Gaming and Video games

Sony PS3 Console to be discontinued

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Right on the heels of the announcement to cut the price of the Sony PS2 to $99.99, Sony is about to announce the end of the Sony PS3. The reasons for cancelling the PS3 are the current economic crisis that just is not a market for a luxury gaming console. Additionally Sony's ego cannot take more...
Sony PS3 Console to be discontinued

Sony PS2 Price Cut to $99.99 is Official, no big PS3 News

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Sony today announced that PlayStation 2 will be available starting April 1st for $99.99 (MSRP).We reported earlier today about the new PS2 price leaking on a Target ad. The rumored big PS3 news for today is just a rather unexciting PS2 news.Since launching in 2000, PlayStation 2 has sold more than...
Sony PS2 Price Cut to $99.99 is Official, no big PS3 News

New Guitar Hero Spot Features College Basketball Coaches

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Activision has announced a new commercial for its Guitar Hero franchise to help promote the newest version of the game, Guitar Hero Metallica, which is set to launch soon. The new TV commercial features four of the most successful college basketball coaches around.Coaches Bob Knight, Coach K, Rick...
New Guitar Hero Spot Features College Basketball Coaches

Nintendo hosts Midnight Launch Party at Game Stop for DSi

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Nintendo has announced that it will be hosting a midnight launch party for the coming DSi portable gaming console at the GameStop location at Universal CityWalk in LA. At the event, attendees will be the first to get access to the new portable gaming machine.The event will include personalized...
Nintendo hosts Midnight Launch Party at Game Stop for DSi

Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 Coming in November

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I am a big fan of the Call of duty franchise. I admit that my favorite game in the entire franchise was Modern Warfare, I was a bit disappointed to see the game go back to its WWII roots with the last installment.My disappointment will be short lived. Infinity Ward and Activision have announced...
Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 Coming in November

Battlestar Galactica composer to score Dark Void

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Even if you don't know his name, you know Bear McCreary. Hum something from Battlestar Galactica. Go ahead, anything. The first thing to pop into your head. Was it the stuff Kara Thrace played on the piano, or that funky version of "All Along the Watchtower" with sitars or whatever, or the main...
Battlestar Galactica composer to score Dark Void

Did Pikachu save the Pokemon franchise ?

Posted under Gaming and Video games on Monday, 11 May 2009 by
Justin Haywald at 1up has written a great overview of the Pokemon games. Even (especially?) if you don't play them, it's a good read for giving you a sense for why and how much these little guys are a force to be reckoned with. 186 million units sold over the series' lifetime? Wow.However, in his...
Did Pikachu save the Pokemon franchise ?

The delights of idyll handiwork in Rune Factory: Frontier for the Nintendo Wii

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In a massively multiplayer online game, the crafting is a side activity to all the adventuring. It's something to do during your downtime. A diversion. Idle handiwork. Doodles in the margins. This is the most realistic portrayal when it comes to the traditional male pastimes of adventuring,...
The delights of idyll handiwork in Rune Factory: Frontier for the Nintendo Wii

Character actress Lorna Scott reeks havoc in Wanted

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You may think you don't know who Lorna Scott is. You'd be wrong. You just didn't know her name. Take a look at this list of credits. I'll bet you dollars to donuts you've seen Miss Scott before.Codemaster's PR folks alerted those of us who aren't actually played Wanted that Miss Scott's character...
Character actress Lorna Scott reeks havoc in Wanted

Halo 3 approaching 10 billion aliens killed

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To round out the announcement that the Mythic Map pack for Halo 3 will be available on April 9th, Bungie also passed along a few statistics to highlight how well Halo 3 is doing: * Halo 3 is still averaging close to 900,000 unique players per day on Xbox LIVE, it routinely pushes over a million...
Halo 3 approaching 10 billion aliens killed