Are Playstation 4 games improving or is it just me?

Lets find out what the latest ps4 games are like.

 

old chum.

“Well, with a little trepidation I’ve finally done it” the update read “I’ve bought my own detached house. It has all appliances I could need and a beautiful thatched roof”

Not much older than me. I was surprised by how much success he’d had. It was nice to see him doing well. Bob and I used to take college classes together, after which he took a job. We had fun.  After a while, he moved on and we parted ways, eventually randomly meeting a few years later on a train. At that time we were both writing. I was about to post a long message congratulating Bob on his newfound success when I noticed the final two words to his status. Yes, Bob has the perfect place and yes, it has appliances and a thatched roof…On Skyrim. I groaned and joined the legion of talking heads telling him what a nerd.

 

The point is that Bob is not alone, 2011 was a great year for PS4 games. Skyrim launched into stores at the tail end of 2011 and, like a blazing comet burning brilliantly in the winter sky, signalled the sudden death of any/all social life for about half of my friends. Awesome graphics, Skyrim was quite rightly lauded as one of the best games of 2012. Once a week Wednesday when I braved the elements to grab my comics for the week, I’d be met with a giant bust of a Barbarian holding aloft an axe, his face contorted by a soundless bloodthirsty howl presumably emanating from under his helmet. The barbarian followed me about actually, and I caught him.

 

Fell prey to. Despite the fact that they dropped the year from the title. Might annoy F1 fans who get confused and buy it by mistake. Its the next version along from the last release. It sold well, but I can’t say it’s hugely better than FIFA11.

 

Another one that did well towards the end of last year. Maybe the game is dangerous. I find Dragonball Z really irritating. Have you ever actually tried to watch earlier episode or showing you what’s to come in the next episode. Even more pissed off whilst a little bead of sweat dances on their foreheads and the seemingly unstoppable killing machine gloats at how “pathetic. Dispatches him. The end. And it only took ten episodes. What’s that? Oh, the game? {I have no idea, I got sidetracked|Distracted|Taken off on a tangent…Pissed off and angrier.

 

Look at some of the latest ps4 games, and, if you’re not hip to such things, is probably where most of your friends have gone

Are Playstation 4 games improving or is it just me?

Have we irrevocably discovered the solution to our "after death" experience?

A new scientific study has suggested that dying rats go through an odd rush of extreme neural activity throughout their last moments of life. This enlarged brain use could be in keeping with (and thusly explain) Human accounts of near or after death experiences, as reported by many people around the world.

 

Approximately a 5th of all folks who have survived a cardiac arrest have reported having an ‘After Death Experience’ or ADE.  This is quite an alarming stat, principally as ADE tends to have a profound effect on the life of the survivor. Having an ADE is seen by many as indisputable proof of an afterlife or even a continuation of the individual’s soul after death.

 

Equally, a ‘Near Death Experience’ (or NDE) is believed being like to the ADE, but noticeably happens while the patient continues to be technically alive. Many individuals who experience NDE’s report a floating sensation or ‘Out of Body Experience’ (OBE), as well as encounters with angels, late family members and cherished ones. Both NDE and ADE survivors recurrently explain traversing a long tunnel in direction of an extreme light.

 

Discussions of life after death seems in early scriptures, archaeological sites and many following works of philosophy and have fascinated (and frightened) Human beings, regardless of creed, race or culture, since time immemorial.

 

After convalescing from a surgical procedure in 1979, Jazmyne Cidavia-DeRepentigny of Hull, Georgia, USA, reported a classic NDE tale which was finally published in the book ‘Beyond The Light’ by P.M.H Atwater in 1994. Like many people, Jazmyne recounts information of her surgery that would be very difficult to obtain were she lying.

 

Jazmyne states that “I was suspended over my body.  I could see and hear all which was being said and done.  I left the area for a minute after which returned to where my body lay.  I knew why I died.  It was because I couldn’t breathe.  There was a tube down my throat and the medical staff didn’t have an oxygen mask on my nose.  I had also been given excessive sedative”.

 

She went on to explain her efforts to remove the tube from her throat in a rather harrowing account.

 

Prior to the aforementioned study, it was accepted fact that neural activity ceases once the heart stops. This has now been demonstrated as being untrue, at least so far as rats are concerned. It’s also the strongest premise thus far concerning the causes of ADEs, OBEs and NDEs.

 

One of those scientists responsible for these results, Dr. George Mashour of the University of Ann Arbour, Michigan, USA said that the team was “amazed by the high levels of activity” in the rodents. “In reality, at near-death many known electrical signatures of consciousness exceeded levels found in the waking condition, signifying that the brain is capable of well-organized electrical activity over the initial stage of clinical death.” He said.

