Ever heard of the Ninja Team? If not, here’s a quick briefing, they are the subjects of quite a rumor floating around about the Wii and the ability to play “backup” games. There are claims that they have been able to develop a 5-point soldered ship that lets you play the games that you backed up because you knew they ...
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Is Google developing a competitor for Second Life?
What a wonder it would be to be able to have a social networking platform such as Second Life, mixed with the sketchings and locations of Google Earth. That’s exactly what is traveling through the rumor grapevine right now. A Googleized version of Second Life. The satellite imaging technology of Google Earth is rumored to be in development as a ...
Read More »Lord Of The Rings Online details revealed
News update for all of you gamers who love all things Tolkein. Some information has been released regarding the Lord Of The Rings Online game. This game has the pontential to go great places, considering the rabit fan base that it will start off with. Take a look at the quotation here and you will learn some pretty interesting facts ...
Read More »DIY Wii Steering Wheel
With the flood of Wii related injury images behind us for now, more mods are starting to come out of the woodwork. The Wii steering wheel might look like it’s covered in tape and cardboard, and that’s because it is. True. Most of the racing games come with a official Wii steering wheel. But why spend the money on a ...
Read More »Where are your Xbox 360’s clothes?
What hacking mods have you made to your Xbox 360 lately? No, replacing your faceplate doesn’t count. You probably hanve’t been doing too much moding if Microsoft has had anything to say about it. While hacking the 360 is far more complicated than the Xbox, you can try this on for size. It’s a transparent case for your 360, and ...
Read More »Battle card reader for Nintendo DS: Jushinten
Nintendo has demoed a card reader for their Nintendo DS portable gaming machine at the Toy Forum in Japan. The card reader is used to incorporate battle cards (such as Yu-gi-oh) with the game on your DS, theoratically you can also play battle card games on the network with users all over the world. The game demonstrated was Jushinten (rough ...
Read More »Nintendo announced Mario Kart 64 for Virtual Console
So what will Nintendo do now that the Wii has been released and the initial flow of new games has stopped? Well, besides selling more and more Wiis, they are leveraging their Virtual Console platform to launch new (old) games. Having just released Wario Ware: Smooth Moves, Mario Kart 64 is set to be available next week on VC. Why ...
Read More »PS3 Firmware 1.50: Buy games on PS Network with Felica phones or Edy contactless electronic money cards
SCEJ announces the PS3 firmware version 1.50 today adding an electronic money payment system, so you don’t always need a credit card to buy games online anymore. First, pick up the electronic money PaSoRi reader/writerfor your PS3, connect it via the USB port on the console, update the firmware to version 1.50, then you are all set to add money ...
Read More »GeMei X27 Media Player wants to be a Gameboy
The GeMei X27 vaguely resembles a sleek renovation of the Gameboy Micro, but with a clumpier feel and more options. This GeMei media player is capable of playing all the most used media formats; MP3, WMA, AVI, JPG, GIF, and BMP files. And you would be right in thinking that it’s media features seem to fit in with the reset ...
Read More »Space Invaders are closer than they appear (or so satellite images suggest)
Google Maps always turns up some interesting images. Whoever made this Space Invaders ode is our new personal hero, but has entirely too much time on their hands. On second thought, this image might of been taken by an airplane, as a commenter on Wonderland suggest, because of its higher resolution. From a satellite image it’s more likely that the ...
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