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BBC interviews Dark_AleX and Fanjita |
Listed in: Interviews, News Tags: BBC, Dark AleX, Fanjita, homebrew community, interviews
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While the PSP homebrew scene prides itself on being a huge multi-cultured community of people from all over the globe, the big majority of people who own a PSP have never tried out homebrew. Funny as it may sound, it is a fact that the homebrew community is nothing more than a niche area which generally doesn't receive much mainstream coverage apart from dedicated PSP homebrew sites.
Because of that very reason, we were pleasantly surprised to find a very nice article over at BBC covering the PSP homebrew scene. Now we'll be frank here. Generally, when any mainstream site/news agency decides to cover the homebrew scene, we tend to read it for entertainment purposes because reporters generally don't know what they're talking about. Either that, or they only have statements from the big corporations which means that their "research" is generally biased toward the bigwigs. This is precisely the reason why we found this article a pleasant surprise.
Now rather than trying to describe the article itself, we'll quote parts of it here:
Fanjita - real name David Court - is very different from the popular hacker stereotype of the socially inept teenaged geek working all night in his bedroom. A married man of 34, he is an accomplished professional programmer who writes server software for large telecommunications companies for a living. He spends an hour or two a night hacking PSP software in his Edinburgh home, and is also a martial arts enthusiast.
Dark Alex fits much more comfortably into the hacker mould. A student from Spain, his hacker moniker derives from his real name, Alejandro, and a liking for all things gothic, he says. His interests are Japanese Manga comics and cats, but PSP hacking is his main hobby.
The article is actually peppered around with statements from Fanjita and Dark_AleX, the two people who're the faces of the PSP homebrew scene right now. That reason alone is enough to force any homebrew lover to go over and check it out.
Thanks to Reggie for the heads up!
Update: This morning at 07:50 GMT, the BBC World Service Radio had a chance to talk with Fanjita over the phone. The interview was telecast live on radio and the internet. At the bottom, we've linked the file so you can download it as an MP3. If you want to listen to the original stream, you can do so from the linked page.
Download: Fanjita's interview by the BBC (audio)
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That´s cool! They have to invite them to a TV-Show, though!
BTW: 1st
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And not to forget, all thanks to Fanjita and Dark_Alex for making this all possible :)
Fanjita... 34 years old... uh didn't expect that the 3.03 downgrader author was that old, but thanks anyway, for not forgetting 3.03 users to the homebrew scene :)
**going to read the article** Have fun all homebrew coders :)
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they must be feeling good now, theyll be as famous as sony themselves soon
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Since i am from Glasgow.
It is good to see that they are progressing up the ranks of the community and reaching other peope around the world.
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Would be very cool if it got onto TV...
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Way to go man.
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or better yet friends with them n didnt notice the they were the greatest hacker of the psp
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Well done guys ;)
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WHY OH WHY did they mention there real Names,
How Stupid was that, SONY are going to take both of them to the Cleaners, you wait, they will be SUED for alot of Money, for what they have done!!! Maybe Imprisoned!!!!
Don't expect anymore Updates now People!!!!
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"Anyone buying a new PSP with this firmware installed will be therefore be unable to unlock their console - at least until Noobz, Team C+D and Dark Alex and his crew find another exploit and the whole cat-and-mouse game played by Sony and the hacker teams repeats itself."
Which firmware do they mean? I thought every FW (I know 1.51 and 1.52 can't) can be downgraded or hacked?
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Anyway, glad to see that the homebrew scene is being brought out into the media as a way to enhance the PSP instead as a monster that will break it.
I hope we get more articles like this from QJ instead of spamming the front page. Thanks for providing this article QJ.
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Also, its evident that other people enjoyed this article too. Notice that there were no 1st!11!!!111!!! posts. Articles like these make people want to make real posts and give their opinion, instead of spamming the comments.
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an i think now since the news is on the bbc that Click (a bbc programme will report on it
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Ffs...your comment was soo booring and soo hard to read I just couldn't be arsed to hear what you had to say.
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Long Live Hombrew!
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if we see them on tv, everybody will want to have a custom psp, then everybody would bu psp or get their psp customized, then they'll get tired with some games prices, then piracy and customizing begins
I CANT WAIT THAT FOR HAPPEN!!!1!
could you imagine everybody using custom! yeahhh!
[but that would make my custom psp not so unique... and as they said... homebrew people is less than the others... if they were informed, things like these informs people!... I wouldnt be a member of homebrew community if it werent for a mispelling error that took me to a psp hacks site, i if didnt wrote that adress wrong, I wouldnt know that the psp could be customized]
maybe this site could get a coverage on a tv show then visits could increase...
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Let's wait a couple of weeks and see what kind of hacks can be made for the PS3 when it comes out here in Europe......
So we endly know why Sony waited for the release of the PS3 here......we are to smart
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LMFAO
I not hating on you man! your still the best even if you turn gay on us.
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hope sony meets you the in court.
and you never gonna be alex never.
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Atleast everyone will start buying PSP for sure...
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We've been too long waiting
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Fanjita and Dark Alex do the talk show circut?
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ontopic: this story is great i hope to see more of them in the future
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@ p0stal_sean, lol, your comments are so awesome :P. I have a heavy accent associated with you. Oh, and your rant is a bit weird. It seems like your making fun of Americans, and also saying if you don't like America you can leave... Sort of weird. I'm guessing that your talking about Latin Countries, but...
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He watches Japanes animes and reads mangas, just like i do xD
I hope he watches Bleach xD
that is sooo awesome.
and its not goth. its probably visual kei
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Ha. It's been a long time since I wrote in Spanish. I am from Mexican decent so write fluent Spanish. I just wanted to tell DAX thank you in his language.
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DAX IS A *****
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we don't give a damn about interviews from "legit" developers, the ones making games that we buy from our local EB. we want to hear from the ones who actually make our psp's worth having. the ones everyone here in this community practically worship.
hopefully this will be a wake up call to qj that what we care about aren't more chili con carnage trailers or interviews with "what's his face" over at "whatchamacallit " games, but fanjita, DA, and the others. what makes them tick, what are their secrets, why do they do what they do without getting paid for it.
SHAME ON QJ for not picking up this torch a long time ago. an exclusive interview with fanjita or DA only on QJ? 1000 jumps instantly and more web traffic than you can shake a stick at. interviews with developers that noone's ever heard of? you can almost hear the noninterest coming from this site's readers.
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I use my PSP with custom firmware to:
-Play ripped DVDs ive already purched. Legal!
-Play PS1 games ive already bought like FFVII and GT2. Legal!
-Run Homebrew applications not supported by Sony like personal organiser and Satnav software. Legal!
Ive spent thousands on sony products over the past 12 years - PS1 and tens of games, PS2 plus 10s of games. Sony laptop, Sony Bravia LCD TV. Ill probably be having a PS3 too.
Wake up Sony. We are not the enemy. We are your bread and butter!
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jk
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