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Joker.Si V Na{I Oznanilni Rubriki Je Vin Diesel, Ta Adonis Druga~E Smo Se Pa Kar Zabavali Ob Delanju Tele 21 Naslovnica 178:Naslovnica 170 5/11/08 7:44 PM Page 1 Lestvina:Lestvina 5/12/08 4:44 PM Page 52 Neodvisnice:Layout 1 5/11/08 6:20 PM Page 67 Kazaljko uvodnjak:Kazaljko uvodnjak 5/12/08 4:37 PM Page 4 KAZALJKO {tevilka 178 OZNANILA maj 2008 http://www.joker.si V na{i oznanilni rubriki je Vin Diesel, ta Adonis Druga~e smo se pa kar zabavali ob delanju tele 21. stoletja z bardovo karizmo in vilinsko gra- {tevilke in s hulahopom se nam je pridru`il ce- cioznostjo, omenjen kar trikrat v besedi in lo Yohan. Ki druga~e nosi puloverje in vozi be- naklada: 16.500 kosov enkrat v sliki. To bo {e zbirateljska izdaja! lega folkcvagnovega pola. DRUGA RA^KA SE JI SMEJE kakor se le ra~ka zna IGROVJE, KONZOLEC IZDAJATELJ Alpress d.o.o., Dunajska 5, Ljubljana Lej stari, kwa je mal {pilov: 12 Assassin’s Creed 58 UEFA Euro 2008 (konz.) 70 Me zanima, ~e jih bo junija 20 Turok 59 Time Crisis (konz.) 71 DIREKTOR Trackmania United Forever 52 Rainbow Six Vegas 2 60 Grand Theft Auto 4 (konz.) 72 Samo @argi, telefon: 01 / 473 82 80 UEFA Euro 2008 54 The Club 61 Naslednji~ jih bo ziher ve~. 100 Simon the Sorcerer 4 56 Mario Kart Wii (konz.) 68 posto. Ocena od Endorfuna? 104 NASLOV UREDNI[TVA Dunajska 5, 1000 Ljubljana, [email protected] telefon: 01 / 473 82 83 @ELEZNINA, PROGRAMJE Vista po letu Po Razgledu se ob letu osorej ponovno razgledamo, saj je pri{el servisni paket 1. 62 GLAVNI IN GOVORNI UREDNIK David Tom{i~ DEZIJN™ IN GRAFI^NI PRELOM PREOSTALNIK David Tom{i~ REDIGENT PO CESTI GRE Playstation day 2008 Zalondarili smo na Sonyjevo predstavitev vsega finega leto{njega za PS. 17 ^efurjeva zapu{~ina Zahotelo se nam je ponovno objaviti masirajo~a se zamor~ka. 20 Sergej Hvala Ognjene palice Objavljamo prvi del oro`arskega izobra`evanja. Bolje vedeti, kot uporabljati. 27 REDITELJ NATLA^ENKE™ Strupi v majhnih fla{kah Joker spet podpre neodvisne razvijalce, tokrat na osmih straneh. 34 Matej Jan Lepa rit ni le mit Navi opi{e najnovej{o Nintendovo pogruntav{~ino za tesanje telesa. 64 Pretakanje videa s PCja prek konzole na dnevnosobni teve To ni ~lanek o makrameju. 78 LUSTRATORJA Primo` Bertoncelj, Tanja Semion JOKER CREAM TEAM™ POGOSTO STALNE RUBRI^ICE Aggressor, Case, Uvodnjak 5 \apanezarka 86 LordFebo, Luni, Uma Turban 42 [torija 87 Navi, Sneti, ^rko`er 84 Kra`ka 88 Retro, Yohan Slikosuk 85 Crti~ deluks 90 20 VRSTIC OGLASNO TE@ENJE Bojan Pretnar, telefon: 01 / 473 82 86 [email protected] ODDELEK ZA NARO^NINE telefon: 01 / 473 81 23, 473 81 24 Naro~niki imajo imajo sprva 15% popusta pri pla~evanju na {est mesecev in 20% pri pla~evanju na eno leto. Lestvica nadaljnjih popustov je navedena na na{i spletni strani. Naro~nina se po izteku pla~anega obdobja samodej no po- dalj{a, ~e naro~nik naro~nine ne prekli~e. STISK IN SPENJANJE S KLAMFAMI Tiskarna Schwarz Revija izhaja 15. v mesecu. ISSN 1318-461X Na podlagi zakona o davku na dodano vrednost (Uradni list RS {t. 89/98) sodi farboviti magazin Joker med proizvode, za katere se obra~unava in pla~uje OGLA[EVALCI davek