Author Topic: Official Playstation Magazine Questions (Read 13112 times)

SYSTEM aka (Cyberpyrot) · « **on:** December 11, 2007, 05:37:21 AM »

As most of you know AcidMods will be featured in the next issue of Official Playstation Magazine here are the photo's

so every one go out and buy a magazine

From: "**********"
Subject: Official PlayStation - Interview!
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:15:10 +0000
To: "Mark Hammonds" <badmin@acidmods.com>

Here are those questions I've been promising! If you can get some answers down tonight and emailed over to me for tomorrow that would be great!

1. Tell us a bit about yourself, your real name, where you live and your day job!

1: My name is Mark Hammonds I am a grandpa from Houston Texas and I work for Hewlett Packard That is my beautiful wife Adelina in the picture holding my guitar.

2. What made you decide to mod the guitar?

2: Well I decided to mod the guitar because it has not been done before and I was terrible at the game. I hang out at a dedicated modding site were you can find some of the most bizarre mods from PSP’s with Duel Nubs perfect for first person shooters to PSP’s that change color’s based on where you touch it. I have been modding for a long time.

3. What materials do you use? Are they hard to find?

3: The materials use most often are common resistors, capacitors, IC’s (Integrated Chips) and are easy to find in most RadioShack’s but for the odd item Laser Diode or Flux Capacitor  I have to order it from Mouser Electronics.

4. What was the process for making a mod?

4: The processes for modding is simple first come up with an idea then research the tools and materials needed to complete the Mods and last but not least never quit anything can be done.

5. Are you a big gamer? Do you like Guitar Hero?

5: I love to Game my favorite are FPS (First Person Shooters). I thought Guitar hero would be an awesome game and I get all giddy if I hit a few notes but I am horrible at it so I decided to change a few things to improve my performance.

6. What do you do with the pieces when you're finished?

6: When I’m finished with a mod and the tutorials have been written for the world I will usually part out the device for future projects.

7. Do you sell them anywhere?

7: I never sell mods I do this stuff to teach kids about electronics most people who come to my site find a very friendly environment free from the negativity of the rest of the internet. I pride myself for having a safe haven for kids to learn skills. I have some really amazing 14 year olds soldering some of the smallest components and doing a better job then some of the guys that do it for income. Also I believe modding is something parents can do with there children as a hobby it is good to teach kids early about problem solving.

8. Have you got any future mod projects in mind?

8: I just finished making an optical array for the guitar this allows the guitar to play the game by its self. To achieve this I had to create an application to send pulses of light to the guitar to instruct it to play certain notes.

9. Are there any pieces you'd like to make but seem like too big a project?

9: There are never any projects that are to big to accomplish the only thing that sometimes restricts us is budget.

10. What are you working on right now?

10: I’m being flown to Barcelona Spain for a Mod we are working on for a huge company on the 19’Th of December it is a huge mods and will be broadcasted world wide. If by chance you can edit this after the 19’Th you can tell your readers about it but since I signed a NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) I cannot divulge the info till after the commercial.

11. Where can people see your work?

11: All of my work and the work of F00 F00, Neubit, Can We Hack It?, L0rdNic0, and many other awsome modders can be see at AcidMods.COM

So every one we will most likly be in he next issue Jan or Feb so go out an buy it..

Tec_ · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2007, 05:46:47 AM »

i cant wait for the 19th

4dP · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2007, 05:48:51 AM »

they should have gone more indepth thats pretty general stuff and they didn't ask who you worked with while doing the project

Quote from: cyberpyrot on December 11, 2007, 05:37:21 AM

7: I never sell mods I do this stuff to teach kids about electronics most people who come to my site find a very friendly environment free from the negativity of the rest of the internet. I pride myself for having a safe haven for kids to learn skills. I have some really amazing 14 year olds soldering some of the smallest components and doing a better job then some of the guys that do it for income. Also I believe modding is something parents can do with there children as a hobby it is good to teach kids early about problem solving.

im 14 lol how many 14 year olds are there here

can't wait to find out what the huge mod is

MaO · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2007, 07:50:16 AM »

Quote from: 4dP on December 11, 2007, 05:48:51 AM

im 14 lol how many 14 year olds are there here

i also started modding when i was 14

man, those 8 days are too long, I can't wait

Nemesis · « **Reply #4 on:** December 11, 2007, 08:44:21 AM »

cyber is right there are lots of great 14 year old modders. e.g i know teh-0verl0rd, because hes helping me with a trigger kit! hehe..also mattzani and pspkicks, theres a few - not including me i cant solder properly

and cybers name is Mark Hammonds? cool

4dP · « **Reply #5 on:** December 11, 2007, 08:47:15 AM »

Quote from: Nemesis on December 11, 2007, 08:44:21 AM

cyber is right there are lots of great 14 year old modders. e.g i know teh-0verl0rd, because hes helping me with a trigger kit! hehe..also mattzani and pspkicks, theres a few - not including me i cant solder properly
and cybers name is Mark Hammonds? cool

how about me i'm good no its ok lol

Nemesis · « **Reply #6 on:** December 11, 2007, 08:49:10 AM »

o ye! and 4DP...

