Gaming

The Japanese love their abacuses. Japanese children are taught from a very young age how to be abacus pros. Soroban DS (soroban=abacus in Jap lingo), is the first ever full length game focused around the love of the abacus. Soroban DS will allow gamers to practice their mad abacus skillz while chilling around with their DS. The only catch? Users ...

Blizzard can’t help but tease the eager public, but we ask of them, “For the love of God, PLEASE stop teasing us!” Starcraft2.com is now an official site, which redirects to the Blizzard homepage. So is there cover totally blown now for the announcement of Starcraft 2? Maybe, maybe not. This could be Blizzard’s way of differing us from the ...

We were all pretty excited yesterday to find a supposed “leak” of the PS3 2.0.0 Firmware update list. Our excitement was squelched even faster than it arrived. Forum user and supposed leaker, Leah, confirmed today that the PS3 leak post from yesterday was a spoof from some unknown bastardly source. Is their conspiracy in the air? That list seemed way ...

The announcement of Tony Hawk Proving Ground by Activision is pretty exciting. The game looks like it will be pretty groundbreaking in the action sports genre. For the first time, gamers will be able to define their own character, including their story and style, based on the in-game decisions they make. The new Hawk will also feature a video editing ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”mfPoCOo06KI”][/ev] Some Japanese dude has decided to play sword with phones, and he’s using the Mitsubishi D903iTV DMB one-button push slider to attack the Panasonic P902i, which also has a one-button push spring mechanism for the folder (Neither of them is cheap). In the GSM world, we can only throw Nokia N95 at people. —Sam Chan

One of the regular posters over at the official PS3 forums has posted this list of the apparently leaked updates list for the PS3 2.0.0 firmware upgrade. The poster has a good reputation for being right on track on other firmware announcements, so we’re tipping our hat to the source on this one. The PLAYSTATION ®3 system software version 2.00 ...

This girl is my new love at the moment. Of course, she doesn’t know it yet. This true hardcore gamer got a tattoo of the Horde symbol from the popular MMO, World Of Warcraft. Her WoW character is a Tauren Warrior, which is the same as me. Just more proof of our fate. If you wanna chat, check me out ...

Needlepoint is usually an art form only associated with rocking chair sitting grannies. Isn’t it time for a change? This DS case was made by needlepoint, and frankly, I just couldn’t see my grandmother making something like this. Then again, my grandmother hasn’t reached the needlepoint stage in her life yet. It’s actually pretty cool because the needlepoint gives it ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”hML5nxqe_20″][/ev] Gaming blog Destructoid has posted their reactions on their marathon run of Halo 3, and the results are in. This game is the shit. We mean shit in a good way. That’s what it means these days. The game felt incredibly comfortable and smooth as silk. I admit I was a bit worried with the addition of ...

Time to stock up on neon clothes and hairspray. Activision has announced plans for the production of a third installment to the popular Guitar Hero series of games with Guitar Hero: Rocks The 80’s. So far the game is only said to be for PS2, but really little is actually known in the first place.i A few songs have already ...