A few of the games currently in stock are Uncharted: Golden Abyss and ModNation Racers: Road Trip. You can either purchase them in stores for a physical copy, or buy it digitally on the PlayStation Store.

I actually received a call from GameStop 2 days ago confirming that Uncharted: Golden Abyss is available to pick up.  Today, I went to pick up the game in addition to getting ModNation Racers. As the photos show, these games are incredibly small…perhaps smaller than a Nintendo 3DS (or DS) game cart and much thinner. The cases are also smaller than the PSP cases, but wider. Don’t except to find manuals in the cases as they are available on the cart and online.

Aside from that, I decided to cancel my 32 GB Vita memory card and transfer my Vita Wi-Fi reserve to get the First Edition Bundle due next week. In addition to getting it a week early, the bundle includes many goodies such as a protective case, free 30 days of 3G coverage by AT&T, free PSN game voucher, augmented reality cards, Little Deviants game, and a 4 GB memory card. Instead of waiting until the official launch, I will be able to review the system in-depth in just 5 days.

While I got hands-on experience at GameStop with the Vita today, I will be able to have a better time with one of my own in the coming days. I am so excited for this system…and I hope you are too.

The Dingoo A320 is a portable device that can emulate classic gaming systems including the Game Boy Advance. In the picture, it is running a port of the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Many devices are available on the internet that can provide emulation of various classic games. These said gadgets can fully or somewhat fully run older consoles, providing an “on-the-go” option for those who travel or pass free time..for roughly $100 US.

One of these gizmos hails from China…the Dingoo A320. Out of the box, it can run many classic game systems including: Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game Boy Advance, classic arcade, and Neo Geo.

With a little know-how, it is possible to install other emulators from other consoles like the Game Boy, MSX computer, and even PlayStation. The A320 also supports many homebrew games.

While the Dingoo is intended for gaming, it does have other features that make it a multimedia device. It has the ability to play video, audio, FM radio (in which you don’t even need to use headphones as an antenna for great reception), photos, flash animation, and text reader.

You will also be glad to know that the gadget have 4 GB of flash memory with the option to expand it with a MiniSD card, if you can find one these days.

Just plug in the USB port to your PC and device, put your unzipped ROMs into the storage, and then you have classic portable gaming in your hands.

The controls are similar to a PSP (minus the analog knob). There are shoulder buttons, ABXY face buttons, directional pad, and Start & Select.

Should the 2.8 inch screen (slightly smaller than the Game Boy Advance) be too small for your eyes, Dingoo included an RCA video cable that can display the system on to any TV. That’s right, you can play classic games on a TV with the A320.

In terms of performance, the device handles most games very well. Nintendo, most GBA, and arcade games run perfectly. However, there are some issues with a few GBA and most SNES & Genesis games. Either the framerate is slow or sound playback is choppy.

For Super Nintendo and Genesis, the games do run well enough to play, but you may want to turn the sound off should you be annoyed by its incomplete emulation. Some GBA games like Golden Sun, Final Fantasy VI, or Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario 3 run slow or do not even work, but nearly all of them work just fine.

All in all, this is a system worth picking up should you want to do classic game on-the-go. Especially in my case, I am waiting for the North America release of the PlayStation Vita. Currently I don’t have any portable systems aside the A320. For now, this will tide me over until the Vita’s launch on February 22nd…which I will be posting more info about in the coming days.

The following is a YouTube video made by “Ashens” from the UK. I actually had a video review of the Dingoo A320 produced but my phone was not able to transfer the video to YouTube and it was deleted. I figured to write out a review instead.

For the past 2 weeks, I have been interning at WHBQ-TV Fox 13. Despite a few things, the experience has been good so far. I have been writing scripts and doing some camera work. Overall, it is very good to be an intern at Fox.

Speaking of programs, Dan Hensley from Shortwave America (and contributor to Media Network Plus) is having his radio show on The Look 24/7. If you are interested in shortwave radio and international broadcasting, then you can hear that program LIVE on Fridays and Saturdays from 0400UTC to 0900UTC (or 10 p.m. – 3 a.m. Central time). In addition, downloadable episodes can be found on the website.

Also, I hope to keep maintaining this blog to keep it fresh with new material. Keep it bookmarked for more exciting stuff, including details of the upcoming PlayStation Vita, the next gaming gadget that I will not resist buying.

