Artist: Babylonia
Title: Motel La Solitude
In brief: Well-produced electronic rock/pop from Italy, obviously influenced by DepMode
I don’t remember exactly where and how I first bumped into Babylonia. I probably heard their rather fantastic single “(If U Want) My Love” which spurred me into blind-buying their first album “Later Tonight v2.0″ from a German online retailer. I enjoyed the album immensely, especially “A Spreading Infection”, one of the v2.0′s extra tracks which was noticeably harder-hitting than the rest of the rather poppy, at times bordering on cheesy, album. In fact, it made such an impression on me that I had to contact the band. View full article »
It was only very recently that I finally had a moment to hook up the Logitech G25 to my PS3 and to really get to grips with Codemasters’ Colin McRae Dirt. It’s a lot of fun – especially on a 3-meter-wide screen sitting at a distance of 2 meters. I was really looking forward to DiRT 2. It arrived from Amazon.uk today, and I stole an hour off work to try it out. View full article »
A few weeks back I took the plunge and placed a pre-order for a new Google Android based smartphone, HTC Hero. Mind you, it wasn’t an easy decision. Although I fall fatally in love with pretty much any new piece of gadgetry, my earlier encounters with HTC smartphones haven’t been exactly satisfying. In fact, I’d been burned pretty badly by HTC Diamond which turned out to be a rather expensive piece of crap. No, make that a complete piece of crap, barely worthy of stopping a door or weighing down a fishing line. View full article »
Artist: Depeche Mode
Title: Sounds of the Universe
In brief: The most boring album Depeche Mode has ever released.
First off, a bit of a disclaimer. If you’re a Depeche Mode fan, you might get a bit pissed off about what I have to say. You might even see me as a DM hater. If that sounds likely, you can feck right off. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass. View full article »
Toshiba’s HD DVD format lasted less than two years in the battle for the crown of next-gen optical media format. Toshiba threw in the towel in mid-February and placed a number of publishers in a rather difficult situation: what to do with titles that are already in the pipeline? German publisher Kinowelt had been working on a definitive high-def edition of Terminator 2 for ages and had obviously spent a bundle of cash on it already, so they had little choice in the matter. View full article »
