PSP: Dark_Alex featured in EDGE magazine!!!

[Accordion]

http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/dsc00214hd4.jpg

the february issue of EDGE magazine features a [small] but well-deserved article on the events concerning the PSP around christmas... most notably POPstation. -
ive posted a photo from my phone above. if you can read it, then enjoy

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[dejkirkby]

The article is a little biased towards the use of iso's and not for all the other reasons to use this firmware. No mention of the recovery mode, no mention of the visualiser, no mention of homebrew capability. This article is quite simply scaremongering.

[Accordion]

well actually i gathered the point of the article was to express the ability to use sonys psone emulator to play any psone ISO [nearly] and the article is only concerned with, as the sub-heading implies the PSPs ability to do what some people thought it was meant for from the beginning: making the playstation truly portable...
moreover, i got the impression that the writer was more in favour of the homebrewers side, sony's "farcial relationship" with the homebrew scene.

[blaz3d]

very interesting, it gives dark_alex the lime light he deserves!

[Kloe]

wow nice, good to see he's getting some recognition for the great work he's done.

[blackrave]

Hehe, that's awesome. Thanks for the pics and news, accordian boy. :)

[madcupid]

Dark_Alex should have his own TV show, that would give him enough recognition!!! huh??

[S34MU5]

Sony = pwnt

[mikebeaver]

EDGE is quite possibly my favourite magazine in print, but I dont see htis as being your average EDGE bit of information, it seemslike they have been asked to print it along those lines, rather than that actually being their view of the subject.
Obviously a commercial magazine cannot be seen to condone piracy, but they seem to think that Dark_Alex only does this to allow ISO loading, which is wrong.
Custom firmware allows so much more than normal firmware, maybe next time EDGE will get it right.

[John Vattic]

LOL EDGE magazine:p

[qskint]

this can only do dark_alex harm, with them making out iso playback is the main feature basically

[Emeriastone]

Yeah it's cool and all, but it gives the rest of us who just want to make backups of our own games a bad name.

[cal360]

It's making us sound like illegal hackers that don't do anything but download

[F9zDark]

Wow... Lime light for Dark_Alex? I don't think this is kind publicity he wants, this article paints him and us as pirates through and through.

Why don't they just throw up a link to DCEmu while they are at it caption it "Pirate Haven"? Might as well since the mag just picked up the entire homebrew scene and threw us all into the pirate category.

[shinjoh]

what about Team C+D, matthieulh, harleyg and all the others that laid the ground work for 3.03 oe as we know it today?

[DarthPaul]

YEAH!!! DARK_ALEX'S RISE!!! FROM HERE TO THE GRAMMYS!!! lol

[Gene]

Where can i send a complaint to EDGE?

if i could get an email or something that would be great.

i propose everyone who has ever 3.03OE'd a psp should write to EDGE and give them a piece of our minds.

[firedragon_jing]

Doesn't anyone think it's wrong they only pin-point on the people who are pirating the games. The custom firmware did come with its own converter, and if someone with PS1 games decides to transfer there already purchased game to another platform, then Sony can't really say much about it. It is just them being fascist bullies trying to get people to (re)pay for games through their download service and to get people to buy there failing PS3 system.

[Basil Zero]

Edge magazine, never heard of it

oh well, at least Dark_Alex is getting fame....i think

[baracki96]

hm, the fame is good, too bad its infamy thats beign made here.

[carish]

wondering whether to hire him (or indeed her) or have him shot.
is it so serious so Dark_Alex has the yakuza after him ?:eek:

[gdf]

could we carefully word an email as a community and send it to edge, saying it is from "DCEmu, the Homebrew and Gaming Network."? they might even print something like that.

[goaliedude]

great job DaX

[Accordion]

to everyone misinterpreting the article:

try reading between the lines...no, better yet, actually read the lines...properly.

all that was posted in the article is true, the explosion of illegal file sharing was horrendous, and more to the point the level or behind closed curtains warez trade is at a truly awful level. EDGE being the magazine it is, with a legitimet support group must stay within the confines of supporting the law. and the article does more to hurt the increasingly bad appearance of Sony's games managment. and my view from the piece is more of pitiful irony on Sony's part, than a quick dig, and generalisation of the PSP homebrew community.

[mnuhaily22]

Sick, maybe soon he will become widely known around the globe...but not to get carried away here...

[Daistaar]

Great going Dark_AleX!

My only real fear is: what are going to do when programmers like DaX and Noobz and others begin working for the likes of Sony and the other large conglomerates? If DaX can break it, he (she?) can build it. You can kiss this scene goodbye in that case. Sony having competant security programmers will force us to buy whatever they want. Imagine games that expire in a month and you'd have to repay a fee to reactivate the game. Far-fetched yes, but without programmers like DaX, who's to stop them.

On a sidenote, is this clip real or a hoax? I haven't seen anyone mention this before. Someone downgrades a PSP FW 3.02 to 2.80. Not sure if this was the tread for this but please remove (rather move) if necessary. Hi and Bye all!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV3VQGnU-dY

[F9zDark]

to everyone misinterpreting the article:

try reading between the lines...no, better yet, actually read the lines...properly.

all that was posted in the article is true, the explosion of illegal file sharing was horrendous, and more to the point the level or behind closed curtains warez trade is at a truly awful level. EDGE being the magazine it is, with a legitimet support group must stay within the confines of supporting the law. and the article does more to hurt the increasingly bad appearance of Sony's games managment. and my view from the piece is more of pitiful irony on Sony's part, than a quick dig, and generalisation of the PSP homebrew community.

You see, I don't see it that way. EDGE chose the illegal consequences of DA's custom firmware and reported SOLELY on that. The homebrew scene stands up for itself in regard to piracy, yet there was no mention of that. There was also no mention of any of the other features of DA's custom firmware.

I am sorry man, but if this article had a truly unbiased view of the homebrew scene they would not have focused the entire article on the PIRACY that resulted from DA's work.

No offense, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that this article is not the kind of publicity that DA needs, nor even reports on the good things of the homebrew scene.

What gave me hope in seeing it from your point of view was that box in the bottom left, that mentions DS Homebrew. That gave me hope that maybe EDGE does care for homebrew. But then again, the DS can't run ISOs...

[Accordion]

You see, I don't see it that way. EDGE chose the illegal consequences of DA's custom firmware and reported SOLELY on that. The homebrew scene stands up for itself in regard to piracy, yet there was no mention of that. There was also no mention of any of the other features of DA's custom firmware.

I am sorry man, but if this article had a truly unbiased view of the homebrew scene they would not have focused the entire article on the PIRACY that resulted from DA's work.

No offense, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that this article is not the kind of publicity that DA needs, nor even reports on the good things of the homebrew scene.

What gave me hope in seeing it from your point of view was that box in the bottom left, that mentions DS Homebrew. That gave me hope that maybe EDGE does care for homebrew. But then again, the DS can't run ISOs...

please, understand that the article is about DA opening up the ability to play most psone games on the PSP, like i stated before, the article is not about exploring all the features of an open firmware, EDGE advocated the homebrew scene very strongly in a past article at the start of the PSPs life...before the advent of the huge piracy boom we now have. Yes it is unfortunate that the piracy aspect overpowers the achievments of DA in the article, but it is more unfortunate that the piracy of the psp media is overshadowing the achievments of DA in reality.

the true shame is that the members here at DCEMU are a minority, and even some members have an adverse effect on the commercial entertainment industry.

surely the strength of this industry should be of more concern, because without it we wouldnt have these features in the first place.

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sided note: the idiots at pspu copied this news, and got my name wrong, and are accepting 'diggs' for the article... i hate those b@st@rd$