 

The team’s lead scientist, Dr. Jimo Borjigin added that “This report tells us that reduction of oxygen or both oxygen and glucose during cardiac arrest can stimulate human brain activity that’s characteristic of mindful processing,”

 

However, Dr. Martin Coath in the University of Plymouth, United kingdom was slightly critical of the team’s findings.

 

Dr. Coath said that, as the rats were anaesthetized, the findings better demonstrated the unconscious brain’s response to a life-threatening deficit of blood flow and oxygen. He also said that the study hadn’t essentially proved that any ‘sharp conscious processing’ had in reality taken place, suggesting the wording of that conclusion was “a bit of a stretch”. He commented that, while the consequences were “genuinely interesting” they were also “hardly astonishing”.

 

The effects of the report will little doubt be of great curiosity to numerous inside the scientific population, as well as religious groups, those interested in the mystic and people who have experienced an ADE or NDE.

  

SOURCES:

 

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/paranormal-death-experiences-explained-204403437.html#7mbMENa

 

http://www.iands.org/nde-stories/17-nde-accounts-from-beyond-the-light.html

Have we irrevocably discovered the solution to our "after death" experience?

If you"ve got a apple ipad, is it worth getting a nexus 10?

It in fact holds up pretty well. In truth, there is little to choose between the two.

I must say that both tablets are completely brilliant. Neither one would make as a bad tablet option, so anyway you are onto a winner.

Due to a closeness of the competition, plenty of this reply is going to get subjective. Because I am an even bigger enthusiast of Apple’s iOS than We are of Google’s Android (though I do like Android a great deal) I will say that the iPad is a better package. Again, that is just my belief. I have been using Apple computers for several years now and I would personally not go over to anything else.

So, so as to answer this title in more detail, I went in for a 2nd opinion. To the end, I spoke to Seb Warren, who is the founder of the modern online customer tech group AppleFanBoii, also as the tech expert and all-round nice guy.

For Seb (who, admittedly, is a little biased) the Google nexus 10 has instantaneous return over the iPad in the areas of price and the customizability of Android (compared with iOS). “Personally, and this is coming from an Apple fanboy, Android wins” he said, “The iPad 4 is still running iOS 6, which incorporates a monotonous, stale design. However, you can make the Nexus 10 your own”

He then went to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow ‘Apple-ites’ (they hate it we call them that) by admiring the iPad’s user-friendliness “If you’d like a tablet for easy use, then its apple ipad 4 for sure” he laughed, before adding “…and the screen is beautiful”.

In terms of basic stats, the Google nexus 10 is lighter than the iPad 4 by some 50g, that’s considerable and renders the Nexus as the more portable of the two. Though, the iPad 4 has a slightly better battery life. The iPad has an alternative for up to 64GB of storage space, whereas the Nexus only goes as great as 32GB.

What really amazed me is that the Nexus 10 in fact has a higher display resolution than the iPad 4. The Retina Screen may become a great bit of branding, but recent tablet pc’s, like The Microsoft Surface, have equalled it (and perhaps bettered it a few times) in terms of display quality.

Oddly, very tech minded amongst you might find the Nexus 10 to be a better experience; it’s also the selection to make if cash can be a large reason in your choice. Though, the apple ipad, with its winning mix of dependability, sterling reputation, simple use and access to the best app store around is unquestionably definitely worth the extra cash in my view.

If you"ve got a apple ipad, is it worth getting a nexus 10?

Big Screen Scenes!

Ever see any of MTV Cribs? We did. And we have been forever most jealous of those quasi-pop idol houses that comes equipped with a little picture theatre. Well, now that knowledge has come down in price considerably enough to present us mere mortals a go, and wow, are we excited about that!

 

Large screen adventure is just a click away, so let us be your guides. Buying an high definition projector has never been faster, simpler, less expensive or more worth it. 

 

Using your hd projector you can take any night a movie night, showing your favorite Blu Ray or DVD films for assembled family and friends (and also the few less-than-accepted hangers-on who forever surface) and amazing one and all. An hd projector brings out the very best in any movie, regardless of its era and budget.

 

To actually catch the essence of the cinema at home, you’ll need an hd projector with a BIG display, then you definately can blend old classics with modern blockbusters to your heart’s content. By hooking your high definition projector up to a state of the art surround sound system, your bone-shattering celluloid adventures might be complete.

