We're Feed Burnin'
Well, we realised our feeds were GROSSLY under powered, by that I mean I was stripping everything out just to get them working straight. Today, I did something pretty cool - I converted all our feeds to feedburner and made them so much sweeter. You can now view images, embedded video and full formatting inside RSS feeds.
It's already available through the Feedburner service, all old feeds will be automatically updated to use the new feeds so you don't need to update anything (or any cool widgets you made) to get it working with the new awesome-sauce.
Sorry I left the whole system in a bit of disrepair earlier, I've been so distracted with lots of other things going on at once but it should all be fixed now. If you spot anything funky, post it in the comments!
To summarise, you can grab the RSS feeds with all the new features right now:
Poni Hoax
I went to see Poni Hoax a while ago at Cargo in London, but I was prompted to write about them today because their album "Images of Sigrid" just turned up.
Poni Hoax are a mix of experienced musicians, their sound is really well developed and hugely varies between each track on the "Images of Sigrid" album. In my opinion, they are one of the greatest bands I have found for a long time, so for me, they deserve a space on the Johnny Two Shoes blog. I want to share with you what I have found!
Poni Hoax are a French band, so they may not be known at all in America or even very much in the UK. I want you to tell your friends about Poni Hoax, buy their album "Images of Sigrid" and if you get a chance to see them, jump at it. They're really are the most enthralling live performance I have ever seen, bursting with emotion and a kind of clarity that only well versed musicians can maintain.
Listen to Poni Hoax on MySpace
Photography by David Rivoal
Hello, Joe Danger!
Our friends at Hello games recently announced their XBLA, PSN and PC title "Joe Danger" for what looks to be an incredible game packed with style and oozing with fun.
I don't want to attempt to steal the lime-light on what Hello Games will say about it themselves, but consider this "Hello Games wants to make games that will put a stoopid grin on your face." and follow the link to read more.
R* Detail "Gay Tony" Multiplayer
Today R* detail the very best of what's to come in "The Ballad of Gay Tony", details of the often overlooked (by people who dislike the series) and overplayed (by people who love the series) multiplayer game modes.
The original Grand Theft Auto games are partly what inspired us to make our own games and even inspired a lot of them (see High Speed Chase, High Speed Chase 2, The Heist, The Heist 2), so you can see why this is big news for us.
This is what's new:
- Loads more deathmatch locations, including indoor locations
- Deathmatch kill streaks
- New weapon types, including sticky bombs!
- Free mode now has parachutes to play with (jumping out of your friends helicopter isn't so suicidal anymore)
- New helicopter (The Buzzard) and new N.O.O.S.E. truck feature in free mode
Find out everything R* has detailed in "The Ballad of Gay Tony" DLC, due out October 29th on XBOX 360.
CryEngine 3 Released
The makers of Crysis (PC) have released a new game engine. This is the most advanced engine around today, check out this release trailer to see what games will look like in the years to come.
Heres an example of something different done with the old version of the engine, Its a remake of the classic Monkey Island.
The Forum Is Now Open!
So this last chapter of "The Nightmare That Stalked The Forums" is closed. Let's hope that this doesn't repeat itself again and we can keep improving the forum in the time to come.
Remember, if something doesn't work, I'm going to need a full video from Jing that shows me how it isn't working, post the link here or email us with full details on how to reproduce the problem.
I'm not saying everything is perfect yet!
Left 4 Dead Characters As Bears
Awesome illustrator and friend of Johnny Two Shoes, minkee has drawn all four characters from the original Left 4 Dead as bears!
Zombie bear mod anyone? Incredible idea. We've already seen the Teletubbies in Left 4 Dead as zombies which is possibly the creepiest thing ever. The idea of mauling (see what I did there) zombie bears has got to be 10 times better than Lala, Po and the gang.
via flickr
Uncharted 2 Review
One of the most anticipated games of the year has been released on PS3. If you have one or are thinking about getting one, check out the review.
Has to be one of the best games Ive played in a while, its a incredibly polished and fun. Played the Multiplayer Beta and cant wait to play through the full game when it arrives.
The Forum Is Closed (Not Anymore)
So yesterday, someone managed to hack into a mod account and screw around in the forum.
This has lead me to believe a few things about the site, we have some moderators who are not being careful with their login details and we have some malicious players on Johnny Two Shoes who intend to damage our website.
Well, they're not too serious because we can combat that stuff. Now topics will never be deleted, they can only be locked or hidden. New "report" button means any player can flag issues anywhere on the site (be it a username/avatar/post/topic/comment).
In summary:
- Topics can be locked or hidden by mods, never deleted (can be undone by other mods)
- The entire mod process will be publicly logged so any-time mods change something it is logged to show who, when and where in the forum it affects on a new page for every registered player to view
- Mods will be able to roll back changes (like re-show hidden topics/posts)
- Topic titles can only be edited by JTS staff
- Bans can be rolled back at any time by JTS staff
- New report button will let registered players flag all kinds of events on the website (this will come later)
Update, it's back. Tomorrow the old forum data will be back!
GTAIV There's Always A Girl
"There's Always A Girl" is the latest video from Rockstar promoting the new DLC for XBOX and stand-alone games "The Ballad of Gay Tony" and "The Lost and the Damned".
Enjoy the new trailer!
