Kyle White’s blog

Hey everyone, a more pleasant post this time opposed to the previous one – with some great news (for myself, maybe others?).

Sega has released Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for Xbox Live Arcade. I already own the game in MANY different shapes and forms but I’ll be picking this up purely for the achievements (yes, sad I know).  The download weighs in at 19mb (why? rom = <2mb + emu = 17mb???) and will set you back 400 Microsoft Points. This game will always have a place in my heart and could probably be classed as my no.1 game of all time; PROVIDING it’s “locked-on” to Sonic & Knuckles. This has been a requested feature in many of the re-releases (most annoyingly; Ultimate Collection on the 360), but has been left ignored. Now it has been made clear why; their planning to release Sonic 3 + Sonic & Knuckles as seperate XBLA games and will provide lock-on if you purchase them both seperately. Who’d of thought eh? Being a Sega and Sonic nut, I’ll be a sucker and go for it no doubt. If you’re still skeptical; there’s a demo of the game on XBLA that you can try; unsure of PSN (seriously, who owns a PS3 nowadays?).  You can find the XBLA Sonic 3 page here.

Summer of Sonic has been announced (well, kind of). I didn’t make it to last years and was kicking myself because of it. I will be there this year for sure; hoping that there’ll be some unexpected surprises like last year (live performances of Sonic-R soundtrack = win). The date has been set; “August 29th 2009″ – although the location won’t be confirmed until the 15th; so keep an eye out over at SummerOfSonic.com (it’ll be in London, that’s for sure).

One other little thing I discovered last night was jDownloader. If your using a lot of websites like RapidShare, MegaUpload, HotFile etc; this is the ultimate tool for you. The application detects c&p links (be it 1 or a 100) and automatically imports them into the program and groups them accordingly. It can detect, decode and enter captcha codes automatically too. It’s basically an automated downloader. Rather than having to check back when your usage can continue (15 minutes for RapidShare for free users); the application keeps time and will start downloading as soon as possible; all whilst you leave it running in the background. Pretty nifty, I must say. You can check out the jDownloader website here. But remember, winners don’t do warez.

In other news; Geoff has posted on the Pure Pwnage forums, and has helped explain the situation a little better. I don’t think the PP crew has ever been this active – he’s not outright denying he’ll still play the part of ‘Kyle’ in the show; but he’s no longer working in editing/production.

Anyhow; keep checking back to KyleWhite.net, as I hope to post up a little “experiment” fairly soon.

Ttyl!

-Kyle