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Get Qore outside of the U.S.

Jul 7

Posted by Rob Groove in PS3 | No Comments

If your in the US you can subscribe to Qore for $25.00 or you can just get PSN+ which includes the Qore subscription but for us over in Europe and the UK Qore is not availableso how do we get it?

It’s not easy to do but if you really want it this is how.

First of all you need to make an American PSN account when it comes to the address part just use google to find a USA address and zip code, may i suggest somewhere in California as i they do not seem to charge tax whereas i think if you use a New York address you will be charged approx an extra $5.

So now you have your USA PSN account you can now log on and view what the Americans get on their Playstation store (yes they get different content and PS Home is different too) But to buy anything from the US playstation store you will need to add funds to your PS wallet and you won’t be able to do that with your Euro or UK credit/bank card as the address on your card does not match the adress on your US PSN account so this is where you will need paypal and a friend in the USA who you can trust.

You’ll need to arrange with your American buddy a way for you to send him $50 over the internet (Paypal is easy) so he can go out and buy you a PSN Top up card (i say 50 cause Qore costs £24.99 for 1 year subscription and you can only purchase $20 or $50) Once he has the top up card he will need to send you the redeem code from the top up card so you can redeem it on your USA account. Once that’s done you can go onto the PSN store and subscribe to Qore for 1 year which will leave you $25.01 on your account which you can either keep and subscribe after 12 months or just spend on the Store.

For us in the UK don’t forget you can get First Play which is the UK’s equivalent to Qore but i do think Qore is better.

It’s alot of messing around i know but if you want it but can’t get it – That’s how it’s done. Enjoy!

Tags: american, england, english, europe, for the, for the uk, how to, ire, make psn account, paypal, qore, UK

Music Videos on the PS3

Apr 1

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Do U underestimate VidZone?

Before i start please note Vidzone is not available in all regions

Quite often when im writing a blog (like now) or surfing the net on my laptop etc etc i usually like a bit of music and quite often i will use VidZone on my PS3 n you know what? I love it.

Every week the featured playlists are updated with new automatic playlists, new videos and charts. This is very usefull as you can just throw on a new playlist from this week and theres usually a list for everyone. The videos are streamed for free onto your TV with the occasional 30 sec Ad (approx every 3 or 4 songs)

Making your own playlists

Now there are a great deal of songs on there to listen to but the down side is the search function is a bit pants to say the least so i add songs to my playlists as they appear in new playlists everyweek. It makes it very easy you just listen to the new playlists of the week and when you hear a tune you love just navigate over to wither the playlist your currently playing or just go to Now Playing, Find the song, Press Triangle and Add to Playlist. You can then make a new playlist or add it to one you have already created. Repeat this process for a while and before you know it you will have a slammin playlist or playlist’s you can enjoy again and again. Sick of hearing it in the same order just choose Shuffle to mix it up.

Here’s one of my favourite playlists

Kasabian – Vlad the impaler (live at the O2 Dublin)
Justin Timberlake – Senorita
Kesha – Tik Tok (hehe)
Felix – Dont you want me
Mark Knight – Downpipe (Awesome Video)
Counting Crows – Mr Jones
50 Cent – Baby by me
Black Eyed Peas – Meet me half way
Eagle Eye Cherry – Save Tonight
Cypress Hill – Insane in the Brain
Calvin Harris – You Used To Hold Me
DJ zinc – Wile Out
Asher Roth – I Love Collage
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker
Chuckie – let the Bass Kick in Miami Girl
Florence and the Machine – You got the love
Will Smith – Gettin Jiggy With it
Lithal Bizzle – Go Hard
Sub Focus – Rock it
Ludacris – Stand up
50 cent – Ayo Technology
Warren G – Regulators
thats just one playlist, im still adding tunes as i find them but im in no rush which is key i think.
Also if you like a featured playlist you can save the whole playlist aswell.
Hope ive shed a lil light on Vidzone if you have it but don’t use it as much as you’d like to.

Tags: custom playlist, featured playlists, how to, making your own playlists, playlist, playlists, Playstation, PS3, PSN, regions, streamed, vidzone

Heavy Rain Origami anyone?

Feb 25

Posted by Rob Groove in PS3 | No Comments

Wanna know how to make the Heavy Rain Origami bird thingy?

here it is enjoy.

Tags: heavy rain origami, how to, origami, paper bird, ps3 origami

Wanna know how to get into the the games industry?

Feb 19

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Check out N1tch’s blog for some insiders advice on getting into the industry……

A few days ago I received a tweet asking me how to get into the Games Industry – I’ve been asked this before and it can be a tricky one to answer. Rather than writing a large blog post I thought it best to break this down into several bullet points and sections. Part 1 (this post) will give pointers on getting into the industry via the QA or Tester route.

What follows are my personal suggestions of what I know and have seen work within this industry. If you’ve had any different or un-usual experiences please get in touch, as I’d like to add it to this guide and make it as useful as possible.

The key things that a company will look for in a potential game tester are -

Click Here to carry on reading

Tags: become a game tester, game testing, get into the games industry, how to, how to get in

MAGtics

Feb 18

Posted by Rob Groove in PS3 | 1 Comment

This blog post is all thanks to DamoPointy
Damopointy came up with a great idea to help sucure a win when defending on Aquisition in MAG (Massive Action Game) This might bite us in the ass but i thought i’d share it with everyone who comes to visit RobGroove.com.

Its a very simple idea really, the attackers need to break into your base and steal a vehicle right? so all you gotta do is grab 3 of the 4 vehicles you have at your motor pools and block the enterance. If they manage to blow one of them up you still have 2 to block with. If they get as far as getting the escort vehicle to the main gate, your blocking cars can hold it there untill one of your bunker turrets or someone with an RPG can blow them into the respawn screen.

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Plus dont forget, The vehicles have their own guns on top so if there are 3 of you, one in each vehicle, you can just shoot the hell out of anything that comes near.

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