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Wii Fit branded fitness supplies

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Tonite when I was at Bestbuy checking out the Acer Aspire One and picking up Madden 09 for the 360 I saw a few shelves of Wii Fitness material which cracked me up.
In case you need to fill Nintendo’s coffers even more you can pick up Wii branded water bottles.

Or you can go for Wii [...]

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Tags: Games

Bungie announces the next Halo Novel by Tobias Buckell!

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m stoked to share this, though obviously not as stoked as my friend Toby, who was just announced by way of the Bungie.net blog to be writing the next halo novel. The novel is due out this fall and is called Halo; The Cole Protocol. Details on the novel are sparse right now, but you [...]

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Tags: Games · books

Zero Punctuation takes on Oblivion

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

My favorite video game skewer-er take on Oblivion and 2/3 the way through will make you spit whatever beverage you happen to be drinking out through your nose! You have been warned, enjoy the video below. As always with Yahtzee, not for the faint of heart or those listening in a cubicle.

Funny, especially when you [...]

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Tags: Games · Humor

Niko and Vlad appear on SNL

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHJ7ZXESUc

Tobias Buckell tipped me off on this humorous skit in which Niko and Vlad, characters from GTA IV, vent about the perception of rough and tumble Liberty City. This skit cracks me up, maybe I should start watching SNL again…


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Tags: Games · Humor

New Halo 3 Legendary Map Vidoc

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Bungie released a new video which should provide some more insight into the maps and features which are part of the Legendary Map pack. The new map pack will be available on April 15th for 800 MS points.

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Unlock All Songs in Rock Band on the Xbox 360

March 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you are having a party or just feel the need to rock out to Tim-may in Rock Band without beating the game you can use the following code on the title screen, where it says “Press Start”.
Press the following buttons in order:
Red, Yellow, Blue, Red, Red, Blue, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue
If you enter it [...]

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Tags: Games

Fun Guitar Hero Flash Game

March 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This morning while avoiding a paper for school I found this fun Guitar Hero flash game.  The game is called Guitar Masters and provides a quick and fun implementation of Guitar/Rockstar Similuation.  You play by using the keys on your keyboard all of which are picked up very well without any noticable lag.  the game [...]

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DMM, Euphoria and Havok to Power Next Gen Indiana Jones

February 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Game Informer
Last week I covered the trio of engines which will make Star Wars: Force Unleashed at the very least a beautiful and interactive environment.  This month’s Game Informer magazine featured an exciting sidenote regarding Indiana Jones for the next gen consoles.  The game is produced by LucasArts and will be making use of Havok, [...]

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Star Wars Force Unleashed, Reason Enough to Invent a Time Machine

January 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I just watched this clip on Gametrailers.com of the upcoming Star Wars Force unleashed which is due out later this summer. Truthfully I haven’t gotten into many of the recent Star Wars games but Force Unleashed has me longing for a means of moving through the time space continuum in order to enjoy the [...]

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Wal-mart Issuing Apology Gift Cards for Cancelled Pre-Orders

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Last Week Wal-mart had loads of pre order games going for $20 to $30 below MSRP. The games included Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Burnout Paradise to name a few. I placed an order for each of them with little hope of actually receiving the product at the discounted price. Wal-mart pissed [...]

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Tags: Customer Service · Games