Monthly Archives: February 2004

Visited by a Flash-Cart

Still alive and well. Got a visit from Hannover yesterday evening, ended up toying around with Flash-Carts for the GBA (purely for development purposes) and playing some games.

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SCART vs. SVideo vs. Dolby 5.1

Cabling up the XBox like I want to is a bit of a hassle: In a perfect world, I’d like to hook it up via S-Video and the optical sound output. The “advanced” (or whatever they call it) video cable … Continue reading

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New Car

Picked up my new (used) car yesterday – a silver Nissan Micra. Also got a new set of winter tires as it came with summer ones. So far it seems like a good fit for me.

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Project Gotham Racing 2

Project Gotham Racing 2 (PGR 2) looks very nifty and plays just as good. It’s the first time in a racer (only having played even less realistic ones like Burnout 2 or Need for Speed: Underground) I’ve gotten a rush … Continue reading

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Top Spin

Top Spin is a very nice tennis game. Excellent graphics (and sound, too). In general (for all of the games) the 5.1 sound is awesome! I very much recommend the digital sound hookup (although I had to to a lot … Continue reading

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Rainbox Six 3

Rainbow Six 3 is a nice, squad-based shooter (haven’t played on Live yet). Reminded me a lot of SWAT 3 game-play wise, but looks much prettier. Using the headset for giving orders actually works surprisingly well and adds a lot … Continue reading

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Spending lotsa Money

Bought myself a car (a used, silver Nissan Micra (2002-model)) and an XBox. Now known on XBox Live as m4v3n [boy, how inventive...]

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We want Internet!

Still don’t have DSL. (

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Moving in 2 Hours

I’ve moved to Braunschweig – Wenden over the weekend and things are still a bit hectic. It’ll be the end of the week before I get DSL up and running…

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