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Silver DualShock 3 Controller Now Available

Live near a Gamestop? Most likely since they’re more common than McDonald’s these days. The retailer is selling a new silver-colored DualShock 3 controller for the PS3 now. It’s $55 and will get you nothing but street cred*. *- Actual street cred may vary. Link

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Op-Ed: A Case For The PlayStation Network

Lately, I’ve been playing my PS3 quite a bit. But aside from UFC 2009: Unleashed, I haven’t been playing titles built for the system. No, I’ve been dropping $5 or $10 here and there and replaying classic PSOne titles. For $9.99, you can download games like Resident Evil: Director’s Cut and Final Fantasy VII and play them in all their ...

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Vizio TVs To Come With Web Apps

Normally, when you think of Vizio, you think of decent plasma and LCD television sets that cost about half the price of a Sony BRAVIA. Now there’s even more incentive to run out and buy a Vizio: web apps. The company announced that it’ll be bringing Facebook, Twitter and plenty of others to its new line of Vizio XVT HDTVs. ...

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Afternoon Linkage for June 22nd, 2009

Hold on loosely, and don’t let go. Cappin’ passwordzThe greatest beer-food invention, everDeals: Cheap PS3 games on AmazoniPod/iTouch firmware on the free (hint hint)The dangers of the ‘Find my iPhone’ featureMos Def’s latest album is a t-shirt Have great links you want showcased on Afternoon Linkage? E-mail us: tips AT gearfuse DOT com.

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Deals: $350 Playstation 3 on Amazon

If you’ve been holding out for a price cut on the PS3, today is your chance to take advantage of Amazon’s PS3 deal. $350 nets you an 80GB system with a DualShock controller. Sorry, no motion control here, folks. Games? You’ll need to get those on your own, but considering the deals Amazon has on its Marketplace, it shouldn’t be ...

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Heavy Rain Is Shaping Up Nicely

The upcoming Playstation 3 title Heavy Rain is going to be a graphical powerhouse. It’ll not only put the PS3 back on the map, but it’s supposed to be a pretty decent game too, according to sites like IGN, Joystiq and the like. These new screenshots seem to back that notion up. With beautiful coloring and a dark, stormy atmosphere ...

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Sony Unveils Motion Controller

So you thought Microsoft was gonna steal the show at E3 with its ‘Project Natal‘ demo? Wrong! Sony swept into E3 yesterday and showed off its version of full-body motion control, appropriately titled “The PlayStation Motion Controller.” The new controller is a stick and according to Gizmodo, it’s the best motion control yet. Fast and accurate, it uses the PS ...

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Big Surprise: Microsoft Announces Full Motion Controller

In a move to compete with Sony and Nintendo, Microsoft today did a blitzkrieg of announcements involving the Xbox 360. Dubbed ‘Project Natal’, the next step for the Xbox 360 will involve a full-body controller that senses a player’s motion. Think of the failed Sega Genesis peripheral, the Activator, except done right. It uses a camera to capture motion made ...

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Crysis 2 Going Cross-platform

The original Crysis was the de facto title to test your computer rig with. If it didn’t run Crysis, your setup just wasn’t leet enough. This time around, Crytek is bringing its sequel to both PCs and consoles alike. While PS3 owners and PC owners should be safe, I worry about the ability of the 360’s hardware. Can it handle ...

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Resident Evil Hits PSN

“Barry! Where’s Barry?!?!” If you recognize that quote, you, the master of all things lockpicking, is a big Resident Evil fan. As with most video game series, the original is always the best. So if you lost your old PSX copy of Resident Evil: Director’s Cut, have no fear. Capcom will be releasing the Director’s Cut version of the game ...

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