 

Watch movies the best way they were meant to be viewed, with your hd projector. Take the cinema home with you (minus the sticky flooring, over-priced refreshments and obnoxious children) and bask in the luxuriousness that only your hd projector can provide. Who needs a lifestyle like the loaded and (apparently) barefaced when you’ve got a cinema at home?

Big Screen Scenes!

‘Jewel Encrusted Skeleton ‘Saints’ Make Headlines Round the World’

Paul Koudounaris, who is also called by his nickname ‘Indiana Bones’ in known as an novelist, photographer and foremost specialist on bone-decorated sites and ossuarys. Earlier in 2013, Koudounaris published a book featuring hd imagery of the 400-year-old ‘catacomb saints’ of Rome, a group of corpses that had been painstakingly decked with gems and finery before being presented as remnants of saints to congregations across Europe.

Through the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century, Catholic church buildings were routinely stripped of these relics, symbols and finery. So they can defy this, The Vatican had ancient skeletons removed from the Catacombs of Rome and lavishly bejeweled as the remains of recognizable saints.

Although typically forgotten until Koudounaris published his book, the catacomb saints continue to fascinate interested parties; they can also still encourage religious zeal. In 1977, the township of Ruttenbach in Bavaria worked hard to raise sufficient money to buy back 2 of the primary saints from secretive collectors, the decorative skeletons had originally been auctioned off in 1803.

The book, which Koudounaris has surreptitiously titled ‘Heavenly Bodies’ sees its writer attempt to locate and photograph each of these existing catacomb saints.

In his prime (a era that lasted over 200 years before decisively coming to a close within the 19th century), the saints traversed in all places, being transported at vast expense by the Church. They were adored as objects of care, or conduits for prayer.

Though the saints could appear unusual to contemporary eyes (one Telegraph reporter described these as ‘ghastly’), it’s important to keep in mind that people who prayed at the feet of these gilded cadavers were a lot nearer to demise than their contemporary counterparts. While in the wake of The Black Death (which recurred repeatedly throughout Europe from the 14th to the 17th Centuries), art, literature and even worship had come to accept such ghoulish, macabre images.

The remains were usually garlanded by nuns and sometimes placed in various authentic poses, before being secured in glass cabinets. Some of the meticulous decoration took as long as five years to finish, with jewelry and costumes being particularly grand.

Koudounaris’ book, ‘Heavenly Bodies’ is out there now.  

‘Jewel Encrusted Skeleton ‘Saints’ Make Headlines Round the World’

’Earth-Like’ Asteroid Devoured by Dead Star

The Hubble Space Telescope has recorded an intriguing event some 150 light-years from Earth.

A large asteroid was pulled into the White Dwarf star (named ‘GD 61’ by astronomers) and utterly destroyed. This is not an unusual event, as even dead stars still exhibit a very high level of gravity. However, scientists are interested because the chemical signatures left in the star’s atmosphere indicate the presence of water and a rocky surface, both considered to be key building blocks for the creation of life on our planet.

Until this event was observed, water and a rocky surface had never been found together on an object outside our solar system.

The asteroid consisted of the elements magnesium, silicon, iron and oxygen, all of which are usually found in rock minerals, but scientists believe that the abundance of oxygen indicated the heavy presence of H20.

The object was at least 90KM across and as much as 26% of that is thought to have been water. Earth is considered to be just 0.02% water.

This discovery is important because it gives scientists a vindicating glimpse of how inhabitable environments may have been formed, receiving key components (such as water) from outside sources such as meteorites.

It is thought that water first arrived on our planet by similar means and that other planets in the GD 61 system would once have received water this way as well. According to BBC News, scientists consider the presence of rocky planets in the GD system to have been “very likely”.

Scientists have observed over 1,000 planets outside our solar system, but none is thought to contain water.

Closer to home, some planets and heavenly bodies are thought to contain water. Mars is considered by many to once have had liquid water, but if this is still the case, it is a greatly reduced amount.

Elsewhere, Jupiter’s moon Europa raises a tantalizing prospect that there are oceans under its icy surface. This has led to some convincing research into the possible presence of ocean currents there. However, Europa is not alone, its fellow moons Callisto and Ganymede have also been suggested as candidates for liquid water.

In addition, Rhea (moon of Saturn), Titania (moon or Uranus), Oberon (also orbiting Uranus), Triton (moon of Neptune), Pluto (dwarf planet), Eris (dwarf planet), Sedna (possible dwarf planet) and Orcus (another possible dwarf planet) are all speculated to have oceans, some of which may be in contact with the rocky core of the respective body, which would hypothetically result in a steady stream of minerals and salts into the water – an important factor in creating life.

