That’s right, everyone’s favorite arcade shooter is coming to the PS3. They’ve managed to get the light guns to work on HDTV’s with a couple sensors (aka they made it a Wiimote), and it looks terrific.

Check out this first video of the game.

Here’s your HD goodness.

Even though I said I wasn’t going to, I picked up a Xbox 360 Elite today. The black beast is better than I anticipated.

The first thing I noticed was the Elite is very quiet. Much more so than my older Premium console. This is when idle, playing movies (both standard DVD and HD-DVD), as well as playing games. It’s a treat to not have to hear the fans spinning like crazy. The new Hitachi drive helps too.

The HDMI video connection looks fantastic. There is a noticeable difference in colors and black level on my 50″ Samsung 1080p over component video. Don’t take this to mean the HDMI connection produces a much better picture… it’s a known thing with my model of HDTV that HDMI looks way better than component.

I’m waiting on my transfer cable, so I can’t comment on using the 120GB hard drive yet.

Overall, it’s the best 360 console I’ve had. Is it worth the upgrade for most users? I don’t think so. But if you’re looking to replace a broken console and you don’t have warranty, or you just want to pick up a 360 for the first time, definitely take a look at the Elite.

I have both of these downloadable games and did a big head-to-head comparison last night on which holds up as the better fighter.

First off, I have a bias towards MK2. I spent countless hours in arcades playing this game. I remember waiting while the machine was installed and setup the first day, then throwing in quarter after quarter. MK3 appealed to me less because of the change in fighting system with the addition on combos. Mortal Kombat, to me, should always be about the special moves and fatalities.

In the graphics department, they look about the same. The screens can be stretched to fill a widescreen HDTV, or they’ll automatically fill an SDTV screen. UMK3 gets a slight advantage because it looked better in the arcade, and these are direct arcade ports.

For gameplay, hands down MK2 on the PS3 wins this one. The d-pad on the Xbox 360 controller sucks. There’s no other way to say it. It’s almost unplayable with the d-pad on the 360. On the PS3, the d-pad works perfectly as it should, so you get the great classic controls from the game. All the moves and fatalities are very easy to pull off with the SIXAXIS.

Online play is cool in both games. You get your standard matches, and as with any fighting game, there’s always a bit of lag. I’d give the edge to the Xbox 360 just because the Live community is larger, but that’s the only reason I’m giving it that edge.

Overall, I would say go with MK2 for the PS3 because of the control factor. Controls are everything, and this game is spot on. If you’re a Mortal Kombat fan, I’m sure you’ll get both anyway.

In case you don’t know what FTW means, it stands for “For The Win”. Get up with the slang, young-ins.

So, in an effort to be more productive, I picked up a Dell 20″ widescreen LCD monitor (E207WFP) and a Happauge WinTV-HVR-1600 HDTV tuner card. I opted for the Dell E-series instead of the 2007WFP because I have no need for the crazy adjustments it has, and the actual monitor is exactly the same. Didn’t feel like spending that extra $100.

You might be saying to yourself, how the bloody hell is an HDTV tuner card going to make this guy more productive? We’ll I’ll tell you. I hate silence; I need something going on. Radio hasn’t been cutting it for me, and I can only listen to the Opie and Anthony replay on XM so many times a day, so I’ve been working at the coffee table in the living room watching my HDTV. This has led to less coding, more gaming on my part, which is putting me behind schedule on a couple projects.

So I picked up a nice widescreen monitor and tv tuner card so I can have something to watch in my office while I do work. The monitor is more for a dual monitor setup on my laptop (which is a 15″ widescreen) than the tv part. I have a 19″ Dell LCD that my desktop runs on.

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My how times have changed in the world of gaming. I remember a time when buying a video game system would be the ultimate in bringing people together. When can 8 grown ass men huddle around and spend hours staring into the virtual abyss of video games. All I have to do is send a text message to a buddy with something like, “Madden?” and he knows exactly what I am talking about. Well, these times seem to be behind us. Nintendo Wii has divided my apartment in two.

Herein lies the dilemma. My roomate is a Dr. , which is good because usually they can afford stuff that broke ass college kids cannot. He made the ultimate purchase last december in acquiring a 56″ DLP Samsung Flat Screen HDTV. All is well in the gaming world right? Not a chance. I have debated getting a Wii for sometime. I saw the Tiger Woods commercial with the Wii mote and I was hooked. Play golf with out putting on pants.?! Finally, its all coming up Milhouse. Like a retarded kid at the circus, I was all giddy when I told him we would be acquiring a new next-gen system. No fucking way he said. Umm, what? It was like I was in prison and my cell mate told me I had to pee sitting down from now on.

