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Spyro returns in hybrid toy/game technology orgasm
Spyro’s latest reinvention will bring him back to toy aisles as well as video games, as part of a unique toy/game hybrid called Skylanders. Coming from Activision, this is “new entertainment franchise” mentioned in the …
First Thirty: Babysitting Mama (Wii)
It’s going to be hard for you to ignore this one at retail. Sitting beside all the ridiculous plastic sports and gun Wii Remote props is a cute plush baby, unnervingly large and cleverly resting …
eBay continues to profit off illegal merchandise, and clearly doesn’t care
In my years of buying and selling on eBay, I’ve become increasingly shocked at how little eBay seems to care about the sheer volume of illegal merchandise that is being sold through their massive auction …
Darth Vader, Sabers and Wiis
What do you buy the gamer who already has everything this Christmas? A Darth Vader Wiimote sensor bar holder, that’s what!
Sculpted from resin and holding a replica of his saber (snigger), Darth is set to …
Rock Out for Real with Rock Band 3?
It was only a matter of time before someone saw the value in marrying insanely popular fake-guitar-playing games and actual musical instruction, but it seems as though that time is coming sooner rather than later …
Review: Powermat Mats and Receivers for DSi, DS Lite, iPod and iPhone
What is it?
The Powermat is an electronic appliance that you set on a surface and plug into the wall, then use to charge your small electronic devices. I spent a lot of time thinking about …
Special Dark Void pre-order gift
As if flying, jetpack combat and vertical cover weren’t enough for you, here’s another reason to get Dark Void – or rather, to pre-order it. American retailer Game Crazy is offering (according to Capcom-Unity) …
Rumoured Beatles SingStar: Less Rumour, More Creative Marketing
It’s been a will-they-won’t-they, it’s-true-no-it-effing-isn’t-you-moron saga for several months now, but turns out that rumours about a Beatles SingStar title turn out to be both true and, uh, not true. Confused? Yeah, so was I.
What …
Rocking Out Just Got Cooler … um, and more Expensive
Let’s face it: as awesome as you may think you look when you’re mashing your way through a guitar solo in Rock Band, at the end of the day you’re just arsing about with a …
Darkside Chronicles: Zapping Zombie Ass Bundle
Those of you who, like me, enjoy busting zombie ass, may be interested to know that Capcom have finally confirmed when Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles will be hitting store shelves.
Much like how 2007’s Umbrella …
What Nintendo made before Mario: light guns, Roombas and Twister!
You’re probably aware that Nintendo is a century-old company, established in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to print playing cards. And it doddled along until Fusajiro’s great-grandson Hiroshi Yamauchi took over and expanded the company into …
Play Half-Life 2 with real guns!
Here’s a fun story. A group of engineers and scientists called Waterloo Labs had the totally amazing idea of using accelerometers attached to a board to detect vibrations, allowing them to shoot the board and …
Nintendo NES Game Cartridge Necklaces, cufflinks… where to begin?
A shop on Etsy called The Clay Collector is making tiny clay NES cartridges, complete with the label of your choice (custom is OK), that you can wear either in a cufflink or necklace format. …
Weekend Gaming Score: Now available in platinum
This weekend, a town nearby with the distinction of having a virus named after it had a town-wide garage sale event. The result was jammed streets and some very frustrating parking situations while people struggled …
Craptastic Wii knock-off spotted in the wild
Don’t have the $250 asking price for the real deal, and/or do you routinely make poor buying decisions? A trip to your local Dollar General and $49 and this bad boy could be yours!
Okay, I …
Five years of consumerism is worth 680 coins, Nintendo? Really?
Club Nintendo’s not acting up anymore, but I almost wish it was. Now that the dust has settled and the site’s performing acceptably, I can actually click around and figure out where they moved everything …
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