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CrunchGear PSA: Go see Kick-Ass

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 07:51 PM PDT


Kick-Ass is everything Watchmen was not: funny, human, and welcoming to non-comic nerds. Go see it. Excellent stuff.


Video: How good is the Nintendo Wii emulator Dolphin? Let’s see how Resident Evil 4 does!

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 01:20 PM PDT

So a few days ago Dolphin 2.0 was released. Dolphin is a Nintendo Wii and GameCube emulator for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and it works quite well. How well? Here’s a video of me playing the Wii version of Resident Evil 4—which, yes, I do own, thank you very much.

Yes, the CG intro plays twice, but I’ve been fighting YouTube since noon today (it’s now 4:15pm as I write this) trying to get the video to process and I’m not about to start all over again.

It runs at a full 30 frames per second, full screen @1920×1080 (even with Fraps in the background), and the only hiccup I’ve experienced is sometimes the audio is maybe half a second out of sync during cutscenes. Maybe that can be fixed in the settings, I don’t know.

And yes, I’m terrible at the game. The point of the video isn’t to illustrate my amazing skills, but rather to show off what the emulator can do. I don’t have a Bluetooth dongle on my PC, so I had to map the Wiimote+Nunchuck controls to my mouse and keyboard. I just need some practice is all, and these controls will work just fine:

• The Nunchuck joystick (actual movement) is mapped to WASD on the keyboard

• Z on the Nunchuck (used for running) is mapped to Left Shift

• C on the Nunchuck (draw knife) is mapped to E

• “Shaking” the Wiimote (reloading, escaping, and quick knife attack) is mapped to R

• – button on the Wiimote (brings up your inventory) is mapped to the Space Bar

• 1 and 2 on the Wiimote (map and options menu) is mapped to 1 and 2 above WASD

• Aiming with the Wiimote is mapped to the mouse, where Left Click is the Wiimote’s A button (shoot, attack, action) and Right Click is the Wiimote’s B button (draw weapon)

I think that’s about it.

Subtitles starting to show up on Netflix instant viewing

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 11:00 AM PDT

There’s always been a few annoying little issues left to be addressed on Netflix Instant viewing. I mean, you can’t get 1080p, there’s not 5.1 sound, and most importantly, there’s no subtitles. As someone who has family members with hearing disabilities, I’ve been keenly aware that Netflix has been lacking in that regard. There’s good news though, Netflix has been working on that particular issue, and just started rolling it out to the public.

There was an announcement on the official Netflix blog recently, and it’s good news. They’ve been working on adding subtitles to their streaming product, and it’s finally ready to roll out. The bad news is that it’s currently limited to only a hundred titles at the moment, but Netflix has stated that they are working on making it available for all of the streaming titles. It’s also currently limited to PC/Mac streaming, so if you watch on any other platform you’re still out of luck, at least until this fall. Netflix specifically mentioned that Lost, seasons 1-4 have this feature enabled, with more to come.


Weekend Giveaway: Waterproof, fireproof, and bombproof ioSafe hard drives

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 06:48 AM PDT

Do you live at the heart of the sun? Maybe under an active volcano? Or under water? Then you need an ioSafe 500GB super duper drive. These monsters, if you recall, can take quite a beating, surviving backhoes, fire, and water.

So what can you guys get? How about one of two 500GB ioSafe hard drives. How do you win? Glad you asked!

Pop over to ioSafe, check out the specs, and then come back and email contest@crunchgear.com filling in the blanks in the statements below

The drive is…
Fireproof to ____° F for ½ hour
Waterproof to ____ feet of fresh water or salt water for ____ full days
Cost of 500 GB Solo – $____
Weight ____ lbs

Good luck. I’ll pick two winners randomly on Monday.
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