Playstation 4 Part 2 Games: Need For Speen Rivals

Play as Cop or Racer career in this high-speed racing game.

The aim of the game is to increase your rank.  This is done by achieving 3 - 5 objectives on your "Speed List".  Each time you complete a Speed List and return to your Command Post or Hideout to complete the list and bank the Speed Points you earned.

Speed Points can be used to upgrade either you cop or racer car, they are not exclusive though.  Points earned can be spent in either cop or racer mode.  Spending 10000 SP in Racer decreases the SP available to Cop by the same amount.  It is a central pot, rather than building SP for each career.

Maybe because it is a muli-platform game, (PS4, PS3, XBox One, XBox 360 and PC) but the graphics seem to be no improvement over PS3.  I'll have to get the PS3 version and compare.

Virdict:  A good game, but cheaper on other platforms.  7/10

Playstation 4 The Test Part 1 - OS

It is now 11 am on Friday morning.  I have got up and turned on my PS4, unforuantlly the controller needs charging, so |I will leave the unit on for a while.

I tired a Blu-Ray disc and while it does play, it is noiser and takes longer to load than the PS3.  Also it just says "Blu-Ray Disc"!  The PS3 was able to identify the Blu-Ray and display the title on the screen.

Also, as previously reported, PS3 game discs are not compatible, yet when you log into your PSN account it shows you all your trophies and game progress as on PS3!  I have yet to verify reports that PS3 games are available to download from PS Store.

The controller has been redesigned.  Still the same basic shape, the DUELSHOCK 4 has done away with the classic "Start" and "Select" buttons(!), replacing them with a touchpad, "Options" and "Share" buttons.

I will leave the controller charging a little longer, then report on NFS: Rivals.

Playstation 4 - The Unboxing

I got my PS4 at just gone midnight, after queuing for about 45 mins. (This did include me paying for the console).  I got the Killzone Mega Pack as it contained a camera and extra controller.  I'm not particularly interested in playing Killzone and might trade it in against something else.

I got home and opened the box.  I carefully took the box with the console in out and opened it.  I could only find one controller, the console and the cables.  There was no sign of a second controller or camera.  I was about to give and got to bed (as it was about 1 am by now), but then I look in the other box.  There was a smaller box in the bottom containing the camera and extra controller.

After redesigning the power pack on the PS3 to be horrible and bulky, Sony have returned to the two-pin "radio" style of plug used on the Playstation and PS2.  I "borrowed" the power supply from my Xbox Kinect (which I haven't used in almost a year!) and the PS4 illuminated.  I searched around for the "on" switch for a few minutes with no luck, then, serendipity(!), it came on!  Its obviously a touch sensor like the PS3, but I have no idea where it was!

I turned on my TV (reusing the PS3 HDMI cable) and I connected to my wi-fi, set the time and date and logging in with my PSN account.  I then linked my PSN account with my Facebook.  The new GUI (Graphical User Interface) loaded up, similar to that of the PS Vita.  I my opinion, they should never have moved away from XCross Media Bar used on PS3 and PSP, by far the best and most user friendly Playstation interface.

The new interface is blue, with several boxes.  After intinal set-up turned it all off and went to be around 2am!

Rob Lloyd - Who, me? at Just The Tonic at the Edinburgh Fringe

Australian comedian, actor, David Tennant lookalike and failed school teacher(!) Rob Lloyd puts The Doctor on trail (again!). 

Obsessed Who fan, Lloyd, puts himself on trial for his obsession, the consequences... If found guilty, Doctor Who will be erased from history. With the audience as his jury, Lloyd presents his case as both defendant and prosecutor and witnesses whilest recalling how he became a Whovian in the first place.

With in jokes for fans of the new and classic series and attacks on various geek rings this is a show for all geeks.

The audience was a nice balance of new and classic whovians.

"I got treatment at the Carol Ann Ford clinic and now I'm cured." - Rob's best friend and former Whovian.

Rob Lloyd's "Who, Me?" is the best show I've seen whilst at The Fringe,  defiantly worth the entry price.

10/10

Reviewed by The Cyberhippy

Break The Floorboards at The Key Theatre

Break The Floorboards is the story of Zane, a teenage Muslim who wants to dance more than anything else, but is ridiculed by his family, his mum and older brother. When he meets dancer Sophie at the community centre, he realises that his dream my yet still come true.  Along the way he must  fight not only his family, but a white fascist group threatening to march on his home city.

Well acted, well choreographed and with very good music Break The Floorboards is a show worth seeing.

With a cast of eight, many of the young actors play more than one role.

 9/10

Romley Little Theate Company Hound Of The Baskevilles at The Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, Isle of Man

Sir Arthur Conan Doyal's well loved play got a comedy makeover as the Romley Little Theatre company presented Sherlock Holmes in Hound of the Baskevilles.

The play was performed my three actors with only the one playing Dr. Watson retaining his character throughout. This is possibly because Watson is documenter of the adventures he and Holmes partake in.

The actor playing Holmes also played the villain of the piece and the villain's sister (the only female character of the piece).

For a cast of three the play was well acted and the music and sound effects fitter the scenes.

The fast-paced nature of the play worked well, with the first hour of act one beings repeated in the first six minutes of act 2!

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