As any Grand Theft Auto fan or Hardcore Gamer would tell you, after the delay, news on Grand Theft Auto IV has been pretty scarce, compared to other upcoming games.

As most of you should have known by now, Grand Theft Auto IV will make its appearance at the Leipzig Games Convention. However, the most we have gotten now is only a few images of the Special Edition of Grand Theft Auto IV and a few shots of Grand Theft Auto collectables.

We hope to have more of these posts at -=}{oT~dEv1L 666=-’s HQ soon. Come on, Rockstar, don’t keep us waiting! Pump our brains full with Grand Theft Auto IV news! Meanwhile, guys, check out the post below this.

Basically, ViStart is a program written in XML that emulates the Windows Vista Start Menu. It can be run on Windows XP, however, it is not entirely like the real deal. In the real Windows Vista, as most of you should have realized by now, there is a border around the Shutdown and Lock buttons.

Apparently, that is not present in ViStart. I hope to change that, and therefore, I have made my own ViStart theme using a Windows Vista screenshot and Adobe Photoshop CS3. You can see from the screenshot that there are borders around the buttons, unlike in the plain ViStart theme.

Lastly, look at a screenshot of the theme here, and, of course, download it! If you like my theme, please digg it using the button below the comments field. The download link can be located at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!

ViStart Aero Enhanced (468)

Grand Theft Auto, the Simpsons, and a little bit of Humour. And what do you get? GRAND THEFT WALRUS - the typical kind of Simpsons humour. And no, it’s not the first time Grand Theft Auto has appeared in the Simpsons.

Now, that is if you still remember Death Kill City II: Death Kill Stories. It seems that Grand Theft Auto just can’t seem to escape the clutches of the media. Grand Theft Auto is a parody in itself, but it seems that the Grand Theft Auto parody just keeps flowing…

Anyway, I think Grand Theft Walrus a pretty good parody of Grand Theft Auto. I’ve watched the Simpsons movie, and personally, I think the Simpsons creator somewhat might be a fan of Grand Theft Auto. First, there’s Death Kill City II: Death Kill Stories, then there’s The Simpsons Hit & Run. Now, there’s Grand Theft Walrus. Coincidence? I don’t think so.

Anyway, I hoped you have enjoyed watching the rather short clip posted above. Credit goes to the video uploader for uploading the video (duhh…). Cheers!

Basically, GameSpot has partnered up with GMI to bring you GamerInstincts, which lets gaming enthusiasts from around the world participate and earn reward points, which they call MarketPoints™, where 1000MarketPoints™ can be exchanged for US$50.

And how is this possible, you ask? Well, for every survey you do, you get MarketPoints™. Once you have accumulated 1000 MarketPoints™, you can proceed to “Redeem” them for cash. Upon redemption, a cheque will be mailed directly to your address in your local currency.

This seems like easy money, isn’t it? However, it seems that there aren’t any Active Surveys available to fill up yet. Earning US$50 by just doing surveys related to Gaming? Easy, isn’t it? Find out for yourself here.

As most of you can see, the blog header and many of the blog’s look and feel has been tweaked and customized to extreme uberness - white stripes and black background on glossy back tabs, and uncluttered sidebar and footer!

If you haven’t read the title, this means that it’s the arrival of -=}{oT~dEv1L 666=-’s HQ Version 2.8! Of course, in order to stay on the top of the chart as a top-notch blog, one has to keep to the rules and code of conduct of blogging, as well as mastering the art of blogging.

Of course, we decided to do away with the “blog version update history” to avoid cluttering up the post. Also, we have decided to avoid clutter in the site as a whole, and one of the ways to achieve this is to re-arrange links, images and content to make sure they don’t clutter the page, as well as making changes to the look and feel of the site itself, which is essential and important, so that loyal readers don’t get bored of the same, old “classic” theme that always seems to be present in some blogs.

Throughout this few months, -=}{oT~dEv1L 666=-’s HQ has survived many server crashes and low daily visitor rates - and now that we are slowly crawling up the charts and becoming popular, those days of darkness were worth it.

Now that we have come so far, I would like to thank all loyal feed subscribers and readers for supporting us. We hope you will continue to support us through the rest of our journey. You can choose to support us by either donating to us a domain name, placing a button, banner or text link to us on your site or by spreading the word about us to your friends.

It’s a collection of short advertisements by Apple. It’s about Macintosh computers, versus, guess what - Windows PCs - Apple’s enemies. And yeah, I’m using a Windows PC. To be exact, it’s Windows XP with Service Pack 2.

Ok, as a Windows user, I admit it - Windows sucks in a certain way, and Macintosh rocks. Well, it seems that it’s MacOS X’s GUI (short for Graphical User Interface), Luna, that pisses me off.

Well, you see, I hate the brushed metallic windows that MacOS X has. Compared to Windows XP, it was king. However, if compared to Vista’s transluent glass borders, it’s scum. Ok, maybe the dock works better than the taskbar. But does it really look better than the good ol’ Start Menu in Windows?

MacOS X is good for editing Sound files and Movies. But Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and Adobe Photoshop CS3 still works better in Windows, albeit a rather hefty Price. And Safari does not out perform Opera in Windows, either.

So, you Apple fanboys says Macintosh plays games. Yes they do. But does it have a big library of games like Windows PCs have? What we want is to relax a little while and to play a little bit of computer games, big Apple! Decent games! Is that so hard?

Well, MacOX X is not virus-free either. It’s just rather rare. However, it should be more deadly than any virus or trojan horse created for Windows, if you happen to get it. Well, the best solution is still to get both a Mac and a Windows PC!

