To pre-order on Best Buy:
To pre-order on Future Shop:
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Limited Edition White PS3 - available for the first time in Canada!
Sony has announced a Limited Edition PS3 in WHITE. It will be available for the first time in Canada on Sunday January 27th. Both Best Buy and Future Shop has it listed at $299.99. It comes with a 1-year subscription to Playstation Plus with instant access to 12 games and it has a 500 GB storage.
Sunday, 13 January 2013
The "Uncharted" Series - One of the Best PS3 Franchises
The series includes the following three PS3 games::
Uncharted – Drake’s Fortune
The journey of Nathan Drake, supposed descendant of the explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado in South America. He is accompanied by Elena Fisher (a journalist) and Victor "Sully" Sullivan (his mentor and fellow treasure hunter). They are pursued by pirates led by Eddy Raja and later on by a group of mercenaries led by Gabriel Roman and Atoq Navarro.
Drake travels across Nepal and the Himalayas in a search for the lost city of Shambhala. In addition to Elena Fisher and Victor Sullivan, we meet new characters Chloe Frazer (a new love interest who has history with Drake), Harry Flynn (a shifty former partner of Drake's), and Zoran Lazarević, a Serbian war criminal and the game's main antagonist. This game also introduced the multiplayer mode to the series.
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
The story focuses on Nate's relationship with his mentor and father figure, Victor "Sully" Sullivan. Here he is searching for a legendary lost city that leads him to the Arabian Peninsula and the vast wasteland of the Rub' al Khali Desert, also known as the Empty Quarter (also known as “Iram of the Pillars” and the “Atlantis of the Sands”). Elena Fisher and Chloe Frazer feature again but with smaller roles, and the game introduces new characters such as Charlie Cutter and Salim, Nate's newest allies, and Katherine Marlowe, Talbot and Ramesses who serve as the game's main antagonists.
Saturday, 12 January 2013
The All New DLC Pack (Revolution) for Black Ops 2
Hello All, Hope you had a very happy New Year. The last week of the holidays and the first week back to school was very busy, so I had to neglect my blog. Sorry.
Now back to the blog. There is an all new Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC map pack coming out on January 29th, first on Xbox 360. It has 4 new multiplayer maps, "Hydro", "Grind", "Downhill" and "Mirage" a new map called "Die Rise" and game mode called "Turned" for zombies and a brand new weapon called "The Peacekeeper" for multiplayer as well. Seasons Pass holders who buy this map pack will receive a free calling card in multiplayer mode. I have attached a video below for those who are interested. It provides a good review of this pack. I would probably wait for a while before getting this. How about you guys? Will anyone buy this as soon as it comes out? Please post your comments.
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
The New Wii Mini - Lower Price but Less Functions?
Merry Christmas everybody! I hope all of you got all the games and gadgets you wished for.
Nintendo came up with the new Wii Mini in time for Christmas hoping that the new low price of $99 would attract new customers. However they took out the online functionality of this unit. Nintendo believes that most gamers do not use the online function. I for one would rather pay the extra $50 and buy the regular Wii because it can be used as a device to watch Netflix online.
How do you feel about this unit? Would you buy the Wii Mini for the lower price or prefer the regular Wii at the higher price, but with online capabilities? Oh, by the way this unit is available only in Canada!
For more information:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57554664-235/surprise-nintendos-got-a-$100-wii-mini-for-canada/
Nintendo came up with the new Wii Mini in time for Christmas hoping that the new low price of $99 would attract new customers. However they took out the online functionality of this unit. Nintendo believes that most gamers do not use the online function. I for one would rather pay the extra $50 and buy the regular Wii because it can be used as a device to watch Netflix online.
For more information:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57554664-235/surprise-nintendos-got-a-$100-wii-mini-for-canada/
Monday, 19 November 2012
WonderBook - The latest addition to PS3 Accessories
Wonderbook is an augmented
reality book designed for the Playstation 3
console and it is now available for sale. The user holds a physical book-like
object and stories come to life as the software displays digital content on the
screen using the PlayStation Eye camera.
The first game to utilize the Wonderbook is “The Book of Spells” based on Harry Potter and designed by Sony in collaboration with J. K. Rowling.
Sony's Worldwide Studios also announced that they are
working with BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs and Disney on upcoming titles.
My sister, aged 7 really enjoyed this game and I think Harry
Potter fans will love this.
If you have played this game or have any comments, please
feel free to write.
Call of Duty - Black Ops II...The Action Continues!
Now that Halloween and the Remembrance Day are over I want to go back to my favourite topic… Video Games!
Last week we saw the release of the latest installment in one of the most successful video game franchises ever, Call of Duty.
I was fortunate enough to get my copy on the weekend and played it mostly in the multiplayer mode. I too experienced some freezing that many players have commented online. Other than that I think this is an awesome addition to my favourite franchise.
It’s currently priced at $59.99 at most dealers but Toys-R-Us has a sale where you can save 15% if you buy one game or 20% and 25% if you buy two or three games respectively.
Do you enjoy playing Black Ops II? If so please write in your comments.
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Leonard Birchall - The Saviour of Ceylon
Air Commodore L.J.Birchall CM, OBE, DFC, OOnt, CD
I want to end my series of Remembrance Day related posts with one dedicated to Len Birchall, a Canadian airman who came to be known as the Saviour of Ceylon.
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| Birchall (CFpilots.com) |
On 4 April 1942, only two days after arriving in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Squadron Leader Leonard Birchall, a native of St. Catharines, Ontario, was flying a PBY Catalina flying boat, patrolling over the Indian ocean off the south of Ceylon. Eight hours into the mission, as he and his crew were about to return to base, ships were spotted on the horizon. Investigation revealed a large Japanese fleet, including five aircraft carriers, heading for Ceylon, which at that time was the base for the Royal Navy’s Eastern Fleet. Birchall’s crew managed to send out a radio message to Ceylon, but the Catalina was soon shot down by six Japanese Zero fighters from the carrier Hiryu. In spite of the warning, the Easter Sunday Raid went ahead, but the British fleet had largely withdrawn to a secret base in Addu Atoll. Three of his crewmen were killed in the action and the others, including Birchall, spent the rest of the war as prisoners of war. Birchall was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for his part in warning Ceylon of the impending Japanese raid. He was also appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for the role he played as a senior officer in the POW camp, standing up to the brutality of the Japanese guards.
For more details about Birchall, please visit the following sites:
Birchall’s medals are on display at the RCAF Museum in Trenton, Ontario.
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