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PSP worthwhile to get? 2008-03-07 13:00:42 When Sony had first introduced their Playstation Portable (PSP) handheld device, the gaming world believed that Nintendo would finally see their portable gaming monopoly in jeopardy. With amazing graphics, superior technical specs, success looked to be guaranteed. However, after almost 3 years since it’s release, many might say that the PSPs track record [...]
Asustek introduces the 8.9 inch screen Eee PC 2008-03-06 13:00:08 At the 2008 CeBIT Convention in Germany, Asustek had announced that they are releasing a brand new version of the Eee PC (Eee PC 900) with many new features. Among the new features is 1 GB of RAM a 1.3 megapixel camera, an 8 GB Solid State Drive (up to 12GB) and a larger [...] Read more:screen
D&D Creator Gary Gygax passes away at age 69 2008-03-05 13:00:57 So yesterday I was surfing the net and found out that Gary Gygax, the co-creator of the renowned game Dungeons of Dragons, had passed away. Typically, I don’t really follow this kind of news, however, I feel that the life of Mr. Gygax should be recognized. As many gamers will probably tell you, [...]
Video: Gears of War 2 is coming! 2008-03-04 13:00:42 After Gears
of War’s debut had become a hit release, Epic Games has announced that the sequel to the Gears of War franchise is coming back on the Microsoft XBox 360. The game looks to continue on with the story of Marcus Phoenix and the events after the first game. During the recent [...]
Video: Mario Kart Wii Trailer 2008-03-03 13:00:25 Since the release of Mario
Galaxy a couple of months ago and the upcoming release of Super Smash Brothers Brawl in North America, the next highly anticipated title is Mario Kart
for the Wii
. As you can see, Mario Kart will be utilizing the Wiimote controller as a virtual steering wheel. [...] Read more:Trailer
Video: New Iron Man Movie Trailer 2008-03-02 13:00:39 After watching the above trailer, I was speechless. If the Iron Man movie can actually deliver this excitement throughout the whole movie, it could easily be one of the best movie adaptations of a comic book…ever! Starting from the quotes by Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.) to the look and animation [...] Read more:Trailer
Road & Track Test Drives Speed Racer’s Mach 5? 2008-03-01 13:00:41 With the upcoming live action SpeedRacer
movie coming to theatres on May 9th, 2008, popular car magazine Road & Track
do an article on test driving the Mach 5!! Though, Warner Bros has a real mock-up of the Mach 5 for the movie, looking at the article, it is more likely that it’s [...]
iPhone News 2008-02-29 13:00:51 With having the iPhone
with me for the last couple of days, I’ve been pretty fascinated by the neat capabilities/features this little gadget has. As I’ve been reading through the different applications and news regarding the Apple iPhone, I found out that Apple had released a new firmware upgrade (version 1.1.4) through iTunes. [...]
Metal Gear Solid 4 Release Date Announced 2008-02-28 13:00:08 Recently, it seems as though Konami and Kojima Productions have finally announced the released date to the highly anticipated Metal
Gear Solid
4 title for the Playstation 3. Right now, it is scheduled to be released on June 12th, 2008, which is odd since it’ll arrive on a Thursday. Though I’m ecstatic about [...] Read more:Release
, Metal Gear
, Metal Gear Solid
NHL Trade Deadline…Blockbuster deals! 2008-02-27 13:00:57 Now that spring is upon us, it means that the NHL season is heading for the homestretch and teams are making moves in order to better their chances for the playoffs and to hopefully bring Lord Stanley’s Cup to their city. Yesterday was the NHL trade deadline, which meant that big moves were surely [...] Read more:Trade
, Deadline
, Blockbuster
Guitar Hero…on the Commodore 64! 2008-03-12 14:00:56 If you are like me, you’ve probably have tried playing those popular guitar games like Guitar
Hero and/or Rockband and have become completely addicted to them. Recently, a person by the name of Toni Westbrook had made his very own port of the popular Guitar Hero
game for the classic Commodore
64. Now [...]
Video: Starcraft II - First Look at the Zerg 2008-03-11 14:00:49 So it was last spring when Blizzard made the huge surprise trailer and announcement to the world that Starcraft II was in production. It’s been 10 years since the release of the first game and now fans are clamouring for anything and everything about the title. I suppose in order to [...] Read more:First
, First Look
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Not Playing On Your Wii? =( 2008-03-10 14:00:21 So finally SuperSmash
Bros. Brawl
was officially released in North America yesterday on March 9th. You rushed out bright and early to your local game store and snag yourself one of the first copies. Not being able to stand the suspense you rip open the packaging and pop it into your Wii
. [...]
Video: Cool Etch-A-Sketch Clock 2008-03-09 14:00:16 So I remember back in the day when the Etch-a-Sketch brought hours of fun when I was kid since you can continuously draw on the screen by turning on the two knobs and then erasing everything by “shaking” it. Well, it looks as though some creative engineer utilized the Arduino platform, which is an [...] Read more:Clock
Apple iPhone SDK News 2008-03-08 13:00:19 So it’s been a 2 days since the AppleiPhone
SDK conference and you can watch the whole thing on the Apple site here. Well, some of the highlight from the March 6th event were the following:
-Integration of Microsoft Exchange with the iPhone which will allow syncing of the Schedules, Contacts, Emails etc.
-Release of [...] Read more:Apple iPhone
Video: Hacked iPhone Firmware 2.0 2008-03-14 14:00:42 After the recent conference for the release of the Apple iPhone
SDK and the announcement of the iPhone 2.0 firmware update, some hackers have been able to install and hack the firmware before it is even released!