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers, which is seen as proof of the presence of water or at least water vapours. It has even been theorized by some that Neptune contains oceans of liquid diamond.

The heavy presence of water on this asteroid is a vital clue for scientists and their understanding, not only of the cosmos, but also of how our home planet came into being.

 

SOURCES

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24491845

’Earth-Like’ Asteroid Devoured by Dead Star

Sony Make all sorts of Television"s and this 42 inch Smart Telly is one to take into account

Like lots of people reading this, I take pleasure in the holiday of Christmas a good deal.

 

Though I am not a Christian (in truth, I’ve regularly described myself as a ‘spiritually inclined’ atheist – even if I’ve taken to observing all 8 Pagan Sabbats over the course of the year), I still view Christmas as the joyous time to be spent with family, friends and those you consider as belonging to the closest ring of the ‘inner circle’.

 

My family is one with many enduring Christmas traditions, a lot of that will obviously be passed on to my children (should my girlfriend and I ever choose to have any). We bring out similarly decorations time after time (some of which have always been in the household for over a century).

 

On Christmas Eve, my Mum will very much read ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’ by Clement C. Moore to my sibling and myself (and recently my girlfriend too), despite the fact that we are now in our twenties. Until lately, we would move out into the streets and chime the ‘sleigh bells’ for our neighbours’ children to hear from their window (just like their mom and dad did for my brother and I when we were kids).

 

Perhaps our best family tradition, on the other hand, is the ritual viewing of the Frank Capra Christmas classic ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. The flick stars Jimmy Stewart as a perennial ‘nice guy fallen on misfortune’ George Bailey, Donna Reed as his wife Mary, Henry Travers as Clarence, George’s guardian angel and naturally, Lionel Barrymore as the truly dastardly ‘Old Man Potter’.

 

It doesn’t matter what else goes on (or how confused Christmas Eve could be, particularly now that travel is a factor in our coming together), we ALWAYS find time to watch that specific film on that specific night.

 

By the time George runs gleefully through the streets of Bedford Falls shouting “Merry Christmas you superb old building and loan!” My Father is welling up, by the point George’s brother Harry declares him to be “the richest man in town”, I’m right there with him. There’s just a specific, sparkling, honest-to-goodness enchartment to it, the script is glorious, the direction is miles ahead of its time and the performances, well, (to quote Bernard Black of ‘Black Books’ fame) “Ah, they’d soften your face”.

 

Why am I revealing you this?

 

Well, considering as there’s no way to improve upon the film itself, the experience would most likely only be bettered if we had a Sony 42 inch TV. With a jaw dropping ‘X-Reality’ display, a wireless smartphone link-up feature and lots more besides, this innovative 2013 smart tv is really a doozy. It could lack some of the more compulsive features of Sony’s other smart Televisions, but, after viewing the display and glossy, ultramodern design of this Television, it barely does matter.

 

With a new Bluray edition of ‘It is a Wonderful Life’, a shiny Sony 42 inch Television with a good surround sound, you will never be happier to see an angel receiving his wings.  

Sony Make all sorts of Television"s and this 42 inch Smart Telly is one to take into account

What makes the apple iphone so popular

Given the reliability, capacity to entertain and user-friendliness of the iPhone, its a small wonder more people don’t fall in madly love with them. You love your iPhone, it’s only natural to want to protect her. You can start by buying some iphone covers from this very site!

 

Your iPhone is beautiful, gets on with your friends and is always there when you need her. She’s smart, funny and the envy of everybody you know. So who wouldn’t hire a bodyguard for their iPhone? She’s in constant danger!

 

iPhones need iphone covers to keep them safe. In the course of a day iphone covers protect her from being dropped, waterlogged, smashed, cracked, burned and otherwise mistreated. In fact, sometimes the only thing standing between iPhones and their total annihilation are iphone covers.

 

iphone covers come in a variety of colours, designs and prices, so why not look around and see our selection of iphone covers? Ultimately, you may end up cradling your iPhone whilst leaving a busy London nightclub crooning “And iiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeiiiiiiiieeeeeeiiiiiiii wiiiiiiiil alwaaays loooove youuuuuuuu!!!!” at the top of your lungs, but this only happens in very rare cases.

 

The rest of us, after nestling our little beauties safely in their iphone covers, go on to lead mostly normal lives and in no way ever end up sitting behind a dumpster in Soho, holding our iPhones ever-so-tenderly. “Hey, why are you singing to that iPhone?” “Uh…No reason, officer…”

What makes the apple iphone so popular