Gaming

Space Station Tycoon coming to a Wii near you

Who hasn’t had the dream where they are walking around naked in a daze and no one seems to notice, only to realize that you are in outer space building a space station. Anyone? Anyone at all? Ok, well, maybe that’s just us. The point is that this dream doesn’t have to be a dream for long, or at least ...

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Mouse with a physical horizontal scroll button

Most computer mouses mice only have 2-3 buttons and a vertical scroll wheel in the middle; some of the more advanced ones will have extra buttons, and buttons for you to hold and drag in order to scroll horizontally. We hardly ever see webpages that are designed to scroll sideways, so why do we need that? It might be a ...

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World of Warcraft cake makes our mouths water: It’s amazing, WoW!

Not only do we love World of Warcraft, but we love eating cake too! Sometimes both at the same time. Posted on the ArsTechnica forum is this beautiful example of what a mixture of creativity and baking prowess can create. All we can say about this is….well, WoW! My good friend makes kick-ass cakes as a hobby. Last year she ...

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Rumor: iPhone to play World of Warcraft

Here’s a little piece straight off of the rumor mill. A source is saying that the Apple iPhone will be enabled to play the number one PC game of the last few years, World of Warcraft. The iPhone, which is poised to be a revolutionary handheld, would be the first mobile phone of its kind. The source says “Steve goes ...

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Chinese beverage label with crazy Mario clone

If Mario gained double his body weight and if Yoshi grew horn-like ears, you’d have something like the logo on this Chinese beverage label. It’s just hilarious at what lengths companies will go to flee from copyright infringement, but still keep a recognizable symbol. Just look at Mario’s chubby cheeks and his fireman helmet. And poor Yoshi with those things ...

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Nintendo DS video hack

While making our rounds scourging the Internet, we came across this spiffy hack for your Nintendo DS. Using an asymmetric wavelet codec specifically made to playback video on the DS ARM-based hardware (whatever the hell that means), this Flickr member has managed to capture this image of the Nintendo DS video hack, running on his handheld. Flickr member, Gwire, says ...

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The Pac-Man Tribute Video

[ev type=”youtube” data=”htl_vwkZWHw”][/ev] The music track is a song called “Pac-Man” by Power-Pill, better known as Aphex Twin. Check out this awesome tribute to one of the most beloved game characters. — Andrew Dobrow YouTube Video

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Awesome Nintendo DS Guitar Mod

[ev type=”youtube” data=”8X4tWIwx0ns”][/ev] This is one of the coolest mods we’ve seen out of any gaming console. We have no idea how this works, but its amazing how realistic sounding the guitar tones are coming from the DS. Very, very impressive and something we want to get our hands on. This also makes the prospect of a DS Guitar Hero ...

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Rumor!: Quieter 360 coming through software upgrade

Sources say that the answer to a noisy 360 system is coming soon and is in fact already running as an upgrade on some systems. The software update was supposedly sent out to journalists to test with their debugging console. This update is said to reduce the noise from the disk reader of the Xbox 360. Depending on how this ...

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New Final Fantasy: Chocobo Tales game coming to DS

Anyone who’s familiar with the Final Fantasy series of video games remembers the cute little chocobos and how entertaining they are. Square Enix announces the newest Final Fantasy game, Chocobo Tales, for the Nintendo DS Console, due out April 3, 2007. Chocobo Tales is said to have story line references which play back all the way to the original Final ...

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