If you are on-the-fence about shortwave radio listening, then hopefully this will convince you to tune in. Earlier today, I got a parcel from Radio Taiwan International. The envelope contained a 2012 desk calendar, an updated program schedule, and a card. Inside the card, there were signatures from every single on-air personality from the station.

For that, I am truly thankful and even wrote an e-mail expressing my thanks! This was a great way for a radio station to reach out to its audience, especially on a medium that’s losing its audience to newer technologies. Hopefully, RTI’s listeners will thank them for this kind act and show their gratitude. Because of this, I am glad to be a shortwave radio listener and it has reminded me how this hobby is awesome. It also made me want to turn on my Tecsun PL-660 radio to catch some other international broadcasters while waiting for RTI to be on-the-air.

Listen to my show on The Look 24/7 at http://thelook247.com/ from 4-6 pm (Eastern) today. Immediately after the show, I have to head over to WUMR to produce the first Tiger’s basketball game on 91.7 FM. So that’s why my show is only 2 hours today! The show will be on regular schedule next week. Also, check out the details of today’s contest at on last week’s post. I will announce the trivia question around 4:15 & 5:15 pm (Eastern) until someone wins or the end of the show. Enjoy!

Foo Fighters – Walk
ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses
Wolfmother – Sundial
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Don Giovanni, Act II, Commendatore scene
Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz
Whitesnake – Here I Go Again
The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
Weezer – My Name Is Jonas
Smash Mouth – Walkin’ on the Sun
Velvet Revolver – Slither
Rush – Tom Sawyer
Van Halen – Hot For Teacher
Megadeth – Wake Up Dead
U2 – Beautiful Day
Twisted Sister – I Wanna Rock
The Black Mages – Fight With Seymour (Final Fantasy X)
10 Fight With Seymour (Final Fantasy.mp3
Toto – Africa
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Free Fallin’
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
Styx – Mr. Roboto
Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
Smashing Pumpkins  – Today
Sixx: A.M. – Life Is Beautiful

For those interested, the film is about a father and son communicating to each other through a ham radio…roughly 30 years apart. John (in 1999) talks to his dad, a firefighter, who is still alive in the 1960s. This odd phenomenon is possible through a rare fluctuation in the sunspot cycle. For those knowledgeable in HF radio, solar activity  greatly influences shortwave and ham radio communications, making long-distance communication possible or impossible under given conditions. I’d say that 30 years is definitely “long-distance!” The father-son duo, throughout the movie, attempt to solve a murder mystery affecting both time periods and even the main characters.

Back to the contest! The trivia question is based on this movie and will be announced on the Nov. 2nd broadcast. I will not post the question online, Facebook, or anytime prior to the show. You’ll just have to tune in to find out the question! If anyone has seen the movie, then the question will be relatively easy. However, any one can feel free to check online to find the answer (during the show) on YouTube, IMDB, Wikipedia, whatever. Whoever sends me the correct  answer first will win the prize. The prize is a DVD copy of Frequency, which I’ll pay for the cost and shipment. The length of the contest will last from until the first correct answer is submitted or until the end of the show at 8 p.m. Eastern.

So here’s a rundown of the contest rules:

1. Question will be announced on-air on November 2nd during the first hour (starting 4 p.m. Eastern) of my show on The Look 24/7.

2. Answers will only be accepted through my station e-mail: chris@thelook247.com.

3. The first person with the correct answer wins a DVD copy of Frequency, which will be mailed out…so please include your mailing address!

4. After the winner is announced, the contest is over or until the end of the show at 8 p.m. Eastern.

5. You are free to use the web or any sources to find the answer.

Have fun and stay tuned to “The Look 24/7″ (and this blog of course) for more possible contests in the future!

Today, I will be airing my show on “The Look 24/7.” To hear the station online and more information, click here! My shift will be on each Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. (Central) or 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. (Eastern). I will be playing a vast amount of rock music, along with some classical, jazz, blues, and soundtracks from movies, TV shows, and video games. Prior to going on-the-wifi airwaves, I will be posting my playlist of songs that you will hear during my show. Please note that these are subject to change. If you want to request a song during the show or for the other DJs, click on the Request link! Here is a listing of songs that I will be playing this week.

