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  • D-Pad Hero 2 coming May 16th

    D-Pad Hero 2 coming May 16th

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember those halcyon days of February 2009? D-Pad Hero had just come out, and rhythm game players all over the world were enjoying the flush of old school meets new school in a 256k ROM. Get ready to experience that joy once again, since the sequel (don’t these games always have a sequel) is coming [...]

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  • Sneak Peek: Super Mario Galaxy 2

    Sneak Peek: Super Mario Galaxy 2

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    If you enjoyed taking your favorite Italian plumber into space the first time around, you’ll have even more fun with the sequel. Scheduled to be released May 23rd, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is anything but a rehash of the original. Nintendo was kind enough to give us a demo of some of the new goodies [...]

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  • PS3 Slim now ever more slimmer (and more efficient)

    PS3 Slim now ever more slimmer (and more efficient)

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Sony just can't seem to leave well enough alone, it turns out that they have managed to redesign the RSX GPU to make it even smaller and more efficient. A recent tear-down by Japanese fansite PocketNews showed off the fact that they Nvidia GPU used in all the PS3 Slim units has been reduced to an even smaller size since launch.

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  • Blood sugar testing game and accessory coming for the Nintendo DS

    Blood sugar testing game and accessory coming for the Nintendo DS

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Childhood diabetes sucks, there's no way around it. Testing is annoying and uncomfortable for adults, much lets kids, and the testing technology isn't exactly what you'd call fun or interesting. Bayer is trying to make it better though, by creating a fun way to test blood glucose levels using a Nintendo DS.

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  • Bring the retro-bowling arcade experience home

    Bring the retro-bowling arcade experience home

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    People love arcade games, and have since the 50's. Some of the earliest games were based off of other recreations, like for example bowling. I remember playing one of these in the arcade in town during my youth, but it never held the attraction to me like Battle Zone or Asteroids did.

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  • New firmware update: Sony readies PS3 for future 3D games

    New firmware update: Sony readies PS3 for future 3D games

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Sony, which just recently scrapped Linux as an alternate OS for the PS3 with firmware update v3.21, released v3.30 today. The mandatory update neither brings Linux back nor features anything substantial per se (it gives you new sorting options for trophies). But with it, Sony readies the console for future 3D games and other 3D content.

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  • Steam UI update hits on Monday

    Steam UI update hits on Monday

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Steam has been working on their new UI for a few months now, I’ve been using it for a while, but it sounds like it’s finally going to be released. The new version has some really nice cosmetic updates, as well as some added functionality (such as a much loved/hated achievement system). Valve has been busy [...]

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  • Nintendo blames piracy for 50% drop in EU sales

    Nintendo blames piracy for 50% drop in EU sales

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Sales of Nintendo's DS games are dropping in Europe, and according to Nintendo there's clear reason why: piracy. With the release of software like R4, it appears that more and more owners of the portable systems are turning to less then reputable sources for their games.

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  • The G-Mate Gun Overlord – Real or Fake?

    The G-Mate Gun Overlord – Real or Fake?

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    We're not entirely sure this thing exists in real life. The G-mate Gun Overlord just seems a bit too glorious. Even the video after the jump isn't enough proof. If it is real though, watch out, it could be awesome. Unless of course it's not and actually really lame.

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  • Researchers: Playing video games before bedtime doesn’t keep you up all night

    Researchers: Playing video games before bedtime doesn’t keep you up all night

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    I remember when I was a kid playing the NES and I'd always play until about nine or ten at night and then go to bed and read until 2AM or so. While you could feasibly correlate the fact that playing games kept me up - my grandma always did and she said I'd always get too "excited" when I played SMB or something else equally thrilling - apparently there is no causation between the two. According to a Flinders University study, gaming did not cause sleeplessness or sleep impairment. The study focused on teens with a mean age of 16, however, and the researchers found that younger teens may be more impaired by thrilling games. They played CoD 4: Modern Warfare, incidentally, so it doesn't get more thrilling than that.

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  • Video: Japanese company shows Super Mario Bros. on Kindle emulator

    Video: Japanese company shows Super Mario Bros. on Kindle emulator

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    We've shown you an N64 emulator running on a hacked iPad just a few days ago, and now it's time to see how Super Mario Bros. would look like on a Kindle. And the short answer is that the 1985 NES game would look awful: it's slow, it's in black and white only, it has no sound, it's buggy (since when can Mario kill Goombas by bumping into them?), and apparently, you can't even control Mario properly. Not that this is surprising.

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  • CrunchGear Rates the Top 10 iPad Games

    CrunchGear Rates the Top 10 iPad Games

    Posted on April 12, 2010 | No Comments
    What a week. We’ve dug through a number of iPad games so far and have come up with only a few that truly satisfy. Whether you’re looking for RPGs or casual, mind-numbing oblivion, the iPad has it all and here are some of our favorites. Civilization Revolution ($12.99)- Oh Civ Rev. You’ve burned through my iPhone [...]

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  • Bullet hell shooter Espgaluda II to be released for iPhone

    Bullet hell shooter Espgaluda II to be released for iPhone

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Bullet hell shooting games (aka maniac shooters) are, according to Wikipedia, shoot 'em ups "in which the entire screen is often almost completely filled with enemy bullets". And one of these games is Espgaluda II, developed by Japan-based Cave, released for arcade machines back in 2005 and now one day away of seeing a release in the App Store.

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  • Music video for Pixels will give you a magic mushroom

    Music video for Pixels will give you a magic mushroom

    Posted on April 8, 2010 | No Comments
    PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.Uploaded by onemoreprod. – Arts and animation videos. This video by Patrick Jean shows New York being eaten by 8-bit characters. I always knew it would end like this. via Reddit

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  • PS3 goes portable (kind of) with Hori’s LCD screen dock

    PS3 goes portable (kind of) with Hori’s LCD screen dock

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    This is something gadget modder Ben Heck might have thought about, but if yes, Japanese game peripheral maker HORI (which also sells stuff in the US) was faster this time. The company today announced [JP] a portable LCD screen, which, once attached to the top of a PS3 Slim, makes the console (somewhat) portable.

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