Those of you who have never lived in the British Isles can’t really lay claim to having experienced it, but public television sucks. I don’t mean PBS. I don’t mean Sesame Street or 3-2-1 Contact. I mean public television: the idea that the government directly taxes you for merely owning a television set....
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Get ready for a major kick of nostalgia starting today as Nintendo has announced plans to bring three classics to Virtual Console before the year is over. The first should be available today and it’s probably most gamer’s favorite SNES racing game, if not favorite game. Super Mario Kart will be available today...
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AMD is celebrating 40 years of business as a chip maker and in recognizing its four decades of accomplishments, the company has decided to give back. It will be  handing out some early holiday presents to potential winners of their latest contest. As part of a special giveaway, 20 lucky people will score one of 10 Xbox 360s or...
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Once common in China and Hong Kong as a way of making PlayStation games available to those with the less expensive NES, the de-make of contemporary games to less complicated platforms has exploded in popularity in recent years among the indie gaming community. As we continue to ride the wave of low-fidelity appropriation,...
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One of the bonuses of the PlayStation Network over Xbox Live is the fact you don’t have to pay for anything on the service. Live has premium services that only come with a subscription which many gamers do not like
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We had a Zune HD on launch day and even did a follow-up article on it. One of the things that the Zune HD was missing up until now was 3D games. Earlier this week the 3D games were finally unleashed and we’ve had a chance to get some hands-on time with them,...
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A new, janktastic Wii title dubbed Baby and Me (not to be confused with the new 50 Cent song, "Baby by Me") is shipping in limited quantities as a special edition that actually includes a doll "accessory" in the box. The regular game is designed to work with the Wiimote attached to any...
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Pilots looking for the hardest-core portable nav unit available tend to flock to Garmin's GPSMAP 696 these days, but there's a problem: the big, bulky tablet doesn't do much good once you're wheels-down and you've got to find your way to the hotel. Enter the new aera series, which you can sorta think...
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Out of the entire Lord of the Rings movie trilogy one part always stood out to me as being particularly preposterous. During a major battle scene at the end of The Two Towers Gimli (the dwarf) and Legoloas (the elf) start killing orcs and tallying up the total, as it if was some...
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Valve’s Left 4 Dead was a fantastic title, the zombie shooter we have always deserved, and Left 4 Dead 2 looks to refine the formula of excellent co-op gameplay, smart AI team mates and frenetic zombie-killing action even more. But Left 4 Dead 2 is not without controversy. Since it is being released...
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