Who wants to watch their Favourite Artists’ Live Concerts for free?
I’m not going to lie - I’m a bit behind on this one, because today is the day I finally heard about MSN Music’s In Concert service. However, better late than never, right? This service offers live concerts by artists such as Rihanna, Jay-Z, Maroon 5, and streaming live tonight - Madonna.
photo credit: digiyesica
The service isn’t too bad: I watched parts of Maroon 5’s concert in Le Cabaret, and it actually looked better than Youtube! Looks like In Concert is of some use after all. Youtube’s definitely got more variety when it comes to this stuff, but at least In Concert is fully-legal. There are short commercial clips playing in between, and the whole site isn’t as streamlined as it could be (in fact it’s a bit bloated-looking), but it still works nonetheless. And that’s good enough for me!
The Maroon 5 concert, on the other hand, was downright impressive. They could’ve done with a bit more audience pumping and interaction with the crowds - it wasn’t Bon Jovi impressive, but it was still quite something to watch. If you’re looking to try out In Concert (free, no signups) then visit the link below!
Visit:
http://music.msn.com/inconcert (free, no registration needed)
GTA IV + A New Category
I decided that it was kind of…irresponsible of me to start a digital entertainment blog without video game coverage - especially games that emulate virtual reality, which has always been a passion of mine. As you might’ve guessed, I’m a fan of Grand Theft Auto’s sandbox and playing environment. …not so much all the illegal activity, sex, or violence.
photo credit: William Hook
Every game should take place in a completely open environment. Wow. Even though it’s hard to create such environments, linear storylines are incredibly boring and should be a thing of the past. I’ve played GTA before - believe me, it’s fun. You can do anything! Even when compared to Mario Galaxy - which I own, as a Wii-owner, I found myself enjoying GTA much, much more. Sorry Mario. Sorry.
First things first - GTA is high-def, at last. Which explains why it’s not available for the Wii - but why not the PC? I’m going to expect it to be released for the PC sometime soon, but I’m begging developers to change their minds if they don’t have it planned. Please. Please. And don’t kill my graphics card. Please. Please.
Asides from that, GTA IV also introduces a much cooler multi-player system, which takes place over the Internet. There are different modes to play, such as Cops vs. Crooks (think Cops and Robbers but in Liberty City and with real guns). Wow, that actually sounds so fun (not the shooting part, of course). And that’s enough out of me about GTA IV.
photo credit: William Hook
This new category takes care of upcoming games that I happen to hear about and I think are very virtually realistic, but also productive - should be a nice focus for digital entertainment, although it could get a bit hard to find productive games (Wii Fit, but that’s pretty much it).
Hopefully this works out - but then again, everything is pretty much about experimentation.
The Final Redesign
I promise that this is the final layout of Digital Media Break - I actually ended up spending the week modifying Brian Gardner’s Revolution Blog theme to suit my own tastes. I feel as though it’s got more flare to it - and it’s less blue.
Full steam ahead!
