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The Ridiculous Nintendo Wii

November 4th, 2006 · No Comments

Wii Wii whatever. Nintendo is the land of the boring and the home of kids who can’t shoot. Now they’ve got this ridiculous Nintendo Wii. Ridiculous name, ridiculous controllers, and… well, it’s Nintendo. So it has to be pathetic, right?
At first, this supposedly official Wii promo trailer is just as silly as you’d expect from

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Tags: Industry News · Nintendo Wii · Platforms · Video

Pink PSP

August 29th, 2006 · No Comments

Sony Europe continues to go French girly with a a pink Playstation Portable (PSP).
It appears to be some promotion with the “artist” Pink (or P!nk or whatever). From their press release
22/08/2006 PSP GOES P!NK - In a Unique Collaboration with the Artist P!nk
London, 2006 – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the expansion of

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Tags: Industry News · PSP · Platforms

Pink PS2

August 29th, 2006 · No Comments

Sony Europe is likely to attract more girls and Europeans to the PS2 now that they have introduced a pink Playstation2.
Well, okay, it comes bundled with something called Singstar Pop. It’s nice to see Sony continuing to spice up the Playstation 2 even as they lower the price. No problem with that. Just remember that’s

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Tags: Industry News · Platforms · Playstation2

Nintendo DS Lite

June 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Nintendo has released the new DS Lite.
The new DS sports brighter, more vibrant screens. Nintendo has trimmed it down to a sleaker, slimline body, and provided a larger stylus this time. The battery life is enhanced and the microphone has been repositioned to the center of the unit.
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Tags: Industry News · Nintendo DS

Playstation 3 Interface

May 16th, 2006 · No Comments

It looks like, besides an eyepopping pricetag, the Playstation 3 will sport an updated version of the slick interface used by the PSP. As the video embedded below shows, it’s got potential; but of course time will tell if the system itself is worth the bucks.

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Tags: Industry News · PSP · Playstation3

Amazing Graphics and Malcontents

May 7th, 2006 · No Comments

Fosfor Gadgets has an interesting side-by-side comparison of graphics from games of the 80s and those of today’s games. They do a good job of pitting games of similar genres against each other, for example: 1985’s Bard’s Tale for Nintendo versus 2005’s PC hit World Of Warcraft and 1985’s 10 Yard Fight for Nintendo against

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Tags: Arcade Games · Industry News · Old Consoles · PC · Platforms · XBox

Sony Admits PS3 Delays

February 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Gamespot reports that Sony apparently has admitted to delays in the PS3 console systems, due to blu-ray manufacturing issues.
Let’s hope they mistranslated it.
Come on Sony, the PS2 is getting a little tired.
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The hard dr…Ken Kutaragi, Father

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Tags: Industry News · Platforms · Playstation3