As you can see from the video, you can definitely see the phone is unlocked with a different carrier [...] Read more:Hacked
, Firmware
Wii Ware coming soon for the Wii! 2008-03-13 14:00:55 Nintendo Wii
owners are probably familiar with the “Wii Shopping Channel”, whereby you can go online with your Wii to purchase and download classic games as part of the Virtual Console. A couple of months back, Nintendo announced the upcoming “Wii Ware”, which are essentially brand new games that can be downloaded onto your [...]
Upcoming Revoltech Figures 2008-03-16 14:00:26 As I’m awaiting my order from Hobbylink Japan (consisting of Revoltech Rodimus Prime, Starscream and Asuka Langley Soyeuse). In the meantime, it looks as though some other figures are coming out from Kaiyodo. Here are some picture courtesy of Dannychoo.com:
There are definitely A LOT of neat figures to look out for. Plus [...] Read more:Figures
, Upcoming
Check Out Google Sky On The Net 2008-03-15 14:00:00 So for those of you who are familiar with the Google
Earth Application online, recently they’ve added the new Google Sky feature online, whereby you can watch the night sky in the comfort of your computer. Just like the Google Earth site, Google Sky allows you to zoom into particular parts of space and [...] Read more:Check
Video: Cool Quadraped Robot In Action 2008-03-18 14:00:07 Well a company by the name of Boston Dynamics has been working and refining their robot known as “BigDog”, which is a quadraped (4 legged) robot. What is really interesting is how “natural” the movements of the BigDog makes. It is neat that even on different terrain, surfaces and being pushed, the BigDog [...] Read more:Robot
, Action
Star Trek: New Voyages 2008-03-17 14:00:04 I’ve been a fan of the classic Sci-Fi series by Gene Roddenberry since my Uncle was a big fan and got me hooked on it. I can honestly say that I enjoyed both the original series and the Next Generation, and then later grew to like Deep Space Nine and Voyager. However, for [...] Read more:Star Trek
Video: Tour of Good Smile Company 2008-03-21 14:00:42 For some odd reason, I’ve been infatuated with buying anime figures that I’ve recently purchased the whole Nendoroid Petit Suzumiya Haruhi figure set, FREEing Suzumiya Haruhi, and preordered some Fraulein Revoltech figures (Asuka and Pocco) and figma figures (Lelouch, Suzumiya Haruhi and Saber). Some of you may be familiar with the Japanese figure company [...] Read more:Smile
Video: Videogame Beatboxing 2008-03-20 14:00:40 I’ve actually been amazed at beatboxers, when they can simultaneously sing the lyrics of a song and the beat…all with only their mouths. Recently, I’ve stumbled upon some YouTube videos by Poizunus.com. What was neat was that they beatboxed the background music and even sound effects for two classic video games: Street Fighter II [...]
Video: The Count Censored 2008-03-19 14:00:44 Have you noticed that when you watch television shows or movies with a lot of profanity, they always “bleep out” the offending word (though it’s pretty obvious to everyone what was being said). But what if someone started bleeping out words unnecessarily? Would that change the content or perception of the story? [...] Read more:Censored
Video: How To Moonwalk and Airwalk 2008-03-23 14:00:18 I remember back in the 80’s when Michael Jackson was all the rage (prior to his surgeries and weird existence), and the creator of the cool dance move, the “Moonwalk”.
Though the self-proclaimed “King of Pop” is definitely a master of funky dance moves, it’s really not that hard to do! I’ve actually wondered how [...]
First Look At Ray Park As Snake Eyes! 2008-03-22 14:00:03 Like many guys my age, they’ve grown-up watching classic cartoons like Transformers and G.I. Joe. With last year’s successful release of the Transformers live-action film, Paramount Studios is hoping that the G.I. Joe franchise will expect the same success. Here is the first look at one of the characters, Snake
Eyes (played by [...] Read more:First
, First Look
Nintendo Wii News 2008-03-25 14:00:15 Lately, I’ve been preoccupied with playing video games on my handheld consoles (Nintendo
DS and Sony PSP) and of course Rockband on the XBox 360. At the same time, I’ve basically ignored my Nintendo Wii
and haven’t played many games (aside from some Super Smash Brothers Brawl). After checking online, I’ve noticed some [...] Read more:Nintendo Wii
Video: Mini Remote Controlled Cars - Q-Steer 2008-03-24 14:00:44 A couple of years back, I was pretty infatuated with remote controlled cars and enjoyed modifying my Mini-Z racer by Kyosho. The only problem was that the car was meant for indoor racing and I had very few opportunities to drive it (my house is small). I then turned to what can be [...] Read more:Remote
, Steer
, Mini Remote
Video: How To Get Into Clubs? Pretend To Be The DJ! 2008-03-27 14:00:28 If any of you have tried to go clubbing before, you’d probably know that most of the popular clubs are usually packed with people and you have people waiting in LOONNGG line-ups in order to get in. One clever guy from Australia had found a pretty ingenous way to skip the queue and get [...] Read more:Clubs
Time For Some Fantasy Baseball! 2008-03-26 14:00:19 With March coming to a close and April just around the corner, it is a sign that spring is here and also that the baseball season is about to start! Normally, I would only follow my favourite team (the Toronto Blue Jays) during the MLB season, however, I find it much more interesting when [...]
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