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Time Wasters: The Casual Collective

November 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Ever have an hour to waste but nothing to fill it with? Do you love flash games? Boy, do I have a treat for you!
It’s called The Casual Collective, which is a group of eight addictive and fun games you can play right in your web browser. They’re pretty fun to play and can be [...]

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Quiet Your Rock Band Drums for Cheap

November 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The original drum kit shipped with Rock Band is anything but quiet. The newer drums are substantially nicer, both in build quality and overall noise produced. Those with the original drum kit are left in the dust unless they’d like to shell out for the new drums.
I’ve come across an inexpensive way to quiet (not [...]

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Guitar Hero Drums Incompatible With Rock Band 2

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Color me surprised (well, don’t) but rumor has it the sweet new drum kit that comes with Guitar Hero: World Tour is incompatible with Rock Band 2 for the PlayStation 3. Wait, haven’t we seen this before? And didn’t Sony say this wouldn’t happen again? Hey, fellow consumer, bend over a little further, won’t you?
Luckily [...]

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New DS to Sport Camera, Music Playback

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

The Nikkei - Japan’s version of the Wall Street Journal - is reporting that the next iteration of the Nintendo DS will have both a camera and music playback capability. Along with those two new features, it’s also reportedly getting a boost in wireless capability. Word is the camera will be used like the [...]

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Spore Finally For Sale

September 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

It’s been about two years since a couple college friends and I were anticipating the release of Spore. Delay after delay knocked the release date back to yesterday, when it finally went on sale in stores. What happened in the last two years? I don’t know, but all I know now is that I don’t [...]

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Sony Demands Rock Band & Guitar Hero Play Nice

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

In its Playstation Blog, a Sony rep announced today that it has been working with vendors like Activision, Harmonix, Konami, and Neversoft to “ensure that PlayStation 3 guitars and drum sets will all feature a basic level of gameplay compatibility”. What this means to the PS3 faux-rockers is that the instruments for the upcoming titles [...]

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The Holy Grail of Nerdery

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments

There are some things in life for which there are no words. The wall of 676 games above is one of those times. The set contains every gray cartridge ever made and a few that were never released to the public. The set is being sold on eBay for the low, low price of $3,800 [...]

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Nintendo DS As An Education Tool?

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The Nintendo DS is the only console I would consider when buying for a child for educational purposes. The DS has many games aimed at education, especially improving math and English skills. For that very reason, the Joshi Gakuen school in Tokyo is giving teachers an opportunity to use the DS as a [...]

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