It’s not just a proof of concept. It’s the truth. Series 60 Version 3 (Feature Pack 1) smartphones, in a matter of fact, can play Gameboy Advance ROMS. With an application called “VGBA”, Gameboy Advance games that are smaller than 16Mb can be played on your phone.

However, there’s a limitation. Most Series 60 Version 3 (Feature Pack 1) phones have only 16Mb or less RAM, which means no GTA Advance for us. But hey, look on the cheerful side. You’ve got a few hundred games, ready to play fullscreen on your smartphone.

If you have got a Series 60 Version 3 (Feature Pack 1) smartphone, and you think you’re ready for it, click here to download and read instructions on how to get it onto your smartphone. Have fun!

As you can see, this blog’s skin is pretty slick and it works pretty well. However, being a just-started-out freelance Web Developer that is me, making my own WordPress theme should test my skills. It would, well, add colour and breathe life in to -=}{oT~dEv1L 666=-’s HQ, no?

The current default theme, honestly, is pretty dull. Well, everything from the header downwards looks fine enough for a blog. And in fact, it’s cool enough for me. But the header, it seems to be the thorn in the rose - something that looks so distinctive yet so unoriginal.

This blog, being 6 months old, really deserves a revamp. With the next two blog versions, 2.8 and 2.9, I hope to acquire a Top-level domain name (.com, .net, .info or .org) and to move to a new Web Space.

Currently, i’m being hosted on ByetHost, which is apparently plagued with problems - server hacked, account suspension without warning and the once-in-a-while ’server/SQL/FTP/cPanel down’ problem.

Also, I hope to redo the banner you see up above. The only problem that exists now is about making a multi-resolution banner, which has it’s limitations. Hence, I am still finding roundabout ways to solve this problem, make it accesinle for people woth all kinds of resolutions, and make a really impressive banner. I have Adobe Photoshop CS3, and no one should really doubt my skills, so making it impressive shouldn’t be a problem.

Now, with versions 2.7 and 2.8, I will be editing a current theme, with a custom banner, and making it the default theme. The change will take place probably two to three weeks from now.

A full blog revamp will take place with version 3.0, with my own custom made WordPress theme. I might engage some help from JarJar, Mr. Dew, LucIfiaR (Windows X) or some other people. If you’re a full-fledged Web Developer and happens to be reading this, do try to contact me - I will need your help. I need people proficient in PHP, CSS, HTML and JavaScript.
All help is appreciated!

Well, I was reading a post on Windows X’s Shrine a little while ago, and they had this post about the Website/Blog’s rules. Well, I guess we shall have them here too.

PLEASE READ THE RULES OR YOU RISK GETTING BANNED! THIS INLUDES BANNING OF IP AND/OR USER ACCOUNTS FROM THE COMMENTS SECTION THE SHOUTBOX AND THE FORUMS.

RULES

If you would like an explanation for any given action, please contact me using the Contact Form.

1. If you are posting a comment to a post anonymously, please give a valid E-Mail address and/or Website, if you have one. Please give a valid nickname and post something constructive. If you have done so, your account, under that name, e-mail and website, will be registered as an account and your password will be e-mailed to you within 1 week and you will then be officially part of -=}{oT~dEv1L 666=-’s HQ.

2. Advertising is not allowed. Advertising is defined as attracting the attention of members to a certain site, product or business for the purpose of personal profit or gain. If I feel the post should be considered advertising, it may be removed with or without notice. You can however, introduce yourself and your Website if you’re a new member. Posting a link to a hosted file/image or a News source is also allowed.

3. Do not post shocking graphic content, or content of a pornographic nature. This includes providing links to such content.

4. No Racism, No Threatening, No Victimization, No Flaming, or Hateful forum posts or comments / Retaliation of any kind against a member, or group of members.

5. Do not Harass or Spam other people through the comments section, Forums and/or Shoutbox.

6. Images in posts and comments must not contain sexually explicit material, or any obscene nudity.

7. No spamming - do not make worthless posts that do not contribute to the topic of discussion, or make posts containing nothing other than long strings of useless characters or emotions.

8. If you feel a comment, blog post, forum post or Shoutbox comment has been helpful to you, please thank the person who wrote it.

9. Please do not provide links to websites or webpages that contain, but not limited to adware, spyware, viruses, trojans, keyloggers, malware or any other similar kinds of programs/files. This includes hacks and other files that crashes or destroys hardware or software making them impossible to operate.

10. If any of the rules are being broken by any member for the first time, he will be warned by e-mail. On the second offense, his account will be banned if he is a registered user, and his Nickname and E-mail will be posted on the front page announcement under the “Latest” links for all to see.

As you can see from above, this guy from GTAForums, “GTAIV Dude”, has done a great job in making a remake/re-creation/re-enacment of the Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer 2, “Looking For That Special Someone”.

This is apparently made possible, for those who are unaware, by using a program called FRAPS to capture gameplay from Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (for the benefit of the others, I shall refer to GTA: San Andreas like this instead of GTASA, SA or “SanAn”), with the help of SA Cam Hack, a cemara hack for San Andreas.

After which, the footage would be cut, edited and put together using a Movie Maker such as Premiere Pro, Final Cut, iMovie or Windows Movie Maker. The music and sound from the original trailer, “Looking For That Special Someone”, will also be ripped and used as the background music and sound.

Personally, I think this is a rather impressive piece of work. I gave it an 8/10, falling just behind Jordan’s masterpieces - which I think deserves a 9/10. Give this guy a pat in the back, albeit the video’s poor quality due to his bad graphics card. Cheers, guys!