2:48AM - Entertaining Kuwait since 2003

People complain about how the Sony PSP’s battery lasts for only 3 hours while the Nintendo DS lasts for 8. Well I have had the PSP for a few months now and I never had a battery issue because I was always able to charge the battery before it got low enough to cause me a problem. Awhile ago I was playing with my Nintendo DS and suddenly the green battery LED turned red. So I figure this must mean I have like 2 hours of playtime left before the battery dies. I was wrong, 20 minutes later my DS died!

There is no way to know exactly how much power is left in your DS until the red light comes on and only then do you know that you are fucked. Atleast with the PSP in every pause screen of any game you can see the battery meter on the top right corner telling you exactly how much battery is left.

Here is a list of PSP games coming out this month:
September 06, 2005 – Gretzky NHL 06
September 13, 2005 – MediEvil Resurrection
September 13, 2005 – World Series of Poker
September 19, 2005 – Frantix
September 19, 2005 – Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
September 19, 2005 – GripShift
September 20, 2005 – Burnout Legends
September 27, 2005 – Madden NFL 06

Some commercials to start of the day with.
American Express Mojo Missing
American Express Mojo Found

And finally a bonus video:
IBM Truck

Oolite is a space sim game, written for Mac OS X in Objective C using Cocoa and OpenGL. It is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors. Oolite now works in Tiger. [Link]

Update: Although the idea behind this game sounded promising, after playing it or should I say trying to play it, this game is basically crap.

Found this really cool graphic novel for the PSP. Issue 1 is already out and Issue 2 should be coming out this month. [Link]

Oh No… [Link]

Today I got an email from Sony, I was accepted to be a beta tester for SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo for the PSP. According to Sony:

Congratulations on being selected to participate in this exclusive public beta test. As a beta tester, you should receive the following item(s) via UPS in approximately 29 days:

– UMD Beta Disc
– Beta Manual

This is going to kick ass, SOCOM is going to be the first PSP game that can be played online and I will get to beta test it!

Saw the N90 today, its A LOT bigger then I imagined and extremely over priced. The shop I was in was selling it for KD350. I played with it for like 2 minutes and I personally think it looks cool when closed but cheap when opened. The keypads design is the biggest culprit, I think thats what hurts its looks the most.

Wooohoo!! Finally you can preorder the GameBoy Micro from Amazon.com!! It will get released on September 19th, and I will be getting the Black one since silver is so yesterday. [Silver] [Black]

Jeremy Clarkson took the new Mercedes S-class for a spin and reviewed it. Not to ruin the ending but he basically found it boring and gave it a 3/5. [Link]

Got this from K:

“You own a Ferrari when you want to be someone, you own a Lamborghini when you are someone” -Frank Sinatra

Ipod mini Lanyard prices:

Amazon.com’s Price: KD5.250 ($17.98)
Solize Store in Muthana Price: KD4.500
Mac & More in Galleria 2000 Price: KD12.750

NBN a Lebanese TV station had their website hacked. I took a screenshot incase they changed it back. [Screenshot]

I.D. has the results of the 2005 Annual Design Review, America’s largest and most prestigious juried design competition. The categories of this year’s best designs are: consumer products, graphics, packaging, environments, furniture, equipment, concepts and interactive. To see the winners click here.

Aramex are having problems with shipping out stuff in New York, below is an email from Aramex:

We have received a message from JFK that we are facing some problems with Customs Department as they are currently refusing to let HIGH VALUE shipments out due to some reasons which we are trying to work on with them, therefore we are keeping all shipments of high value In transit until the problem with customs is already solved and then we will update shipments on the system. I apologize for the delay although it’s not from our side but I will keep you posted with the progress of the case. Thank you again for your patience and best regards