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Jan
31
Boxing games fun again? EA announces FaceBreaker
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If your anything like me, you have fond childhood memories of spending time in front of your NES pounding away at "Iron" Mike Tyson, before he went nuts and painted hieroglyphics across his face. Games like Punch-Out!! were magical, and could turn a topic as sinister sounding as pugilism into a fun-filled game you could […]
Jan
31
Boxing games fun again? EA announces FaceBreaker (Update)
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If your anything like me, you have fond childhood memories of spending time in front of your NES pounding away at "Iron" Mike Tyson, before he went nuts and painted hieroglyphics across his face. Games like Punch-Out!! were magical, and could turn a topic as sinister sounding as pugilism into a fun-filled game you could […]
Jan
31
Sony cuts PS3 sales targets, raises PSP targets
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Sony rounded out 2007 rough year with pretty solid PS3 sales. They moved 4.9 million units in the time between October and December. it’s not the Wii’s 7 million for the same time frame, but it is a solid comeback for the company.
Despite that, it seems that they have dialed back the forecast a bit […]
Jan
31
R4 being used by 90 percent of Americans? Is that right?
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Unless you’ve had your face in a first-generation, un-backlit Gameboy Advance this whole time, you know that the R4 is an incredibly popular (and illegal) accessory for the Nintendo DS. But one newspaper says that the device may be popular than we thought, claiming that 90 percent of American DS owners may be getting their […]
Jan
31
According to Miyamoto, the GameCube controller was sort of a test run
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The GameCube may have been ribbed for being dainty and blue (remember the purse comparisons?), but it was the Fisher-Price looking controller that really seemed to polarize gamers. Admittedly, it was the least liked part of an otherwise kick-ass gaming console. Yes, the Xbox’s Duke controller wasn’t exactly all that attractive either, but Microsoft remedied […]
Jan
31
In a strait up admittance that the idea is stolen from SomethingAwful’s well known “Photoshop Phriday” they do (which are well worth checking out btw), NeoGAF has a thread started taking images and photoshopping them using the letters from the game’s original name (.. “Anagram”). Below are just a sample of my favorites… some […]
Jan
31
I’m glad that the last half decade has shown a sort of shift of acceptance for things like videogames and geek culture, and I’m just as glad that some creative people have the balls and brains to create these weird hybrid devices. I definitely have enough geek pride to rock either one of these modified […]
Jan
31
Random Deal - Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Gold Edition $29.99
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Random deal of the moment. Amazon is offering up Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Gold Edition at 40% off, so it is $29.99 and shipping is free. On Metacritic has this game with a score of 94, that is huge. So if you PC gamers do not already have this great […]
Jan
31
Brain Training’s Dr. Kawashima gives his royalties to research
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While Dr. Kawashima’s Nintendo DS Brain Training titles set out to fix our heads, you’d have to wonder if something is wrong with his. It seems that he hasn’t bothered to take any of the 22 million dollars in royalties that he’s earned for himself.
This AFP article says that Kawashima’s royalties have been poured into […]
Jan
31
While Sony has taken plenty of slack over pricing, its library of games, and multiple SKUs since the PlayStation 3’s humble beginnings, many have patiently waited for signs that the struggling games juggernaut might get back on its feet. With the recent news coming out of Bloomberg that the PS3 turned a profit for Sony […]