PlayStation®3 General Discussion

[emw80]

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Triklops wrote:

hey EMW80 just curious about your graphic on the bottom of your post about the kid labour and xbox 360 controllers, is that true or just a joke?

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It's a fact, AND Microsoft went back to do it again after being caught saying they had made sure standards were imporved LOL, but child labor in any case is simply not aceptable.

[Triklops]

That's crazy!!

I never understood why so many haters out there gave the stink eye to Sony, treating them like a big evil corporation, when Microsoft has the history and reputation it has, and no one seems to bat an eyelid at them??

It really baffles me

[gino_76ph]

That's true. i suppose in this world its all about the money, eh?

Anyway, ENM80 had a very good advice as regards my diet and what should i eat. i have been doing all that but one of my prime weaknesses remains: eating quite late at night (as late as 9pm and sleeping at 11pm), pastry and fizzy drinks although i have limited the drinks and i only drink those mini bottles (which is around 150mls) and ones which are "diet" versions.

My wieght has been a steady 96-98 kilos so far but i am still clinically obese.

I just thought becasue of the nature of my job (my only free days are weekends) i thought i'd ask about fitness games or action games that require the Move controller.

What i really want is one that targets certain body areas (like abs, thighs, claf muscles, etc.) for novice/intermeidiate users like me or an actioner that can be also good in breaking-up sweat.

is there a "hybrid" fitness/actioner game available?

I heard about UFC trainer. is that also good?

How about those competition games like Sports Champions?

Urggghhh!!!!!

[Triklops]

Hey Gino_76ph,

I am the same height as you, and up until recently I was 98kg.  Now I'm 94kg.  I work out though and a large part of my weight comes from muscle bulk, but I do have a fair bit of fat percentage I'm working on dropping, hence the recent 4kg drop.

I drink a bit of fizzy, but like you I only drink diet.  There are like someone said before, little things that can help.  For me, some years ago, if I did get any kind of fast food, I cut out the fries completely, to this day I never have fries with any fast food, and I try to limit my burgers to the healthier, lower saturated fat ones.

I also began drinking more water.  I used to eat a lot of pies but now I hardly ever do.  I began drinking more water and dropped my bread intake (because of the empty calories, high carbs).  

But you really do need to watch your night time eating.  We only burn off 70 calories an hour while we sleep, which isn't much.  A lot of what you eat prior to sleeping doesn't get burned off so it gets stored as fat instead.  I tend to get hungry at nights, but being into bodybuilding I take a protein shake at nights, which fools me into thinking I'm full, and is much better than eating a high calorie meal.  

As for UFC, haven't tried that but it does look pretty good.  Sports champions only really works up a sweat in the gladiator game, but in my opinion not as much as other titles.  

P.S.  a great time to do your exercise is first thing in the morning before breakfast.  Often if you eat first then do exercises later, the calories and carbs from your food will fuel your exercise, but if you workout before breakfast, the body has to resort to mostly fat storage.

[emw80]

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Triklops wrote:

That's crazy!!

I never understood why so many haters out there gave the stink eye to Sony, treating them like a big evil corporation, when Microsoft has the history and reputation it has, and no one seems to bat an eyelid at them??

It really baffles me

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I think the cause may be much to do with the core principles of the people involved.. Xbox/Microsoft (an American company), has people with a mixed bag of core principles, Playstation/Sony (a Japanese company) generally share the same core principle, we have all heard about Honor being a big thing over there.. but not in the US.

now it does come down to the individual of course and we shoudl always judge on personal merit, but in a ratio between the two, Japanese companies would come out with a better overall set of core principles (i think anyway).

then you could factor in things like the society, needs, aspirations. Americans as we see all the time want everything and they are always out to have more than anyone else around them which leads to backstabbing and dishonesty and corruption in gerneral, Japanese people seem to be humble people to a greater degree who actually care and value their elders, wheras in America it seems they cant wait to get their elderly parents/granparents into a nursing home so they can sell the property for their own greed and selfishness.

You can factor in lots of things and get the same kinds of picture, the east and west are totally different when compared on the principles.

The only good thing i see happening in the US rigvht now, is the Ron Paul liberty movement, his supporters are generally better principled people honest and humble with one honest goal for everyone.. liberty,, so saying that, there's hope for America yet.

But this is just my opinion and how i see things... there'll be millions more people who will rubbish what i have written here.

[gino_76ph]

Quite an interesting sidestep of opinions. 

Okay...back to my queries please. cutting down on carbs. leating less at night, drinking less of fizzy drinks, fruits & veg, more water...i get the point. walking. that's also ticked.

but what about games? 

