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This week saw the release of Killzone 2 for the Playstation 3. I’ve been playing it for a few days and I have to say it’s quite the intense experience, very gritty and raw. Even the Sony-hating Kotaku gave it a “must have” designation. So, to give you a taste, here is the TV trailer for the game.

Click through and you can see it in high def. And if you like first person’s shooters and have a PS3, I say get it. And if you don’t have a PS3, then why the hell not?!

I go to Von’s in San Diego once a week, sometimes twice if my weekly ‘meal plan’ gets compromised by greed or desire for something different. And every time I have to squeeze my way by somebody in the doorway selling something or wanting a donation or wanting a signature on the way in and/or out.

“It’s for charity” – yeah, last time I bought something for charity I spent $15 and found out that only 75c was being donated.

“Don’t you want every kid to be fingerprinted?” – against that on so many levels

Can’t I just buy some friggin’ groceries? Ugh!

This time down at the airport I, ahem, fly out of, Montgomery Field, San Diego. I thought I’d take some film of planes taking off and landing but the place was almost dead. The video was shot in 720p at the 60fps rate and then export in iMovie ’09.

I’m quite pleased with the quality though I’m disappointed that when the helicopter flew over the camera kept focus on the wire fence rather than the bird. I suppose the auto focus had to make a choice.

I must say that I like the new iMovie. I skipped ’08 so the interface is quite different from what I am used to. What I really like, compared to the Flip, is that the native file format goes right into iMovie with no transcoding, I make edits and then writing out the final file to be exported is real quick. Uploading to Viddler et al is still a bitch thanks to my cheap internet connection but that’s what work is for, right?

Astute viewers of my MINI blog may have noticed that it now has a favicon:

Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

Yeah, I am so web.

Today saw the somewhat-highly anticipated game, Flowers, for the PS3 appear on the Playstation Network. The aim of the game is to control the wind which causes flowers to lose their petals and fly through the air and around the landscape. It’s not killing, it’s not racing, but it is relaxing and something different. Maybe it’s a game that becomes art? Anyway, it’s available to buy today if the following trailer piques your interest.