na dodano vrednost po stopnji 8,5%. OGLA[EVALCI Tako kot DDV je tudi DVD sestavni, neodtujljiv del revije! Adacta 16 Eventus 41 Leloo 91 Sisplet 7 © Vsebina revije je avtorsko za{~itena. Pretipkavanje ~lankov, povzemanje misli v Avtera 2 Izid 59 Logitech 55 Simobil 79, 92 pridobitni{ke namene, fotokopiranje ali skeniranje se kaznuje s trajno kastracijo z Bofex 13, 75 Karantanija 3 MTV Adria 16 Threeants 77 zarjavelo in v `abjo slino namo~eno britvico! To velja tudi za APZ, zato se aktivisti in predsedniki tega dr`ite, ~e ne boste evnuhi postali! Colby 9 Kolosej 15, 26 Mobitel 67 ^e to prebere{, ima{ dobre okularje. To pa zato, ker si redno stimulira{ prostato. Ali je{ korenje. Ali oboje. Balkanca na naslovnici je narisala Aljo{a ’ke_kit’ Mar{i~. Pa unega ~apca v analih tudi. maj 2008 4 Kazaljko uvodnjak:Kazaljko uvodnjak 5/12/08 8:48 AM Page 5 UVODNJAK opotovanja dajo lepe izku{nje in pustijo lepe spomine. Najbolj{i del `ivljenja za Povratna karta do San Francisca na istem Lufthansi- take dogodiv{~ine je seveda mladost – di- nem avionu bi pri slovenskem agentu pri{la 900 EUR, ja{ka in (ve~no){tudentska leta, ko {e ni Pzaobljub, otrok, slu`be in kreditov. Tisti po spletu pa smo od{teli nekaj manj od 900 dolarjev, dobr{ni del Jokerjevih bralcev, ki sodi v to kategori- jo, naj si to zapomni. Brezskrbna vremena gredo vse od oka 600 EUR. prehitro mimo in ko ima{ naslednji~ dovolj ~asa, si v tretjem `ivljenjskem obdobju z umetnim kolkom, mehko curo in hemeroidi, ki plapolajo v vetru. Potepati se zategadelj velja ~im ve~, ~etudi samo v (slovenske) kreditne kartice, dasiravno nikjer ne preostanejo Trst, Celovec in Gradec. Izi po drugi stra- obliki avtomobilskega vikend izleta na drug konec omenjajo nobenih dr`avljanskih pogojev. Ampak na- ni leti z Brnika, ravno v ~asu pisanja pa prihajata k domovine. Tanajbolj{e je seveda klatenje po tujem, {e izkustvo s spletnim nakupom se je naposled izka- nam {e dva nova pocenkota. najsi gre za pode`elske avanture na drugem koncu zalo za dobro, saj smo pri (iz)letu v ZDA za svoj kvar- Toda mrzel tu{, ko ugotovi{, da za par kova~ev ipak sveta ali za ogledovanje evropskih mest. tet pri{tedili dobrega jurja evrov. Elektronske karte so ne bo{ letel, je komaj za~el {kropiti. ^etudi si datum- Skupni imenovalec ve~ine takih podvigov je letalski delovale in rentacar ter hotelske sobe, ki smo jih zara- sko prilagodljiv in najde{ recimo termin za 120 EUR prevoz. ^e potuje{ na lastno pest, te pri tem ~aka di ugodnosti kupili v taistem paketu, so nas prav tako gor in dol, debelo pogleda{ v naslednjem koraku re- gren~i~ast podvig kupovanja aeroplanskih vozovnic. ~akale. Tak na~in kupovanja zato kljub vsemu pri- zervacije, ko ti servis ponudi 'dopla~ila'. Za vsako Minili so tisti ~asi, ko si brez obveznosti rezerviral se- poro~am in upam, da med Jokerjevimi bralci ni ve~ bor{o, ki gre v prtlja`nik, mora{ pri Easyjetu `e vnap- de`e tri mesece vnaprej in jih pla~al teden dni pred takih, ki bi se jim zdele denarne transakcije po inter- rej od{teti 7,5 EUR, do~im Irci za privilegij posedo- odhodom. Baje so imele letalske dru`be preve~ osipa, netu nevaren bavbav. Prihranek je