This we credit to QJ.NET Forums moderator FreePlay for pointing out while I drowned in DirectX dreams. It appears that Alek and Mathieulh, reputable personalities of the PSP homebrew scene, have figured out how backup games can be run on the PlayStation 3. And since the new development restarted the whispers of PS3 ISO loaders and what-have-yous five hours ago, moderator FreePlay managed to figure out how it could be accomplished.

The days of PlayStation 3 homebrew may be at hand soon, but developing useful applications is a long road in itself. Team ICE continues to flex their coding muscles to pool both knowledge and experience in that field, and so the same guys who give kudos to Dark AleX and Mathieulh for their contributions to the PSP scene now have released version 1.2 of the Ice Pack. Course through the full story for more details.

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It's another great week again! We have quite a lot of reasons why we're celebrating, and not least of them all is the fact that QuickJump QuickPeek's finally hit its 30th edition!

Let's pop them corks and let the champaign flow. Everyone's got a reason to party this weekend!

*Originally posted Jan 19, 2008 at 02:49PM

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Welcome to the eleventh issue of QuickJump QuickPeek! The month of September just started and it's already rolling in some considerably hard-hitting news. We're talking about hard-hitting in the sense that would make you feel as if you just got run over by a truck carrying seventeen 2-ton elephants on a cobblestone avenue. And just after you woke up with a hang over too.

It's time to send in the clowns 2-ton elephants and bring in this week's recap of all the magic that's been going on. We're delivering the hottest news in the gaming industry as well as what's been going on in the technosphere. And right off the bat, we'd want to say that there's been a lot of good news for all parties concerned this week! It's time to go join the marching band; on with the updates!

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Originally posted on Sept. 8, 2007 at 13:01.

The PSP homebrew community has seen a certain number of great programmers out there, Mathieu Hervais of Noobz being one of them. 22 years old and still a student, he is know by most in the PSP homebrew scene as Mathieulh. Today, the Exophase Forums has posted an interview they've conducted with the homebrew developer and a couple of interesting tidbits surfaced.

Now in light of hearing about Dark AleX leaving the PSP scene for good (supposedly due to possible issues with Sony), it seems that Mathieulh might be following suit. Not that he's leaving-leaving, but he says he'll quit working on what he's know for most: custom firmware.

Mathieulh: I will continue to be in N00bz and perhaps help a few friends of mine developing softwares but I am done with anything related to custom firmwares.

This bit of news might prove to be a slight hitch at homebrew development, to say the least. However, our sullen feelings were quickly replaced by something from out in left field. Homebrew for the PS3 and 360? Is he leaving PSP custom firmware for bigger fish to fry? Right after giving the answer above, he was asked whether he would like to tinker around with other next-gen consoles.

Mathieulh: The Xbox360 or the PS3 (I am not intested into the wii for homebrews and I do not take part in piracy either). I am more interested on the Xbox360 though as the system is way better to develop on (unlike what Sony tries to claim with the ps3). I like the fact that the cpu uses real cores (and not SPUs) and that each of those can handle 2 threads at a time. Although the PS3 would probably be way easier to hack than the 360, the 360 installed userbase is greater. Beside SCE claim that they will persecute anyone finding an exploit on their console (which is still not illegal in certain places such as the EU) so I rather not take my chances on it. Still kudos to Microsoft for their work in securing the 360 kernel, this is what I call a real security (and a real challenge for hackers)

Will he pursue homebrew on the 360 or PS3? The way he says it, it seems unlikely - Mathieulh thinks that both the PS3's Linux and Xbox 360's XNA are "way too restricted." Regardless, it's interesting to note what his take is on homebrew for both next-gen consoles. To see the full transcript of the interview, we've posted a Read link below which leads to the Exophase Forums.