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PSP-3000 vs. PSP-2000 screen comparison

By Emily Price on Friday, Aug 22nd 2008 23 Comments

It looks like Sony wasn’t kidding when they said the PSP-3000 would have an improved LCD screen. Famitsu posted some photographs of the PSP-2000 and PSP-3000 side by side and you can definitely see a noticeable difference between the two.

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Wii Maracas show up on Amazon

By Emily Price on Friday, Aug 22nd 2008 No Comments

It looks like we may see some maracas for the Wii pretty soon. Pictures of the actual maracas designed for the Wii started popping up (and then being immediately removed) from several retailers sites yesterday including Amazon.

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Sony announces the EyePet: a new take on the virtual pet

By Emily Price on Thursday, Aug 21st 2008 1 Comment

Sony announced a new virtual pet at the Leipzig game conference yesterday, the EyePet. The EyePet is a virtual pet that works along with the camera attachment on the Playstation 3.

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Logitech announces the Speed Force Wireless Racing Wheel for Wii

By Emily Price on Thursday, Aug 21st 2008 No Comments

wiiwheel Logitech has announced the new Logitech Speed Force Wireless racing wheel for the Wii. The wheel will be the first force feedback wheel for the Wii and is designed to work with EA Games Need for Speed Undercover.

The Speed Force Wireless racing wheel has a once-piece design with built-in gas and brake controls located on the wheel itself. The wheel has an expandable lap rest so you can adjust the wheel for how you like to play your games. The wheel uses 2.4 GHz wireless technology to allow to gaming up to 30 feet away from the actual Wii console.

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Sony announces 160GB Playstation 3

By Emily Price on Thursday, Aug 21st 2008 1 Comment

Playstation announced a new 160GB PS3 system at the Leipzig Games Convention. The new system will be sold as part of a limited-edition bundle available in November.

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Nerf Wii-mote on the way

By Emily Price on Wednesday, Aug 20th 2008 1 Comment

nerf wiimote EA has joined together with Nerf to create the “Nerf N-Strike” controller for the Wii. The Nerf gun add-on for the Wii controller would allow you to shoot up your opponents Nerf style.

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Retro Space makes for classic arcade fun with HD media

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Aug 18th 2008 No Comments

If you’ve been itching to get your hands on a classic arcade cabinet, Retro Space is the perfect choice. Designed by Martjin Koch, this cabinet was built to commemorate the first ever cabinet for an arcade. It was called Computer Space and was released in 1971. But with this tribute, you don’t have to stick to outdated technology

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PSP-3001 on the way

By Emily Price on Thursday, Aug 14th 2008 No Comments

Plans for the new PSP-3001 have been revealed by an FCC filing for the device made by Sony this week. Sony requested confidentiality when filing the papers but we did learn a few tidbits about the device.

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Teen kills taxi driver and blames GTA

By Abby McVay on Wednesday, Aug 6th 2008 1 Comment

A teen in Bangkok decided to stab to death a taxi driver. According to him, he just wanted to see if it was as easy as it was in GTA. He apparently chose the taxi driver due to his age and stabbed him to death when he started to fight back.

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The Zombie arcade machine

By Abby McVay on Tuesday, Aug 5th 2008 No Comments

Here is yet another arcade machine, but this one sporting a theme that every geek can love. The arcade machine named The Zombie, unfortunately, doesn’t make any promises to feature several classic zombie titles.

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