Some guy has written on his top 20 peeves about modern video gaming. He makes some good points: The Sony Playstation 3 is going to cost $465.00. In the desolate economic climate of post-apocalyptic 2006, I’m thinking that’s going to be a lot of money. Now, it’s true that at E3 Sony was boasting the [...]
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Pacman 25 Years Old Today
May 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Video Games
CNN has an article on Pacman’s 25th birthday: NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – It’s easy to see “Halo 2″ fans lined up for several blocks in the hours before the game is released and think the industry has never been hotter; but if you want to see what a true phenomenon looks like, jump into your [...]
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Sony PSP 1st September Release Date
April 26th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware, Mobiles & Gadgets, Video Games
Finally, a date has been set for the European PSP release: the 1st of September. It will be released as a value pack, including: PSP with protective case 32 MB Memory Stick Battery Pack Headset with controls Power plug (duh) Belt A video-/music-/gamesampler on Universal Media Disc (UMD) Demogames All the above for a measly [...]
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Battle Of The Consoles Epic
April 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Humor, Video Games
For all of you who have ever owned a 16bit sysem (Ah, THOSE were the days), you should watch this excellent flash movie. This is made in a really cool retro Final Fantasy style, and has the Sony PSP battling all our old favourites in an all-out battle for gaming supremacy. Be warned though, it [...]
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Super Mario Brothers
February 25th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Humor, Video Games
Again, we have some people with too much free time who decided to make a Mario Bros Mural with Post Its. Excerpt: Super Mario Bros. (Miyamato, et. al.,1986) was an inspiration to many of todays computer engineers. In celebration of Engineering Week, this large format work was created as an homage to the inspirational works [...]
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Online Gaming Addiction Becoming A Problem
February 16th, 2005 · No Comments · Video Games
Well, what we all saw coming is becoming reality. Now the BBC has an article about people who have gaming……Isues….. Excerpt: “I can’t talk to him while he is playing. There is absolutely no point as he doesn’t hear me or is so distracted that I get a ‘ummm… ya’ a few minutes after I [...]
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Nintendo Definitely Losing It
February 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Video Games
An article that makes an interesting point on tomshardware. Excerpt: Like a few other gamers, I bought the new Nintendo DS the day it was released here in the U.S. (Nov. 21). I was hoping it would be the beginning of a resurgence for the console gaming pioneer. I was also optimistic that it would [...]
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Tecmo sues for video game hacking
February 10th, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Video Games
Tecmo has sued users of an Internet message board devoted to hacking into popular games, including its “Ninja Gaiden” and “Dead or Alive,” to change their codes, the publisher said on Wednesday. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Chicago, accuses Web site administrators Mike Greiling of Eden Prairie, Minn., Will Glynn of Davie, [...]
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Doom – The Boardgame
January 31st, 2005 · No Comments · Video Games
After a succession of games it’s finally here, Doom the boardgame. Now I wonder if this is actually any fun….
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PS2 San Andreas Controller Cheats Brute Forced
January 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Hardware, Video Games
You just have to love this guys ingenuity. He brute forced San Andreas cheats by hooking his controller up to the parallel port of his PC to automatically go through combinations of buttons. Apparently he also found cheats not yet released by Rockstar. Click here for a pic. Nice one…
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