Tec_ · « **Reply #7 on:** December 11, 2007, 08:49:50 AM »

i think hes referencing the (i think he was 12) guy who did some SMT mod chip in his wii

TheG4mer · « **Reply #8 on:** December 11, 2007, 08:50:36 AM »

Welcome to europe

too many 14 year olds

*FuFa · « **Reply #9 on:** December 11, 2007, 08:51:49 AM »

Hey I'm 15 not 14 :'( gz

robin1989 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 11, 2007, 08:58:51 AM »

very nice - but i agree maybe they should of gone a bit more in depth but then you need to think that simple is sometimes better for the first time round to draw there readers into the modding scene then any subsequent interviews could go a bit more in depth.

SYSTEM aka (Cyberpyrot) · « **Reply #11 on:** December 11, 2007, 09:52:07 AM »

im sure there will be more interviews they had no idea how many mods we have done.

robin1989 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 11, 2007, 10:34:46 AM »

lol - they should give us our only article to write each month

MattZani · « **Reply #13 on:** December 11, 2007, 10:47:23 AM »

i expect they'll mention your ad, as the december issue should be on shelves in the next few days.

l0rdnic0 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 11, 2007, 04:30:59 PM »

Cyber, one question. Are you going to link the commercial asap??? Maybe on the news page since that will be big news.

pinoyballa · « **Reply #15 on:** December 12, 2007, 03:44:20 PM »

Nice Cyber!!! I'm sure Sony will want more information about Acidmods especially since we like to keep everything here legal....

FreeK · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2008, 03:30:01 PM »

okay, i got the mag but i cant seem to find the article on AM

ive looked many times

if someone can get the pages its on (if its in there)

btw, i might have gotten the wrong playstation mag

to make sure, its the one with MGS4 on the front
and it came with a calendar, but no disk, so idk

ProperBritish · « **Reply #17 on:** January 08, 2008, 08:09:03 AM »

OPM differs from country to country. So it may be only the US that gets it.

FreeK · « **Reply #18 on:** January 08, 2008, 11:41:33 AM »

Quote from: ProperBritish on January 08, 2008, 08:09:03 AM

OPM differs from country to country. So it may be only the US that gets it.

i am in the US

P3nnyw1se · « **Reply #19 on:** January 08, 2008, 09:34:53 PM »

Cyber....your wife is beyond bein on FAIYAAA!!!!! That's coming from a teen to let ya know, lmao

IndyChav · « **Reply #20 on:** January 09, 2008, 06:16:35 AM »

p3nny you gotta keep those kinda thoughts to yourself, and preferably within your own private time o_O ... dont broadcast those type of things or there wont be any more images =P

SYSTEM aka (Cyberpyrot) · « **Reply #21 on:** January 09, 2008, 08:17:59 AM »

Update:

Quote

Hi Mark!

Just getting in touch again about the Guitar story. The folder I saved all your brilliant photos in has been cruelly lost in a server reshuffle, and the links you gave me longer work. Could you resend them all? Sorry to be such a pain!

We're putting it into issue 16, so it should be out in Feb, and I can send you some copies as soon as it hits shelves!

Rachel : )

TheG4mer · « **Reply #22 on:** January 09, 2008, 08:21:26 AM »

Not gonna ask for a free one lol... Can you scan it and put it on Am so. Thanks

SYSTEM aka (Cyberpyrot) · « **Reply #23 on:** January 09, 2008, 08:24:02 AM »

Quote from: MR-7 on January 09, 2008, 08:21:26 AM

Not gonna ask for a free one lol... Can you scan it and put it on Am so. Thanks

I will scan it

IA-Bornkiller · « **Reply #24 on:** January 09, 2008, 02:30:19 PM »

congrats cyber

FreeK · « **Reply #25 on:** January 09, 2008, 02:36:35 PM »

thx.... you build me all up to buy the janurary issue, now i see this after i buy it, and find out its in the feb issue, w/e ill buy it anyways, thx OPM/cybers broken links

but, its all good,

btw, before anyone reports that its not flaming, its sarcasm

P3nnyw1se · « **Reply #26 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:07:27 PM »

lol, it was a joke, sry, but she looks nice =)

Takahashi · « **Reply #27 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:21:31 PM »

So im assuming the cover on the front page is not the 1 the article is published in?

SYSTEM aka (Cyberpyrot) · « **Reply #28 on:** January 09, 2008, 03:24:49 PM »

Quote from: Takahashi on January 09, 2008, 03:21:31 PM

So im assuming the cover on the front page is not the 1 the article is published in?

no that was just an image we used we don't know yet what will be on the cover

Syko913 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 09, 2008, 04:22:04 PM »

for some strange reason i feel old..

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