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Keep an eye on the Xbox 360’s Video Marketplace come Tuesday, because there’s some FREE juicy South Park in HD. It’s an older show, commonly referred to as “South Park Ninjas” (officially titled Good Times With Weapons). It’s personally one of my favorites. Gotta love a kid getting a throwing star stuck in his eye. Haha. Anyway, the content will be free for “all” Xbox Live members for a 2 weeks period. We put “all” in quotes because of the recent hi-jinx with delaying content for Silver members. Keep an eye out on Tuesday and grab this free episode. Fun will be had by all

Just a reminder that UFC 67: All or Nothing is Live tonight on Pay Per View. This is the first UFC event to be shown live in HD. Hopefully Time Warner will have the HD feed…

Big news regarding the event, The Ultimate Fighter 4 winner Travis Lutter, who was scheduled to fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight Title, missed weight. The fight will still happen, but not as a title fight. Lutter missed the 185 lb mark by 1.5 lbs after two attempts to weigh in. After the first attempt, he went back for 2 hours to cut more weight, only to lose 0.5 lbs. It’s pretty sad, really. The guy worked his ass off to win TUF 4 and get a title shot, only to have it completely take away by not making weight. Come on man, you just blew your dream on something stupid.

Anyway, should be a great PPV tonight, with the debuts of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Mikco Cro Cop, two of the world’s best.

[Update] So apparently, Time Warner is retarded. I just called and was on hold for 25 minutes to ask about the HD feed for the event. The <sarcasm> wonderful </sarcasm> guy I talked to told me, and I quote, “UFC is never going to provide an HD feed. Wherever you got your information is clearly wrong.” My response: “So the giant banner images on ufc.com and interviews with UFC President Dana White promoted the first HD PPV are all clearly wrong?” He stammered a little bit, then said “Yeah they’re wrong. They’re not talking about any PPV events.” This guy is clearly a winner.

I just got back from Gamestop where I picked up my preorder of Lost Planet Collector’s Edition. It came with a nifty little mech guy that’s gonna sit on my desk. More importantly, the back of the game box. It has listed “HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p”. SWEET! The game runs in native 1080p. Hell yes. Can’t wait to go fire this us and enjoy!

Slashdot today is reporting news from the Adult Entertainment Expo that Porn giant Digital Playground has switched it’s stance from BluRay to HD-DVD. Apparantly, Sony won’t product BluRay disks for any of these companies because they don’t want any porn on BluRay. This is the EXACT same thing that happened in the BetaMax vs. VHS format wars, where Sony refused to put any Porn on BetaMax. As much as some people don’t want to admit it, the porn industry pushes the new format acceptance. If they globally choose HD-DVD, the format wars could be over really quick.

Move over Xbox 360. Move over PS2. The PS3 is the fastest console to sell 1 million units. In the period from launch until last week, Sony sold 1 million PS3’s. In the same time frame, the Xbox 360 sold 600k units last year. I’m honestly shocked at that huge number. Maybe that’s why there’s lots of PS3’s available now, because Sony ramped the every living hell out of production and get them to market.

I’m happy that there’s a glimmer of good news here for Sony, in the midst of all the negative press they’ve been getting. If these sales keep up, and they sell more than Microsoft’s touted 10.4 million in the first year, expect BluRay to win the format war over HD-DVD.

From the press release:

SCEA went to great lengths to help meet demand for PS3, including airlifting systems into North America on a weekly basis to ensure a steady stream of units were available to consumers throughout the holiday season,” said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA. “The fact that we were able to reach the one-million mark faster than our top-selling platform, the PS2, further validates the strength of the PlayStation brand and our belief that consumers are ready to experience true high-definition gaming.” … “Reaching the one million mark for PS3 is the first of many major milestones for us as we head into a new year. Even more impressive, is that we were able to accomplish this feat while successfully managing two other gaming platforms-PS2 and PSP,” said Tretton. “With three PlayStation platforms now available to gamers, 2007 will be about software and delivering innovative, new experiences and award-winning franchises to consumers, both through retail and through our online PLAYSTATION Network.