Watch as the folks over at Level 5 from Japan try to confuse you? Is this a hoax or could there be a new console coming our way? I think it might just be anew commercial for a RoboSapien toy. THe trailer had me going up until the end where it switched to CGI and the console became a Transformer, maybe we will see him in the next movie? Maybe if my Wii transformed I would play with it more?
There was a video showing some footage of a restroom being used as a storage location for everyones favorite video game store, Gamestop, unfortunately it has been pulled off of Youtube. Think of the potential of the next time you hug your copy of Madden or GTA and where it might have been or when you are opening your next console box. One can only imagine the amount of fecal material that is floating around just lying all over your goods. I can only hope that this is not typical for every Gamestop as this is unsanitary and bad business practice. What do you think?
Depending on your level of “germophobia,” you may want to look away from the above video. What you’re seeing is “spy cam” footage of the inside of a GameStop employee restoom, and yes, it looks like it’s where they store some of their consoles.
Disgusting? Maybe. Depends on how much faith you put in the ability of a GameStop employee to not miss the bowl, I suppose. Here’s a news flash, though — an endless warehouse does not lie beyond the metal door that sits at the back of most retail stores, GameStops included. Considering the number of SKUs being dumped onto retail, space for storing inventory is a precious commodity. And have you seen the size of the box that Guitar Hero World Tour comes in?
Recent reports have talked about Gearbox working on the next Halo game for the replacement next generation console to replace the Xbox 360 and now it looks like Gearbox is also working on an Aliens game as well. Aliens: Colonial Marines looks to take the classic alien horror movie to our next generation consoles, not much has been said so far about the game and unfortunately this is just a teaser trailer, but I want to play this now.
An article surfaced today letting us know that buying a PS2 is the equivalent of buying a blood diamond. That’s right Sony’s production of the PS2 actually was causing conflicts and actually killing people in the Congo.
At the center of the conflict is the unrefined metallic ore, coltan. After processing, coltan turns into a powder called tantalum, which is used extensively in a wealth of western electronic devices including cell phones, computers and, of course, game consoles.
Allegedly, the demand for coltan prompted Rwandan military groups and western mining companies to plunder hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the rare metal, often by forcing prisoners-of-war and even children to work in the country’s coltan mines.
But you may ask how does this involve Sony and their best selling PS2? Apparently the increased demand of PS2’s during its original launch lead to a higher demand of electronics which also meant a higher demand of the ore. Read More »
With EA making more and more moves and slowly acquiring everything it can get its grasp on, would the idea of an EA console be out of the question? Would EA ever go down the road of a manufacturer and try their hand at a system during the next generation of consoles?
Sega once was a player in the console war, so was Atari and now they are both reduced to be solely video game software developers. Does this limit them in what they can bring to the table? I say yes. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all make games that cater specifically for their system and make a lot of money because of this luxury. EA could benefit greatly if they decide to try their hand at a console and make games specifically that cater to their system, such as making Madden and the sports franchises only for their console. Read More »
The minds behind the ever-popular and still growing Lord of The Rings MMORPG, have confirmed that they are discussing and starting the process a MMO for consoles. This would be an awesome idea because there are plenty of gamers out there who want to get into a MMO, but don’t have the CPU requirements or are not going to buy PC games when they have $2500 tvs and surround sound set-ups.
We’ve hired over 60 people since the beginning of the year,”… The people that invested in us, Time Warner… one of the media giants, getting into the MMO fold, and that’s obviously a big deal… They also have a huge distribution network… that may bear fruit for us.
Expect much more on this once some details are confirmed. Turbine is an awesome developer and there constant free upgrades to LOTR make them a frontrunner in gamer/developer relations. We are much looking forward to more news on this.
So it looks like Metal Gear Solid will also get some midnight launch love much like the other large anticipated titles before it. Curious to see how many will show up for this one since the PS3 is the most expensive of the three consoles. On June 12 you will see people line up to get their hand’s on some Solid Snake as soon as possible. I have to say that this title at first only mildly interested me until I saw the screenshots of this killer app. MGS4 will be able to boast some of the nicest graphics to date on any system, let’s just see how many cut-scenes are involved in this epic game.
Looks like our friends in Japan now have the ability to get their Microsoft points via their cell phones now and you thought Americans were lazy.
Microsoft points are now just a phone transaction away: Japanese mobile phone provider NTT DoCoMo is adding Xbox Live spending through its handsets.
Starting May 26th, users of phones from NTT DoCoMo will be able to use the “DoCoMo Keitai Harai” (DoCoMo Mobile Payment) service to pay for Xbox Live Gold Membership subscriptions and to load up on Microsoft Points.
Leave it to the technically advanced Japanese culture to add the ability to even purchase video game points to your cell phone, you can pretty much use your cell to get anything in Japan now. I get all my points through my console, but I guess this would be useful for those gamers that don’t want to link their credit cards to their consoles or go out to a store and buy a game point card.
So a lot of gamers have nothing better to do with their time than mod their consoles and this guy is no different. He took his Wii and made it pretty ridiculous, it has lights a miniaturized Mario and even sound effects. The main question is after throwing all of these lights and junk on it, can it still play games? Has the Wii become such a gimmick that the only joy we find in it is tricking it out like a 1995 Honda Accord?
So I recently decided to upgrade my wireless network as I bought myself a new Linksys Wireless N router and thought I would begin the fun task of resetting everything currently going to my old router. This is where the fun begins, so I set up the new router on my desktop, which took me a bit since the installation CD was programmed by a gang of sadistic asshats that for some reason felt a need to turn off my connection and then tell me that it wasn’t working. I sorted that out via technical services and the first thing they told me to do is discard the CD as we would just set everything up manually, which was a lot easier.
After setting that up it was time to move to my laptop, this actually wasn’t too bad, but then it was time to move to all the consoles. I started with my Xbox 360, bad move, I found my network SSID with no issues but for some reason the Xbox kept asking me for a WEP key!? This was odd since I never set one up on the router, instead I had setup a more secure WPA Personal passphrase. After banging my head against the wall and trying to call up the router tech support I resorted to the master, DrunkPandas. We tried fiddling around with the damn thing and then he asked me the golden question, what adapter was I using on my 360. Well of course the old black one that I had setup on my original Xbox, I wasn’t paying another $1000 bucks for another one. Well there in lies the problem the old black model Microsoft Wireless Adapter is not compatible with WPA and can only accept WEP.
So what does this all mean, don’t try to use the old black wireless adapter with anything past WEP encryption, it just wont work and give you headaches, like me. Since the PS3 and Wii have built in wireless adapters that accept WPA and WEP, PS3 actually accepts WPA2, this was a none issue and went very smoothly. Curious how this will work out on my DS and PSP next?
Overall:
New Wireless Router N - $100
Calling tech support - Free
New Xbox 360 wireless adapter - $100
Getting a headache - Priceless
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