2nd of March. iPad 2?

Or so it seems. Apple is holding an event then, with invites now out to the usual suspects. The now-customary invite picture can look like someone's unwrapping an iPad wrapped with a big number 2 wrapper.

With over 14 million iPads sold, Apple has definitely nailed this one on the head, and with so many competitors out this year it makes perfect sense that now's the time to strike with a newer iPad. If the rumours are true, and it really does have a resolution of 2048x1536 (double the current iPad and almost as much as my 30" 2560x1600 Dell), then it really would be a feat of engineering if it can push that many pixels while staying cold. If it has the same battery life as this iPad, then there's no explanation other than Apple is a face for a very advanced alien civilisation. Seriously.

Intriguing, exciting, and also probably damn expensive! I promised myself I'd resist this year, but seeing that Kelly (and now Adam) can't let go of the damn iPad since I got it, I can kinda justify a new one. Particularly if I sell my now-defunct MacBook Pro.

Stay tuned Apple fans! (and I know there's lots of you now ;))

Here's another picture of Adam (since you asked)

And here's how to dry yourself and your clothes at the same time

On how gareth170 made a change

gareth170 is a regular forum user at Overclockers UK (a store, and very popular forum for everything PC).

On the 31st of January 2011, at 20:13, gareth170 posted the following message:

hi

i payed for dead space 2 today. installed it and ran the game. went to settings, controls , to custom them, and guess what!!! theres no way to have the walk forward on a mouse button... it makes me so mad that game companys don't make they games fully custom controls....

if they can have the fire assigned to a mouse button, surely they could of assigned to a mouse button...

so now i can't play this game and i wasted £25..

Initially, gareth170 faces the usual barrage of OcUK hostility - ridicule, poking fun at him, etc.

It then turns out gareth170 is a quadriplegic (ie can't move any of his 4 limbs) gamer. He plays games with his chin. To prove his point, he uploads a video of himself playing a number of games (including Dirt 2 and Fallout 3 - New Vegas).

Of course, suddenly the forumites that were making fun of him were hailing him as a legend (see page 3). The best bit though, is that gareth170, along with the quadriplegic comedian/videogamer Chuck Bittner successfully rally EA/Visceral to add disabled-friendly options in Dead Space 2 (and hopefully future games).

gareth170 has now been interviewed by PC Gamer, featured on Eurogamer, and has been emailed by company CEOs to show their support for the cause.

It's a heart-warming tale of gamers uniting for a good cause, despite initially being sceptical and perhaps even mean towards gareth170, before he bravely uploaded a video of himself for all to see.

Have a look at the thread, at least the first 3 pages of it until he uploads his videos - you can literally here people's jaws dropping as they realise how skilled the man is.

So, here's to you gareth170, and to you Chuck Bittner - and may you play long!

Dark Souls debut trailer

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!

The (spiritual) sequel to my beloved, BELOVED Demon's Souls is coming this year to all regions (Thank you Namco Bandai!), and promises to be even more sadistic than its big brother!

I saw the trailer below this morning, and I tell ya, I CAN'T WAIT.

360 and PS3 this time. Pre-order it, if you dare!