure, how to use a camera for your own shoot, the basics of film editing theory and technique, and how to compress your final product down to a size to share on the web. Chicago's annual Lollapalooza 2009 music festival gets going again this year, August 7-9, and as part of Citi’s sponsorship of emerging artists at this year’s festival you’re invited to take part in a grassroots music-meets-art installation that allows you and your friends to take away a prized photographic memento of your time at Lollapalooza. Also, there will be chances to win VIP passes, stage passes to the PlayStation® Stage and even chances to win PS3®/PSP® system prize packs. The Florida Writers Association partners with UNF to start a three-day conference from August 7-9 in Jacksonville, with a full day of writing workshops for each day. Sunday afternoon’s schedule includes a marketing panel and a workshop featuring the UNF Writers Conference Book & Film Deal Connection, an opportunity for attendees to submit their work to agents, book editors and film producers after the conference closes. The Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video is Chicago’s annual showcase for films that tell stories, raise questions, or touch on issues that relate to the black African, African American, and African diasporic experience, and it will be hosted this year in Chicago, August 7 through September 3.

A Media Leaders Meeting in Austin, a monthly "experiential mixing event" on August 11, brings together leaders in media, marketing, advertising and entertainment to discuss current events and new ideas. The LatinVision Hispanic Business Networking Event, an exclusive gathering of U.S. Hispanic and Latin American professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners in a relaxed atmosphere that facilitates networking, holds this month's New York meeting on August 13, with an exclusive VIP after party to follow in the far west Chelsea district. A San Jose workshop for YouTubers who already shoot their own videos and post their content online takes place August 14, focusing on how can implement a successful video marketing strategy in this relatively new and rapidly changing field. The International Odense Film Festival is a short and documentary film festival that takes place every year in August, screening international short fiction and short documentaries as well as Danish short fiction and Danish short and feature length documentaries. Games Convention Developers Conference (GCDC), GDC Europe, hosted this year in Cologne, August 17-19, encompasses learning, networking, and inspiration via the GDC's conference content quality and access to the industry leaders driving innovation in games across the globe. GDC Europe focuses on Business, Game Design, Production, and Programming for games. In addition, this three day conference will emphasize timely content and topics in Serious Games and Mobile Games in Europe and worldwide today.

bitfilm09: Hackin' Hollywood begins with a three day event of indoor and outdoor screenings, a workshop for the creative industry, an opening reception, and a public open air screening in a park in the centre of Hamburg. National Alliance for Media Art & Culture Conference 2009 is for media and visual arts leaders, practitioners, researchers, technologists, advocates, scholars, students, funders, and policymakers to share experiences and pool  knowledge among attending conference members, and across networks within the arts, media and culture fields, at sessions running August 28-29 in Boston. MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, August 26-30 in Edinburgh, celebrates success in the TV industry and is committed to the development of new talent. The Festival carries over 60 individual sessions covering the most important issues facing the industry, from policy to programme making, alongside plenty of fun sessions as well. Each year London International Animation Festival 2009 focuses on a specific animation technique. So in 2009 they take a close up look at sand animation. This involves an animator placing and moving coloured sand, salt and other powders on a light box and using hand brushes, air brushes and an array of other tools to create thousands of textured pictures that make up the finished film. To showcase this technique, they put together a programme, running August 28 through September 6, which mixes recently released sand animations carefully blended with a collection of classics from the last 25 years.

The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the "Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events" page at actorschecklist.com/news.html. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also available at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Daily Motion, as well as on The Actor's Checklist podcast blog at actorschecklist.com/loudblog. Follow the posting of the news summary on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/actorschecklist. This month on the video news summary you will again see a dynamic array of artists in performance of film and music. These videos are now available on the Free Home Video Showcase at http://www.actorschecklist.com/video which now serves as an archive for all past video presentations but without the audio news narration. The Actor's Checklist is proud announce the return of the photo gallery which you can visit at http://actorschecklist.com/coppermine to upload valuable head shots or other photos of your choice, create profiles, and use your pictures or others found on the gallery as ecards which you can email to friends and associates with messages.

The Rock Band Warped Tour Track Pack

Release Date:

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
(Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360)
Thursday, June 25, 2009
(PlayStation®Store)

Track listing:

Bad Religion “21st Century Digital Boy”
Escape the Fate “The Flood”
Plus 3 other tracks!

Get all the info HERE!

Sony Computer Entertainment America will announce tomorrow the upcoming North American release of SingStar Queen for the PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems. Available as a standalone disc on August 18, SingStar Queen will feature over 20 chart-topping tracks from the iconic rock group including, 'We Are The Champions,' 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' 'We Will Rock You,' 'Under Pressure' and many more!

(Yes I have read about many monkey attacks in several news articles and since I'm just such a big fan of the Ape Escape series, I decided to write a fictional piece using the real world attacks and the fantasy of the Ape Escape games in which monkeys try to take over the world, led by their leader Specter. If your interested in the Ape Escape games, which are indeed very cute and fun to play, then there is a ton of information to be found online about the adorable series. This piece of writing may make more sense to you if you look up the game and Specter first. :D)

“I see you down there,” Specter says to himself as his only revealed crimson orb fixates on the telescope’s lens, a deep chuckle rumbles up through his throat and finally he cannot hold it in any longer, his lips part and it turns into a bellowing cackle which seems to echo through space. Yes, it is cold up there on the Moon, but soon he will know the inviting warmth of his home planet once more, and we, the humans who are vermin to him, won’t be there to ruin his perfect paradise. Apes will stand there in front of our cages when crowds of them rush in to catch the first glimpses of us on that first day of their reign, yes, they shall stand there and mock us as we have mocked them in their troubled past. Imagine him as he sits up there on his royal throne, his minions pampering him and obeying his every command, and while they are busying themselves with carrying out his orders he only thinks of one thing, the day when man will bow to him. Who knows what master plan he is hatching now?

How long before the monkeys invade? Is the true ape king fact or fiction? Is he really just a video-game antagonist? Can we really be sure that he hasn’t been the brains behind the Ape Escape series? Maybe it was created under his orders, maybe he is tricking us into falling in love with him and his cuteness through his character in the game, a perfect copy of his true self in digital form.

Is this his way of trying to ensure that we will have no choice but to respect and honor him when he takes over our planet? Has anyone else thought this through? Who knows? Mankind is learning of new existences all the time. Why do monkeys attack our kind so much? Is it some sort of instinct or are they being told what to do?

I've heard some well meaning people comparing the xbox-360 to the yet to be released Playstation 3.  One of the exciting things about being a video-gamer is the excitement over the next greatest thing, A.K.A........ Vaporware.  In the world of video-games we all look forward to the Ghost of Christmas Future.

A few months ago, I wrote a journal entitled "The War of the Worlds" and the battle for the living room. The company who places an entertainment box that can play games and DVDs and merge the world of computer and television will be the king of all media.....no offense to Howard Stern.

I did get my hands on one of the 360s, in fact two of them..thanks to friends at Circuit City and Best Buy.  I finally convinced my windows media PC to talk with my 360. The "streaming conversation" allows me to play music, radio shows, show videos and pictures stored on my computer on my television. The 360 acts as an extension of the computer and works very nicely. My television is a Sony, the computer is a Sony and the xbox 360 is a Microsoft creation.

I like to think of the xbox as the Enabler or the conduit that can do it!

Many are writing the death of the XBOX 360 because the PlayStation 3 has more power and features. Some were expecting the Playstation 3 to arrive this April...well April fool's day came early with the announcement that Sony will launch in Nonmember 2006. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1938176,00.asp

Maybe they should wait until December 7th, what do you think?