nezanemarljiv in vanja cule zacolajo kar 30 tanovih! Oboje velja za eno zato je danes pravilo, da globalni ra~unalni{ki sistem ob splo{ni draginji, predvsem transportni, nadvse do- smer! In Izi si celo upa napisati, da so v osnovno ceno rezervacijo po 72 urah samodejno razveljavi, ~e kar- brodo{el. vklju~ene 'najbolj radodarne omejitve za prtljago v ta ni kupljena. Zato si vedno v dilemi, kdaj nabaviti [e dobro, da so tu nizkocenovni prevozniki, se bo Evropi', karkoli `e besedna zveza 'radodarna ome- vozovnice. Posebej za bolj eksoti~ne kraje znajo biti marsikdo pridu{al. Najbr` res. ^e ni~ drugega, vsaj jitev' pomeni. Dobesedno krneki. Naslednja opcija ni navadni sede`i ob vi{ku sezone razprodani celo za pol malo zbijajo cene 'normalnocenovnim' dru`bam. A ni~ manj zanimiva: za {estaka (IJ) oziroma desetaka leta vnaprej! Splanirati potemtakem vse dosti prej ali njihovi napihnjeni slavi in reklamam, recimo Easyje- (RA) more{ kupiti tako imenovan priority/speedy ~akati na zadnji trenutek, upati na prost sede` in tve- tovemu obcestnemu plakatu na Jo`i Pu~niku, ki boarding, kar pomeni priti na letalo prvi in si s tem gati znatno vi{jo ceno? Kje opraviti posel, pri turis- ogla{uje 'London za 26,99 EUR', ne gre slepo zaupa- zagotoviti sede`. No, `eleni sede`, br`da. Vsaj upam, ti~nih agencijah oziroma letalskih prevoznikih ali prek ti. Sanjarjenje o drobi`nem skoku na kofe v London je saj bi lahko to alinejo dejansko razumel, da v primeru internetnih ponudnikov, ki imajo ~esto za tretjino ni`je namre~ hitro prizemljeno ob prvem konkretnem nje neobkljukanja ne morejo jam~iti sedi{~a. Kot v postavke? Povem vam na{ konkreten primer: povrat- obisku njihove spletne strani. Najprvo morate vedeti, starih ~asih sovjetskega Aeroflota, ko je moral folk te- na karta do San Francisca na istem Lufthansinem da vsi ti jeftini avionarji za razliko od onih drugih ved- ~i do aviona, ~e ni hotel `deti v `ivinskem oddelku avionu bi prislovenskem agentu pri{la 900 EUR, po no in vselej ogla{ujejo ceno enosmerne vozovnice, med ovcami in solato. Ampak okej, recimo, da tega spletu pa smo od{teli nekaj manj od 900 dolarjev, od kar je na~rtni marketin{ki zavedek. Roko na srce to ne nucamo. Je zdaj to to? Ne {e. Zadnja faza rezerva- oka 600 EUR. Vseeno ima nalinijsko kupovanje sa- na panoju sicer pi{e, vendar drobnega tiska mimo- cije je pla~ilo in tudi to mora biti zabeljeno z, ne mo- mosvojskosti, ki masikoga odvrnejo. Na prvem mes- voze~ pa~ ne more{ pre~itati. Seveda so povratni pre- re{ verjamet, stro{kom provizije edinega mo`nega tu je gotovo brezosebni pristop, ob~utek kupovanja vozi kot po naklju~ju znatno dra`ji. A to bi {e nekako pla~ila, kreditne kartice, ki zna{a 7,5 EUR (IJ) / 4 na slepo in nelagodje ob morebitni nepriliki. Zneski {lo, ~e ne bi bila promovirana cena ~ista la`, kajti na EUR (RA). konec koncev niso majhni in podpora za stranke od njihovi strani ni bilo v ~asu pisanja za vso prihajajo~o Je bilo to zadnje nepredvideno odpiranje to{la ali je teh servisov je bistveno manj priljudna od telefonske- sezono niti enega samega leta za omenjeno postavko.
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