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Playing Grand Theft Auto IV with Boot Camp – Grand Theft Auto IV – 30 Minutes

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The PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV is a new action/adventure game, which was published by Rockstar Games, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, in December 2. Grand Theft Auto IV was developed by Rockstar North in Edinburgh, Scotland (U.K.). This game was already published for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in April 29.

Personally, I have never played any of the Grand Theft Auto games. And initially thought this series is similar to Electronic Arts‘ Need for Speed series. But I guess not. As far as I played Grand Theft Auto IV for one hour or so, it looked to me that this game is pretty closely to a 2002 game called Mafia. Mafia was published by Gathering on August 28, 2002.

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The following QuickTime movie is a game play video of Grand Theft Auto IV. It starts with the cinematic movie at the beginning and then ends when the main character of the game is pulled over by the police. I can tell you that it’s not fun watching it.

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By the way, if you have Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 but plan to buy the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV, you may probably think twice. Grand Theft Auto IV’s system requirements are quite demanding. With 2 GB of RAM and 256 MB of VRAM, I was only able to play the game with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. And the game requires quite a lot of keys to control. (See the screenshots below.) Continue reading →

Playing Prince of Persia (2008) with Boot Camp – Prince of Persia Game Play Video Part I – 19 Minutes

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Prince of Persia is a new action/adventure game, which was released by Ubisoft in December 9. It was developed by Ubisoft Montreal. Previously, Ubisoft released Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time on November 30, 2003, Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within on November 30, 2004 and Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones on December 1, 2005. Furthermore, the Mac version of Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones has been released by TransGaming Technologies.

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I say that you are most likely to enjoy the game to the end if you have a good first impression at the beginning. If you have a bad impression from the beginning, there is a good chance that you won’t recover from it until the very end. If I didn’t make a second game play video for the same game, that means I didn’t have a good first impression. The last game in which I had a good first impression, which continued to the end, is Electronic Arts‘ third-person action/horror game Dead Space.

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So how about Prince of Persia (2008)? I can honestly say that I didn’t enjoy any of the previous three Prince of Persia games. So I had low expectations on this game right at the beginning. Well, I think Prince of Persia is different from previous three games. Prince of Persia has

  • good music … √
  • beautiful graphics … √
  • good voice actors … √
  • good conversational lines … √
  • a good story … maybe

    • Let me iterate that I’m talking about my first impression about this game. I only played this game for just 30 minutes or so. So you never know how my impression will change as the game goes.  Continue reading →

    Adobe Releases Adobe After Effects CS4 9.0.1 Update for Mac

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    TOKYO (MacHouse) – Adobe Systems Incorporated has released an update for Adobe After Effects CS4 for Mac. This update seems to be available for the Mac version of the application only. According to the company, Adobe After Effects CS4 9.0.1 update provides ‘general stability and performance fixes’ as well as ‘updates to Mocha for After Effects.’ The update file is 219.6 MB in size and provided in the form of a DMG disk image.






    Click on the button to for more information on Adobe After Effects CS4 9.0.1 Update. VTC

    Apple Releasing EFI & SMC Firmware Updates for Late 2008 MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Models

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    TOKYO (MacHouse) – Apple, Inc. has released a firmware update for MacBook Air, MacBook and MacBook Pro, all models released in late-2008. According to the company, the SMC firmware updates for MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro ‘improve the sensing and accuracy of the MagSafe Power Adapter indicator light and the battery charge indicator lights.’ of the computers. As for the EFI firmware updates for MacBook and MacBook Air, the company says these updates fix ‘several issues to improve the stability’ of the computers.






    Click on the button for more information on MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 1.1. VTC
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    Click on the button for more information on MacBook Pro 15-inch SMC Firmware Update 1.2. VTC

    Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 and Fireworks CS4 Reviews – Should One Upgrade Adobe Dreamweaver & Fireworks?

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    Some 9 years ago, I bought Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio for about $150 to 155 with an academic discount. I was still a graduate student at that time. I only wanted Dreamweaver and didn’t use Fireworks very much.

    Nowadays, our work without Fireworks is unthinkable. Fireworks is not necessarily a great application to use. It’s just that you can edit graphic files fast. It’s not like there are many things that you can do with Fireworks, which you can’t with Photoshop.

    How about Dreamweaver? I won’t say life without Dreamweaver is unimaginable. It’s true that Dreamweaver is one of the most widely used HTML editor for both Mac and Windows. Dreamweaver is a mature product just like Microsoft Word and Excel. Some Mac users had a good reason to upgrade their Microsoft Office, though. Microsoft never released a Universal upgrade for Office 2004 products so that they could sell more units of Office 2008, which runs natively on Intel Mac computers. Again, how about Dreamweaver?

    Adobe officially started shipping CS4 products including Dreamweaver CS4 and Fireworks CS4 in mid-October. The release cycle is quite short. It’s only 18 months. Adobe started shipping CS3 products in April, 2007. Dreamweaver 9 and other CS3 products were already compatible with Intel Mac computers natively. So some Mac users may not feel they need to upgrade their Adobe CS3 products. And our recommendation is… Don’t waste your money.  Continue reading →