Blog Entries for Drew

Multimedia Marriage, Digital Divorce

Drew

Romance in Second Life

There are plenty of optimistic stories on the Internet about lovers who meet through video-gaming, and then horror stories about those who cheat via gaming. This story has both elements! Read on for more gaming gossip!

A British couple met and fell in love over the game Second Life, and got married (bo [...]

Subaru Challenge winner

Drew

As the weather in Singapore gets worse and worse, the tension gets higher and higher over at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, where Mr George Lee has stood since 1pm on Saturday, with his palms pressed firmly against a Subaru Impreza for the Subaru Impreza Challenge. He defeated demons such as rainy weather, boredom, and musc [...]

Guitar Hero World Tour today???

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The excitement is high in the office, as we eagerly anticipate the phone call from New Era announcing that the stocks for Guitar Hero World Tour has arrived at their warehouse. About 20 seconds after that phone call, we plan to irresponsibly drop all the work we're doing and drive over to the warehouse to pick it up.

If you're not as psyched as we are, check out this video. It's either a new ad for World Tour, or it's some footage of [...]

CD launch at Zouk

Drew

It's not even 10am yet but the smell of the weekend is definitely fresh in the air! For those of you who are already in the mood to party, you can plan your Saturday night around the big CD launch at Zouk tomorrow night when they unveil Zouk In The House, a 3CD compilation with mixes by Velvet Underground and Zouk resident DJs. The party starts at 10pm tomorr [...]

EndWar - first impressions

Drew

So I got my copy of Tom Clancy's EndWar yesterday, and what can I say? The whole novelty of voice-command totally made my wife and I giggly and we were joking about it even before we plugged the game in. And the experience was a pretty good one too! Find out more below.

Everyone wants to hear about the voice-control, and I'm quite happy to say that [...]

Sea monkey diary - day 1

Drew

One thing about working in a tech office is that while there's a lot of cables, motherboards, mobile phones and tech equipment scattered around, there's not much in the way of nature (unless you consider the fungus growing underneath John's telephone cradle). With that in mind, I thought I'd brighten the place up with some pets. You can't really kee [...]

Hello Kitty Pancakes

Drew

This morning I woke up to a pleasant surprise. My darling wife had gotten up early to cook me up some Hello Kitty's for me to eat. No, she's not a chef from Guangdong and "eating Hello Kitty" is not a euphemism for bedroom activities; she made some pancakes using a special Hello Kitty pancake pan that my sister got us as a wedding [...]

Drew & Jo's Epic Wedding Video

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So I'm back from my honeymoon, and back at work. Anyway, some of you have expressed interest in seeing the video that I screened at my wedding, so here it is! For more about the video, drop by the Epic Wedding Video Blog.

The biggest Xbox event ever

Drew

Head to Marina Square this weekend and check out X08, the biggest Xbox event you've ever seen in Singapore. On centre stage will be over 30 blockbuster titles that will be coming out for the Xbox 360 soon, as well as special guests like Alison Carroll, the latest Lara Croft model, as well as local band Electrico rocking t [...]

Bride Wars teaser

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Since I'm about to head off for my wedding break, I thought I'd leave you guys with a teaser poster of Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway in the upcoming movie Bride Wars, where they play best friends who turn against one another when they both find out that they're getting married on the same day.

I had a similar situation when I found out [...]

First Chun Li poster

Drew

The first poster for the upcoming Street Fighter movie is out, and it's... well... in Japanese. Or at least I think it's Japanese. If I could read Japanese, I would definitely already have translated the poster for you guys. Unless you can read Japanese, at which point my translation would be redundant. If you can, get more info at this Japanese link.

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DeLonghi wants you to donate

Drew

Two things make people feel better: helping the less fortunate, and getting new stuff for yourself. DeLonghi is letting you do both, by partnering up with the Salvation Army to encourage people to donate their old irons and vacuum cleaners to the needy. To encourage them, they're offering SGD30-SGD230 cash back for every vacuu [...]

Longer lasting Evolta batteries

Drew

This morning, the Gadget3 crew sauntered over to Chevron House in the CBD to check out Panasonic's new creation, the Evolta battery. By using new ways to pack a lot of power into an alkaline battery the same size as your regular AA and AAA batties, the Evolta has become the longest lasting battery, and it has a Guiness Book of Recor [...]

Lara Croft coming to Singapore

Drew

There's got to be at least a handful of you guys out there who like the idea of a busty and athletic girl flying through the air with a .45 calibre pistol in each hand, wearing nothing but a tight tank-top, tiny short-shorts and hiking boots. If that's your idea of sexiness, then you're probably [...]

Samsung Innov8 first impressions

Drew

So we've just gotten the new Samsung Innov8 in the office, and obviously the first thing we wanted to do was to put that 8-megapixel camera to the test. With panoramic shots, Smile shots, and a whole lot of other features to be tested, there was definitely a lot to play with. Read on to see the pics we took.

Magic Flying Beach Towel

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How do you spice up a wedding video for a bridal couple that loves old Disney films? Why, you throw them both on a magic flying carpet (or beach towel in this case) and then you get set for some cheesy, CHEESY fun.

Find out more about Drew & Jo's Epic Wedding Video and how to recreate the effects at the production blog.

Infinite Undiscovery

Drew

Anyone who plays games has heard about that powerhouse franchise called Final Fantasy. Well, the people behind that successful franchise have now made a new RPG, exclusively for the Xbox 360, and Infinite Undiscovery has just hit the shelves.

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Gadget3 hits up the Motor Show!

Drew

Well, it's that time of the year again when F1 fever hits the city and the Motor Show is held at the same time. Well, technically this is the first time it's ever happened, but it feels like an annual event already.