http://www.guycocker.com videogame journalist Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:28:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've recently completed the LittleBigPlanet review for GameSpot -- check it out below or head over to the site to check it out in HD. I also captured a bunch of HD footage on the game and posted it to Viddyou, some of which are available below. http://www.guycocker.com/2008/10/18/littlebigplanet-videos/ I've just got the Panasonic DMC-FX500, which is a compact digital camera that can shoot in 720p. To test the camera out, I shot in and around the office, including a look at my setup for reviewing LittleBigPlanet. Click the HD button to make HD. http://www.guycocker.com/2008/10/09/panasonic-dmc-fx500-review/ I'm currently reviewing FIFA 09 for the PS3 and Xbox 360, so I'm taking some footage from the game. The review will be up shortly, but in the meantime, check out some of the HD footage below. Here's one I also took in-game ... http://www.guycocker.com/2008/09/29/fifa-09-footage/ Just got back from my second gallery event of the week -- Ben Frost's Crapitalism in Shoreditch. I'm happy to report that the event was mostly devoid of the expected Nathan Barley-types, despite the artwork's heavy use of modern logos and pop culture imagery. As I was walking home though, I ... http://www.guycocker.com/2008/09/25/ben-frost-crapitalism-opening/ On today's GameSpot UK podcast, we did away with printing off all the competition entries and just randomly chose them on my laptop instead. This prompted me to look at our green website SmartPlanet, and in between reading about ethically-sourced chocolate I found a rather cool map of our shared ... http://www.guycocker.com/2008/09/25/green-gamespot-uk/ Today, I headed to Brighton to visit two development houses that were born in the city. Relentless Software are probably best known for the Buzz! series, of which I'm a huge fan, while Black Rock Studio is behind Pure, which is looking like it could be the sleeper hit of ... http://www.guycocker.com/2008/09/16/brighton-games-developers-relentless-and-black-rock/ I spent a good majority of my day today playing through Wipeout HD on the PlayStation 3. The game plays really well, with improved handling since I encountered it earlier in the year. I'd say I made it about halfway through the single-player campaign during the day, the highlight of ... http://www.guycocker.com/2008/09/15/wipeout-hd-impressions/ Sony's PlayTV arrived in the office a while back and I was lucky enough to give it a whirl ahead of its release. Aside from an ugly box and a lack of a PSP transfer facility, I like PlayTV, and if I had a PS3 I would definitely check it ... http://www.guycocker.com/2008/09/15/sony-playtv-review/ I'm in the process of setting up another blog, so I thought I would consolidate my hosting to one company. After researching the options, I had a 'eureka' moment when I found out the hosting package I bought for my girlfriend offered unlimited domain support, allowing me to cancel my ... http://www.guycocker.com/2008/09/14/moving-my-blog-host/ With the new iPod Touch being released yesterday, I thought I should update my blog to work with the site. Thanks to the excellent BraveNewCode plugin, the site should now automatically format itself for the iPod Touch and iPhone whenever you visit on the device. Let me know what you ... http://www.guycocker.com/2008/09/10/guycockercom-on-iphone-and-ipod-touch/