Archive for August, 2006
Big PSP Takes NYC. Again.
Kotaku is reporting that the giant PSP that adorned Houston St. in New York City, which was taken down last week, has now made a semi-triumphant return.
I literally live like 3 blocks from this thing and have always thought it was kind of weird and tacky. First off, it seemed like the thing never […]
Posted: August 31st, 2006 under News.
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XNA Game Studio Express (Beta Version) Now Available
Microsoft have just released the Beta version of their game creation software, Game Studio Express!
Very exciting news for anyone with the know-how or at least the blind faith that they themselves can create an awesome 360 game. I myself prefer to not know how useless I would be in that arena but hey, you […]
Posted: August 31st, 2006 under News.
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New WoW: Burning Crusade Info Revealed
A bunch of new World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade info was unveiled by Blizzard today regarding new Level 60+ talents and spells previously unavailable for six of the nine character classes.
Still waiting on the Druid, Hunter and Priest details but how about an actual release date as well?
You can see […]
Posted: August 28th, 2006 under News.
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Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Hits 2 Million Users.
It was announced today over the wires that Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection, their wireless gaming service, has just exceeded 2 million users in the 9 months since it became available. They are more than happy to point out that there are more people using the DS's WiFi capabilities than there are people in over 15 states […]
Posted: August 28th, 2006 under News.
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Wi No Fi for 3rd Party Wii Devs?
Lord knows I love to shred. But it appears that I won't be able to do it through the series of tubes we call "the internets" on the Wii anytime soon.
IGN reports in their latest hands-on of Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam for the Wii that Nintendo has yet to allow 3rd party developers to […]
Posted: August 25th, 2006 under News.
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Penny Arcade: The Official Game of the Website. Hooray!
So it was announced today as PAX kicks off that Tycho and Gabe of Penny Arcade web comic fame would be getting their very own episodic game series called Penny Arcade Adventures for Windows, OSX and Linux.
The game will be whipped up by Hothead Studios best known for their work on Simpsons: Hit and […]
Posted: August 25th, 2006 under News.
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US to Get DS In Pink And Black After All.
OK, so yesterday I posted about how the Pink DS Lite was a European exclusive. But then Nintendo rubbed stinky cheese in our face and today said "Au contraire, mon frere!" as today they sent a release letting America know that that pink ain't just fer forners no longer! The US will be getting the […]
Posted: August 24th, 2006 under News.
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Maidenly DS Lite + 2 New Wii Games + Possible Wii Release Announcement
More news from Deutschland earlier today as Nintendo not only announced two new games for the Wii, Mario Strikers Charged and Battalion Wars 2, they also announced that the DS Lite would be available in PINK! THANK. GOD.
But only in Europe. (Sorry, Todd!)
But perhaps most interestingly word comes from […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2006 under News.
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New Metal Gear Solid 4 Trailer
From Leipzig comes a new Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots trailer. Wunderbar!
I'm still trying to figure out if the noises that the giant mechs in this video make are supposed to sound like a herd of cattle of if they are merely just whirring gears. Perhaps both?
Either […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2006 under News.
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The Dead Don’t Read.
So why should we?! Or at least anyone playing Dead Rising might think that was Capcom's rationale for making the text in Dead Rising eye-strainingly miniscule.
Turns out they may have just been lazy, as they only optimized the game for HDTVs, not SDTVs which, as it also happens, most regular folk still use to […]
Posted: August 22nd, 2006 under News.
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