Gears of war 2 is finally here.

I finally got to use my $20 reward zone Coupon i have been saving for Gears of war 2.
Last night i went out and bought the Limited Edition. This is actually the first time I ever bought a limited edition game and the Limited edition is ten dollars more than the regular one.
The $10 extra was totally worth it because i got a free Centaur Remote Control Car with it and a Gold Plated Lancer with it.

I even modded my original controller to go with my game.

Check out the pictures.





My custom Controller:

In honor of GOW 2- xbox 360 controller mod

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Complete Xbox 360 mod check it out.

DAY 1

Maybe a year ago I had traded my Blackberry Pearl for a Premium Xbox 360 console which i believe was the media edition i think. It came with the mini media remote and a label saying remote included.

Anyways:

here are some pics to look at: Btw this is my first time physically modding a console.






this is my senor install


ram chips


ok another lcd


this is the drive cover painted and added plexi


Finished painting the front faceplate and the slots


again im a noob cosmetic modder so i tried my best...but whatever it works


Added after market case feet


the back case


The hard drive with black tinted window


I also finished the controllers



So i have added the pulse VU 2x, added external switches to the Lian-li temp sensor, added wiring for ethernet Activity and Link. look sat the pics.

I painted the ring of light cover blue also:


ROL center and the surrounding to blue smds



Wireless Ocntroller changed to blue. But Unfortunately Lifted the + pads to had to borrow. Thanks to XboxExpert for posting the images I was able to trace alternate power.


Rewired the A and B buttons on the Lian-Li temp sensor. for external use.


Because of the limited room in the 360 i had to shorten the length of the sensors


Front 12v Mod for future use:


Thanks to sickmods again for makeing leds boards. I have wires up 12 leds which i will hook up to the pulse vu 2x




Now the fun stuff. This is the sickmods Pulse VU 2x. Very easy to install I didi it in 2 minutes.




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Now This is the Ethernet Activity and link leds will be mounted where the hard drive sits. the bastards M$ wereto cheap to wire it in so i had to..


This is where the magic happens


he bblack yellow are the 12v and go to the temp sensor and the red one goes to the leds + it is 5v (unswitched)



Test Video are on there way. Just being uploaded.

PSP SICKMODS FADER MOD BY Knight787

This article is a HOW-TO to show you how you can mod your psp to fade the leds using Sickmods latest fader. This Mod was first attempted by Fufa over at acidmods but he used an older version of the fader. He used the deluxe.

All or most of the stuff i bought was at Sickmods


To start off you need the following things: the * is optional but Recommended

2x o603 smd or 2x 3mm LED but you must cut them and sand them - i chose blue but you can get any color
1 47ohm resistor- click here to calculate your resistor
1 Sickmods fader
30 Awg Kynar wire- different colors will help
25 watt soldering iron
.22 rosin core solder
rosin solder flux- makes soldering so much easier
Exacto Knife or a switch blade
*Magnifying glass
*tweezers
*electrical tape- I used liquid electric tape
Drill machine
Hot glue gun
*masking tape
Small phillips screw driver- buy one of those $1 precision sets.

^Time and being patient is the key here^

*I am assuming you already have the knowledge to take apart your psp as i will not cover it.

Pictures say a thousand words. Look at it.

A recommendation is that you twist your wires together like this:

and like this

now that you are done with all that bore two holds in the trigger R & and L.



Now wire up your leds and resistor.



Ah the placement:

Just tape it all up but neatly and put as far right as you can under the wifi board like this:




and your result:


How to change modes on the Fader

I hope you enjoyed it. Feel free email me or message me anytime. I will Update this and post a video.

Special thanks to:

Acidmods.com Community
Sickmods.net - Sick dimension- he guided me through every step
Bermdogtypes- my buddy at radio shack for huge discounts.

Also check me out on Youtube

Good News

I was recently Contacted by Sabrina Cook who is the Public Relations Manager for Novint and she wanted to host my video on their blog. Guess what they finally did.

2 days ago I got a email saying that my Video has been posted. Here is the link.

http://novint-falcon.blogspot.com/2008/03/falcon-user-creates-video.html

In return they will send me some free Novint swag such as tee shirt, keychain, and some other stuff. Just a small thank you.

Soon I'll be putting up some how to articles on my psp mods i have been working on. As a matter of fact stage one is already complete. I'll be uploading a video soon.

My New Toy- Novint Falcon

So back in February I had bought a new toy from Compusa when i heard it was officially going out of business. So sad :(. Anyways I picked up a Gagdet by Novint Technologies, Inc.

The Limited Edition #1067 of 5000 Novint Falcon



It is a force feed Back controller a.k.a Haptics Technology, designed to give the end user full control over the game the choose to play. So far the only games that i have seen compatible with this after applying the mod package from their website are Half-life 2 and Quake 4 Multilayer. Novint Has their own version of half-life 2 called Haptics 2.

They also have games avaible through their game engine called the Nvent. This controller allows you to feel and touch objects as if they were real. Its like bionics. robotic yet a human touch. The FALCON supported by a round base and has 3 mechanical arms.

The minuted i came home. I assemble the unit meaning I installed teh software, Plugged in 2 cables- usb and power- and was ready to go.

Here is a video of my new toy and soon ill be posting a new video of an official review.

Right I'm in the process of modding my Xbox 360 meaning painting my case, lighting it up, adding a window, etc.




Laters.............. :)