[Triklops]

I agree that Japan would hold those values you mentioned.  And I like that they also are more collective, in that they attribute any success to themselves as a group, and never independantly, never boasting about oneself.  I thought they were very humble in how they handled the network outage, the way they bowed, the things they gave all their customers for their patience.  

 I guess thats why I'm confused by the subset of people who began bashing Sony and treating them like they were just a big greedy corporation.  Seems ironic given Microsoft's history.

Its also interesting to me, that in pure sales to date, there is only one million units difference, that PS3 is behind the xbox, which is good for PS3 considering it came out a whole year after Xbox.  Its pretty even the world over, the USA is the only place in the world that Xbox sells almost 2 to 1 against the PS3.  So I guess in America they pump the Xbox more. 

[emw80]

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gino_76ph wrote:

That's true. i suppose in this world its all about the money, eh?

Anyway, ENM80 had a very good advice as regards my diet and what should i eat. i have been doing all that but one of my prime weaknesses remains: eating quite late at night (as late as 9pm and sleeping at 11pm), pastry and fizzy drinks although i have limited the drinks and i only drink those mini bottles (which is around 150mls) and ones which are "diet" versions.

My wieght has been a steady 96-98 kilos so far but i am still clinically obese.

I just thought becasue of the nature of my job (my only free days are weekends) i thought i'd ask about fitness games or action games that require the Move controller.

What i really want is one that targets certain body areas (like abs, thighs, claf muscles, etc.) for novice/intermeidiate users like me or an actioner that can be also good in breaking-up sweat.

is there a "hybrid" fitness/actioner game available?

I heard about UFC trainer. is that also good?

How about those competition games like Sports Champions?

Urggghhh!!!!!

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It wouldn't matter if the bottle of fizzy drink you're consuming is a miniturized version of the miniturized version and you have to miniturize yourself to drink it LOL, it still has the same rotten chemicals in it ASPARTAME being one of them.

Aspartame is in sweetners as well, like nutrisweet, and companies like coke and pesi will say "Oh we took out the sugar and replaced it with a sweetner so its healthier for you",, when in reality it isnt as it STILL conatins Aspartame LOL.

As for pastires, (as well as buns and cakes etc),, there's no problems there really in moderation, but here's the thing, and this goes for ALL foods you buy from a store... If you make the foods from scratch, you DONT use preservatives (amonium peroxide i think) like the store foods do, and then there is none of these other chemicals which are neeedlessly added to store foods.. so it is MUCH better to make food yourself from scratch than it is to go buy it from a store, YOU control what goes into it, and in doing it all yourself not only are you adding new things to the list of things you can do, but it keeps you going in the long run!

BTW making awesome foods you love is easier than you think, and you certainly do enjoy it much more when you have perfected it to your taste!

[emw80]

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Triklops wrote:

I agree that Japan would hold those values you mentioned.  And I like that they also are more collective, in that they attribute any success to themselves as a group, and never independantly, never boasting about oneself.  I thought they were very humble in how they handled the network outage, the way they bowed, the things they gave all their customers for their patience.  

 I guess thats why I'm confused by the subset of people who began bashing Sony and treating them like they were just a big greedy corporation.  Seems ironic given Microsoft's history.

Its also interesting to me, that in pure sales to date, there is only one million units difference, that PS3 is behind the xbox, which is good for PS3 considering it came out a whole year after Xbox.  Its pretty even the world over, the USA is the only place in the world that Xbox sells almost 2 to 1 against the PS3.  So I guess in America they pump the Xbox more. 

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Yeah i remember watching that video as well when the Japanese execs came to talk about what was going on and they were bowing, i mean how much more humble can you get. they know the customer is everything to them. other companies (it would seem most thesedays), aare just out to milk the customers to death and overcharge for cheap products... then pull the plug when their company shares are bottoming out simply to change their company name and start over doing the same things as before.

In the end though, people will eventually catch on to it, and beging to flock to the honest people... that process of course is a long one and sometimes it is too late by the time people wake up.

Im not too happy about being on a 4th PS3, but im happy with what i get from Sony Playstation. free online play with friends, great features on the console, uber quality exclusives and PS+ (something i was skeptical about in the begining, but now i wonder why i waited to get it).. £40 per year for games, dlc, avatars, cloud storage.. is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than the £40 per i used to spend on just xbox live LOL.

[RONNYNS]

you want to have a real workout and sweat.... there is only one game that brings it on the ps3 'THE FIGHT'.. its a boxing game, that also include a gym for different work outs.. and if you have two ps3 you can fight againts your wife online.

trailer..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-zO-yqtM_M

gameplay...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPZYpP0Jlqs

buy..

http://www.gamestop.com/ps3/games/the-fight-lights-out/78153