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The PS3 launches here in Australian and in Europe today. I wonder if it will be able to ever catch up to the number of Wii’s that have been released. I doubt it.

A fantastic in-depth guide of ways of improving your S.T.A.L.K.E.R. skills. Also a great read for those of you who will be picking it up tomorrow when it is released in Australia. It starts off explaining the basics of the game, then gets into some great combat tips.

So if your struggling through S.T.A.L.K.E.R at the moment or getting ready for it tomorrow this guide is well worth a read.

Read the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game guide.

A Gears of War movie could be on its way to a cinema near you. Variety have reported that the rights to a Gears of War movie have been won by New Line.

[Via Joystiq]

I have had a lot of people frequent my site within the last few weeks and I thought that I would point out some of the posts that I think are rather good and worth you reading.

• Tremulous Review
• Wii Lan Adapter Review
• Wii Sports Boxing Headspin KO Video
• Wii Messenger Idea
• Wii Ranking System Idea Updated
• First Week With My Wii
• Stargate SG-1 Mii’s

Hope that you enjoy some of the older articles I have written.

The Tanooki have a post about a rumor that Nintendo may be bringing out an external hard drive for the Wii. I think thats its a very good idea since you can download so much stuff from the virtual console and it is constantly expanding. The 512mb is not going to cut it.

Read the full article.

According to a JB HiFi catalogue we can expect to see Command & Conquer 3 : Tiberium Wars on March 22 the same release date we get Stalker on.

I was rather surprised to see that neither Chris or James finished in top place this week on the top commentators list.

It was a new comer to commenting on my blog. Dan1el and he runs The Wrong Advices, which is quite contradictory as he has some fantastic articles on blogging. What is The Wrong Advices all about? Well it’s a blog (duh) about blogging and the other miscellaneous things that Dan finds interesting.
Here are some of his recent posts that I thought were rather informal:

• Web Fundamentals Bloggers Should Know About
• Simply Successful Secrets
• Blogging is harder than you think

Great posts well worth reading.

If you want to get a nice little paragraph about your blog all you have to do is be the top commentator at the end of the week. See my post about top commentators resetting weekly.

On to the other happenings in the blogosphere this week.

• Chris has found a nice video of a modded PS3 being used as a hotplate check it out.
• James has kicked off an awesome new phase of his site where he is making banners and logos for a very nice price. Plus if you make a blog entry about his services you get a free banner (I hope this counts although not technically a blog entry dedicated to it. ) Check James’s banner/logo services out.
• Pfadvice has a nice post on 10 Smart Ways To Save Money On Your Hobbies

Well I think that’s it for this weeks blogosphere week in review. Remeber your chances of getting one of your posts in the blogosphere week in review greatly increase if you comment as I nearly always check out the commentators site.

Hand Held Gamerzine (HGZine) issue 2 is out now.

Inside this issue of HGZine:

• Previews of:
  • My Sims
  • Call of Duty: Roads to Victory
  • Tomb Raider Anniversary
• Reviews:
  • Lunar Knights
  • Prince of Persia Rival Swords
  • Phoenix Wright
  • Spectrobes
• Exclusive on how console games are converted to the PSP
• Plus much more…

If you don’t know what Gamerzines are then I suggest you read a few of my older entires on Gamerzines.

Download HGZine Issue 2 Now!

Communication Tube, is a free web based application that lets you communicate from a variety of instant messaging protocols in a single web-based application. Thats great right for when your out at a net cafe. But the real cool thing is they say that it works in the Opera Browser on the Wii.

I have not tested it yet though, so I cannot confirm if it works.

*Note* A friend pointed out that it does not appear to be https, so I do not know how SECURE it is. Below is a statement from Communication Tube on their site.

CommunicationTube� does not store your user names or passwords on our server. We will not share, sell, or give away your data. Login and passwords ciphered using 1024-bit keys RSA encryption. CommunicationTube� is compatible with CGI(HTTP) Proxy with cookies+JavaScript enabled and access the real URL by building it into subdirectory such as

Can someone who has tested it with a Wii please verify that it works in a comment below.

A new plugin directory for WordPress has just been released check it out here.

The new directory lets you download,rate and comment on your favourite WordPress plugins.

For users, this means:

• There is now a central place to find and download WordPress plugins.
• You can get a much better idea about plugin quality and compatibility from the site.
• In the future you�ll be able to get notification inside of WordPress about plugins you use that have updates.

For developers, you now have:

• Exposure to the millions of people who visit WordPress.org every month.
• Free SVN hosting for GPL plugin development at wp-plugins.org. (Like always.)
• Automatic download packages and free hosting of those.
• Statistics about how many people are using and downloading your plugins.
• Prominent links to your homepage, and the ability to specify a Paypal donation link from your plugin page.

WordPress Blog

[Via WordPress Blog]