AC/DC – Anything Goes
Aerosmith – What It Takes
Alter Bridge – Show Me A Sign
Atreyu – You Eclipsed By Me
Audioslave – Bring Em Back Alive
Avenged Sevenfold – Strength of the World
The Beatles – Eight Days A Week
Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are
The Black Mages – Assault of the Silver Dragons [From Final Fantasy 9]
Black Sabbath – Hand of Doom
Blondie – The Tide Is High
Blood Red Shoes – Try Harder
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Old Time Rock & Roll
Boston – More Than a Feeling
Bullet For My Valentine – Suffocating Under Words Of Sorrow (What Can I Do)
Bush – Glycerine
The Cars – Good Times Roll
Chevelle – Bend the Bracket
Chicago – Old Days (Remastered LP Version)
The Clash – I Fought The Law
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Collective Soul – Next Homecoming
Creed – Are You Ready
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
David Bowie – Under Pressure
The Doors – Light My Fire
Dragonforce – Cry for Eternity
Duran Duran – Reflex
E. So – Lift Down
The Eagles – Witchy Woman
Elvis Presley – All Shook Up
Evanescence – My Last Breath
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
Flight Of The Conchords – Bowie
Foo Fighters – Best Of You
Frank Sinatra – From This Moment On (2009 Digital Remaster)
Harry-Gregson Williams – Montage
Heart – Crazy On You
Hoobastank – Just One
Incubus – Out From Under
Iron Maiden – Hallowed Be Thy Name
Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower
Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness
Journey – Wheel In The Sky
Judas Priest – You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
The Killers – When You Were Young
Killswitch Engage – World Ablaze
Led Zeppelin – Four Sticks
Linkin Park – What I’ve Done
Live – Lightning Crashes
Lynyrd Skynyrd – What’s Your Name
Megadeth – Gears Of War

“Weird Al” Vankovic – The Alternative Polka [Medley]
3 Doors Down – Here Without You
AC/DC – Spoilin’ For A Fight
Aerosmith – What It Takes
Alien Ant Farm – Wish
Alter Bridge – All Hope Is Gone
The Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin’ Man
Atreyu – Demonology And Heartache
Audioslave – Getaway Car
Avenged Sevenfold – Seize the Day
Bad Company – Bad Company
The Beatles – We Can Work It Out
Billy Joel – Tell Her About It
The Black Mages – Hunter’s Chance (Final Fantasy IX)
Black Sabbath – Iron Man
Blondie – Call Me
Blood Red Shoes – Forgive Nothing
Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Mainstreet
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
Boston – Smokin’
Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days
Bullet For My Valentine – Room 409
Bush – Comedown
The Cars – Shake It Up
Chevelle – Another Know It All
The Clash – Train In Vain (Bonus Track)
Collective Soul – Heavy
Creed – Full Circle
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop The Rain
The Darkness – One Way Ticket
David Bowie – Space Oddity
Dethklok – Hatredcopter
Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music
The Doors – Riders on the Storm
Dragonforce – Inside the Winter Storm
Duran Duran – Rio
E. So – About Sympathy
The Eagles – Hotel California
Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight
Eric Clapton – I Shot the Sheriff
Evanescence – Whisper
Fleetwood Mac – Say You Love Me
Flight Of The Conchords – Mutha’uckas
Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench
Frank Sinatra – Young At Heart
Fuel – Last Time
Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Hoobastank – Same Direction
Incubus – Out From Under
Iron Maiden – To Tame A Land
Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower
Jimmy Eat World – Futures
Johnny Cash – Ring Of Fire

Over 240 college radio stations will participate in College Radio Day. It begins on Tuesday, October 11th.

College Radio Day is trying to promote awareness of college radio stations, encourage the community to tune in, and raise funds.

The University of Memphis radio station, WUMR, will participate in the event.  As one of the broadcasters involved, it is hoped that U92 “The Jazz Lover” will have more listeners, especially those who are U of M students.

Malvin Massey, Jr., station manager, said, “Broadcasting programs that colleges and universities and high schools even are very important to get the message out to the community and to get specific messages to the community that people want to hear.”

The campus broadcaster has an older audience, despite a staff made up of volunteers and college students.   While it attracts listeners around the world, WUMR has struggled with making itself known on-campus.

U92’s program director Chris Davis said, “What we are planning to do is to try to connect the dots so to speak the community at large and the student population. There is a disconnect because we are a jazz station.”

The station plans to change that on College Radio Day. Throughout the day, several promotions will air to attract new listeners.

WUMR also plans to have a remote, live broadcast in front of the Music Building and will have students performing on-the-air.

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