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Archive for November 2006

November 29th, 2006

Double Dragon Coming to Xbox Live Arcade

Classic 80s game, Double Dragon, has been confirmed for Xbox Live Arcade. I used to play that game for hours back in the day.

 

Featuring the brothers Lee as they battle through a post Nuclear NYC, searching for a kidnapped young damsel in distress, you fight against an evil organisation known as the Black Warriors. Whilst […]

By Ingrid -- 3 comments

November 29th, 2006

PS3 Bugs and Issues

So while the Wii is breaking muscles and living rooms across America, the PS3 is having its own set of issues.

Aeropause reports that PlayStation 3 users are experiencing freezes and bugs with the SixAxis controller.

Meanwhile, Arstechnica mourns the fact that the PS3 firmware fixed absolutely nothing.

BitBurners talks about the problems the PS3 has with HD […]

By Ingrid -- 15 comments

November 29th, 2006

Wii News: Nintendo Releases Safety Information

If you’ve been keeping up with the amusing (I mean, tragic) stories over at Wii Have a Problem, then by now you’re aware that soreness is not the only problem with the Wii. The breaking of windows, monitors, and other things is actually the Big Problem.
Nintendo has now released a Safety Information guide for the […]

By Ingrid -- 5 comments

November 29th, 2006

Uncle Pennybags Outdoes MMORPGs

A while back I had posted a freebie online MS Point Currency Converter, which allowed visitors to check out exactly how much each of those wonderful microtransactions was sapping out of their pocket. Now, in a more pie-in-the-sky perspective on virtual economies and evolving notions of online wealth, Ren Reynolds at Terra Nova has […]

By Erin -- 1 comment

November 28th, 2006

Astraware Gift Certificates

The holidays are approaching! (Just in case you didn’t know …) The cool folk of Astraware have updated their gift certificates so that you can give yourself or your loved ones the gift of mobile games this holiday season.
Here’s the official press release:

Astraware Gift Certificates - the perfect gift this Holiday Season
THE MIDLANDS, UK - […]

By Ingrid -- 0 comments

November 28th, 2006

Show Your Stripes: Custom Console Skins

Just like bling for your cell phone is now an accessory that few can live without, the need to modify (read here: make hideous) personal electronics of all kinds has continued to spread its disease into the gaming world. It all started last year, innocently enough, with official XBox 360 faceplates in various designs, […]

By Erin -- 3 comments

November 28th, 2006

Wii Think This Guy Is Hardcore

This totally cracked me up. I wish I could be as cool as this guy.

He’s amazingly clear-thinking for someone who hasn’t slept for five days…
Via | Wii Have a Problem
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By Ingrid -- 0 comments

November 27th, 2006

Play Poker for a PlayStation 3

For their senior seminar course in tourism and hospitality, Temple University students,Trent Meritt and Eric McDade, have organized a poker tournament on December 2nd. The grand prize?
Oh, nothing big.
Just a PlayStation 3!
All proceeds will be given to the School of Tourism and Hospitality.

“Eric and I took it upon ourselves to hold this event, and we […]

By Ingrid -- 0 comments

November 27th, 2006

Stargate Worlds Screenshots

MMORPG.com has five exclusive screenshots of the upcoming MMO, Stargate Worlds. The game is based off of the Stargate SG-1 series, which I’ve (sadly) not seen, but hear is awesome. I may have to rent the series and watch it before the game comes out.

 
Is anyone really looking forward to this game? I have a […]

By Ingrid -- 2 comments

November 27th, 2006

XFPS 360 Adapter: Mouse & Keyboard for Your Xbox 360

This is pretty neat, and will be sure to make some FPS fans pretty happy. XCM has unveiled photo-evidence of the XFPS 360 adapter for the XBox 360 which will allow players to connect a keyboard and mouse to the console using a USB port.
Neat-o.
 

 

 

 
Do you think this will change some people’s attitude toward FPS […]

By Ingrid -- 3 comments

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