We have no idea why Sony is taking such a snobby position with PS3 Home, but they sound like total snots when describing the rules and etiquette of the social interface for the console. They say they are attempting to keep Home “accessible to everyone” by putting certain limitations on the attire your avatar can wear. “If everyone’s walking around ...
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Chameleon Case changes color depending on your Wii’s temperature
If you think about it, gaming consoles really don’t have a reliable indication system to prevent your console from over heating and melting itself from the inside out. The Crystal Chameleon Hard Rock case is a replacement mod for your Wii case. The case comes with a LED digital readout of the cases temperature, but even cooler, comes with a ...
Read More »DIY: Tetris Ice Cubes have 8-bit coolness
Here’s a in-depth guide on how to create your own Tetris ice cubes. They are sure to add even more coolness to any cold beverage. Not to mention a dose of nostalgia to a plain old glass of your choice of refreshment. FYI, you will need some wood crafting skills and a nice chunk of free time to produce your ...
Read More »NCSoft launches free MMO with Dungeon Runners
Looking a lot like a WoW clone, but in a good, free kind of way, NCSoft has released its free MMORPG game called Dungeon Runners. This free online experience is much like NCSoft’s own Guild Wars, except more cartoon-y and with a interesting sense of humor, including joke-cracking merchants. Just like everything else, there is a catch. Dragon Runners is ...
Read More »PS3 living large in Russia
This PS3 ad seen in Russia proves Sony’s drive to improve world wide sales. This thing is huge. The billboard displays a straight message. It reads, translated from Russian “Playstation 3: The gaming spaces of Russia”. For such a vast country, we guess you need a vast ad campaign. And Sony seems to be pulling out all the stops.
Read More »The Sims: The Movie?
Sources are reporting that Electronic Arts Inc. has sold the movie rights of best-selling game series, “The Sims”, to 20th Century Fox. The Sims franchise has sold more than 85 million units since its debut 7 years ago. “The Sims has done an interactive version of an old story, which is what it’s like to have infinite power and how ...
Read More »Halo 2 hits a snag because of “partial nudity” error
This marks the second missed Vista release date for Halo 2, and this for an entirely more ridiculous reason. Halo 2 will now no longer be the first Windows Live enabled game because of “an unfortunate, obscure content error which includes partial nudity.” All we’d like to know is, where could there possibly be nudity included in a Halo game? ...
Read More »Guitar Hero 80’s Edition cover art revealed
I must admit, I am not a fan of hair metal in the least, which is why this game doesn’t seem to be doing much for me. For those of you tossing and turning over the upcoming Guitar Hero: Rocks The 80’s, the recently released cover art might stir up some more excitement. Revealed with the cover art are two ...
Read More »PSP gets phone capability
There have been rumors of a PSP phone around for a while and while we might not be seeing that anytime soon, a UK company is working on bringing phone capability to the PSP. British Telecom is working on a PSP phone system that would be released to over 100 countries and would allow wireless telephony between other PSPs and ...
Read More »Classy Nintendo DS Lite Metal Stickers
Normal stickers made for gaming handhelds are usually ridiculously cheesy or tacky or both. Korean camera peripheral company Gariz is gearing up its gaming department with this metal stickers which make the DS Lite look, in our eyes, better than when it’s plain. For $28.99, the Gariz metal sticker package includes a top cover sticker, two LCD borders, and d-pad ...
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