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They say timing’s everything, so we’re a little puzzled to see Alan Wake, the novelisation written by Rick Burroughs reaching Aussie shores over a year after the video game of the same name launched.   We can’t help feel that Alan has missed the last ferry to Brightfalls.  Perhaps the books appearance this late in the game is all part of the time-bending, fog enveloping mystery of the Alan Wake narrative, or perhaps someone at the publishing company simply messed up.

It’s easy to mock poor publishing release schedules but if we are honest we’d say that it’s actually heartening to see anything that keeps a video game front and center long after it was released, especially in an age where even triple A titles have the shelf life of custard during a black out.  Lets be honest; it’s not hard to be excited about an Alan Wake book – a game about a writer, touted for its strong narrative.  The novel will either satiate readers desperate for answers and hungry for more Alan Wake goodness or; like to far too many video game novelizations, prove to be a redundant  disappointment.

According to Borders, the book will be available to buy on the 4th of October 2011.   Look out for our review coming up on the Incomplete Gamer.  The book’s US and European release was a little more timely – and has been available for some time.  Check the usual suspects, Amazon (US & UK), or the Book Depository.  If you want to shop closer to home, Borders have the US veresion in stock  is available now online n

Alan Wake by Rick Burroughs

ISBN: 9780765366474

Here at the Incomplete Gamer, we love our basketball as much as our video gaming.  If we’re not actually hitting the hardwood for real, we’re either watching a game or playing a virtual one.  With Game One of the NBA finals just hours away, you would be right to imagine that we’re actually counting down the minutes.  Following today’s official announcement, that Basketball legend, Michael Jordan will grace the cover of Take Two’s Basketball game NBA2K11, and play a role in developing the title, we’re now also counting the days until the game’s release in the Us on October 5.   Jason Argent, vice president of marketing for 2K Sports, confirmed the news to CNBC.com.

[UPDATED] Firstly an apology.  You’ve just read a cheap and possibly misleading post title but at least I’ve got your attention.  Quite possibly the Incomplete Gamer has also been flagged by the Federal authorities, been noticed by the Gun Owners of America, and been listed on the Guns and Ammo links page.  What can I say.  We need the traffic.

Nor should this post technically be listed as a Fed-Ex Alert.  Not unless we get in our time machine and travel back to 1997; November to be precise, for the launch of the Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 AF. The lens is in-coming, however, in the sense that we’ve ordered a new copy of the said lens and with a bit of luck the parcel might even arrive tomorrow.

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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Tivo is readying to launch in Oz with a keenly-priced subscription deal. How keenly priced? How does free sound? Sure, there’s no such thing as a free HD PVR, and the price of the recorder is likely to be a little higher than it might have been, had the Tivo/Channel Seven/Unwired consortium been able to sign you up to an on-going monthly subscription to access the Electronic Program Guide.

Now, the epg is the life blood of the Tivo (and any other DVR for that matter). Without it, it’s only slightly more useful than a doorstop. Sure, you’ll have great picture quality, but you’ll be managing your recordings as effectively as your old VCR could manage, which is to say not at all. The epg was something any Tivo buyer would have had to pony up for no matter how reluctantly. Without it, the whole purchase would be a little pointless. Yet it was always going to be a hard sell. Sure Foxtel charge an on-going subscription, but you do however get additional programming above and beyond the offerings of the free to air broadcasters.

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