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18 Dec 2009

The Final Fantasy XIII launch event in Japan, the show started 6:30AM at Shibuya Tsutaya. Game stores at Shibuya, Akihabara and Ikebukuro had around 350 people lining up before 7am, people started lining up as early as 9:30pm the night before.

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Tags: Akihibara, blockbuster game, FFXIII, Final Fantasy XIII, game stores, Ikebukuro, japan, lines, March 2010, mobs, queue, recently released, released, riots, shibuya, Square-Enix, Squaresoft, trampling, Video Games, videogames, vidgames

Modern Warfare 2 Servers Can Infect Your Game and Spread Like an “STD” on XBOX Live

16 Dec 2009

According to reports, Modern Warfare 2 players get “infected” by unwittingly joining a private match hosted by a carrier. They then get hit by the same issue – unlimited ammo and no reloads – and can pass it on if the end up hosting any games themselves. Allegedly, it’s “spreading like an STD.”

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Video

In: Console Games|Graphics|Online|Video|Video Games

15 Dec 2009

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2… yep, it’s coming for the Sony PS3 and Microsoft XBOX 360 sometime in 2010. Do want.

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Tags: Arkham Has Moved, arkhamhasmoved.com, Batman, Batman Arkham Asylum 2, DC Comics, Microsoft, Microsoft XBOX 360, ps3, Sony, Sony PlayStation3, VGA 2009, Video, videogame, videogames, vidgame, xbox 360, youtube

The Bandwidth Hog Does Not Exist – One blogger offers an invitation for ISPs to prove otherwise

6 Dec 2009

One thing lacking in every Exaflood debate or congestion claim has been hard, raw data provided by the ISPs for independent analysis. By and large, the Exaflood, network neutrality and bandwidth hog discussions have been dominated by think tankers who make a living massaging statistics to suit the message.

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Tags: bandwidth, bandwidth hog, broadbandreports.com, bullcrap, Computer, consumers, demands, exaflood, Internet, internet access, ISP, ISPs, lobbyist, lobbyists, metered billing, mostly lies, net neutrality, network congestion, network neutrality, Networks, packet storm, statistics, supply and demand

Don’t Buy That Cheap XBOX 360… It Might Be Banned

21 Nov 2009

Don’t buy that cheap XBOX 360. It might be one of the million or so banned XBOX 360′s that cannot rejoin the XBOX Live Network. And don’t listen to the hype, the fix isn’t easy either.

Got A Sony PSP That Plays UMD’s? You’re Basically Screwed…

16 Nov 2009

There’s no reason to buy a Sony Go. Zero. They’ve ignored the customer base yet again, they don’t offer a trade-in/trade-up program, and if you like the Sony PSP as it stands with the UMD drive, the Sony PSP Go is NOT the way to go.

Twitter based music playlists via Swift.fm

11 Oct 2009

Swift.fm allows you to simply share what music has your interest with your friends without having to messily locate, send via e-mail. Instead, via your browser, you just log into Swift.fm using your twitter account, upload or link to the music that has your attention and then tweet it effortlessly and your friends can hear it via the browser. Yeah… it’s that simple.

OpenPandora to ship… very soon!

1 Oct 2009

OpenPandora, oft delayed but still full of promise, will bring its OMAP3 CPU havin’, Linux lovin’ self to your awaiting geek hands for a mere $330 for the last 100 or so of the upcoming first batch with a second batch not coming out until 2010.

36 Skaters + Freebord + Neon = 1 Awesome Video

22 Sep 2009

Freebord and 36 skaters make a video that simulates Tetris. Seriously awesome.

Ron Gilbert’s DeathSpank

21 Sep 2009

Humor. Death. Usually those two words don’t even fit into the same sentence; but from the makers of Secret of Monkey Island come DeathSpank… a game that’s bound to be equal amount of death-dealing and entertaining.

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Tags: DeathSpank, game, game system, games, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft XBOX 360, Ron Gilber, Ron Gilbert's DeathSpank, SCUMM, Secret of Monkey Island, Sony, Sony PS3, Video Games, windows, windows game

Order Papa John’s Pizza… from your PlayStation 3!?

15 Sep 2009

You have got to be kidding me. There’s a Papa John’s promotion about ordering pizza(s) through the PS3 browser!? Like gamers need another reason to never leave the house… Sony’s assisting gluttony.

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Tags: gamers, gaming, gluttony, online pizza ordering, papa johns, papa johns pizza, papa_john's, pizza, pizza promotion, pizza_promotion, playstation 3, playstation browser, playstation3, playstation_3, ps3, Sony, sony browser, Video Games, video_games, what in the hell

The Next Metal Gear Solid Teaser

5 Dec 2008

Whatever the above cryptic message means (iPhone perhaps!?) if Hideo Kojima and Konami is behind it, expect genius. Find out, well as much as above, from [ Konami ]

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Nintendo introduces the new Nintendo DSI

In: Console Games|Gadgets|Hardware|Online|Video Games

3 Oct 2008

Nintendo has officially announced Nintendo DSi, which will be released in Japan on November 1, 2008, for (approx) $179.

Sony Launches Life With Playstation

18 Sep 2008

Sony is releasing their Life with PlayStation that brings the news, weather, and other typical “start of the day” activities morning news to your PlayStation 3.

Pandora Music Genome Project… soon to be put to rest?

In: Computer|Editorial|Music|Online|Rants

17 Aug 2008

“We’re approaching a pull-the-plug kind of decision,” said Tim Westergren, who founded Pandora. “This is like a last stand for webcasting.” I’m not one to normally editorialize much; however it seems like something that actually made sense, will probably be looking at closing it’s doors due to licensing fees. The idea… Pandora Music Genome® Project. [...]