Fixing The Static Noise, Clicks And Pops with Turtlebeach Earforce PX5
So I got this beautiful piece of headset a few days ago, called the EarForce PX5 by TurtleBeach. It’s claim to fame being an awesome virtual surround sound headset which also does the double duty of providing game audio as well as voice chat over the same headset. I preferred this over the Sony PS3 [...]
Fixing the DS3/Sixaxis Controller Not Working in PSN Store Issue
So, my wife got me a new slim PS3 today to replace my old YLOD’ed phat (Yes, Awesome wife I know. And slim PS3 cuz I hate the looks of the new superslim). But, I digress. The issue at hand is that everything worked fine when I unwrapped it, hooked it up to the power [...]
Featured in Chip India August 2011 Edition
My project Kinect on PS3 got featured in this month’s Chip magazine . They have a special gaming edition of Chip Insider which featured the project along with a 2 page interview of mine. If you buy chip, do look out for it on pages 46 and 47. I also have a scanned image of [...]
Making Kinect Work With PS3
This post describes my first attempt at making Kinect work with a PS3. Microsoft’s new XBOX 360 accessory, kinect has made a powerful entry into the market, becoming the fastest selling gadget of all time. Looks like their “You are the controller” tagline is working. Of course, Sony’s “similar” accessory Move is selling well too [...]
PSN Ban-Wave Phishing Scam
Update: I did some more digging and the email and the links actually seem to be legitimate. Good news for many, but bad for those who actually got this email. BEWARE!! In wake of the recent announcement of a potential Playstation Network ban wave by Sony for the people who are hacking it’s gaming console [...]
Making Frets On Fire Work With Pulse Aludio – pasuspender
I recently got hold of a Guitar Hero controller for my PS3 but the game still had some time to come so I tried it out on my laptop with Frets on Fire (rather FoFix). But when I started it, it was crashing with some weird error about not being able to open mixer devices. [...]