Archive for October, 2009

Review: Able Planet PS500MM Headset

Tweet Able Planet’s original intentions were to help those with hearing loss, but they have now decided to enter the mainstream headset world with their sound-enhancing technology. Thus was born the PS500MM headset, designed with PC gaming in mind. The question now is: Is it worth the price?

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“Wee for Wii” Radio Contest Ends in Contestant Death: Family Awarded $16 Million

Tweet KDND-FM, a Sacramento based radio station, held a contest in 2007 that asked willing contestants to drink large amounts of water all while trying to hold back their urge to urinate. Sounds like a blast! What’s the reward for this bladder based torture you ask? A fucking Nintendo Wii! Jennifer Strange, a mother of [...]

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G4TV’s Morgan Webb Chats with Blizzard on the Eve of WoW Five Year Anniversary

Tweet Morgan Webb joins the ranks of the raiding elite. The beautiful X-Play co-host sits down with several key members of the Blizzard staff to talk about their hugely successful MMO World of Warcraft as it approaches the five year anniversary benchmark.

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Review: Need for Speed Shift

Tweet Need for Speed: Shift is somewhat of a return to form for the NFS series. Unlike the last few games that had you open-world cruising the city while running from cops in your nitrous-infused, mostly illegal street racer, Shift is all about real racing on actual tracks and stuff. You know, the kind of [...]

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Walmart Modern Warfare 2 Ad is Actually Funny

Tweet I hate most commercials, but I don’t hate this one, because it’s actually pretty good. I may think that just because it’s Modern Warfare 2, or it may be because it’s actually funny. Not crap-your-pants funny, but chuckle worthy, which is more than I can say about most commercials.

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Best Buy Gamer Deal: Buy 2 Games Get 3rd Free (Ends Saturday)

Tweet I just got back from my local Best Buy and found out that the store is having a video game deal that can save all of us some cash. If you buy any two Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or Nintendo Wii games (at full price) you get the third game absolutely free (Dane Cook [...]

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New Heavy Rain “Blue Lagoon” Extended Gameplay Footage Courtesy of G4TV

Tweet I don’t know about you but I was dancing in my seat the entire time I watched this video. Screw Paco, the virtual club dance floor is where it’s at! Seriously though, this gameplay video proves three things: persistence pays, sex sells, and the team at Quantic Dreams has created a gorgeous PlayStation 3 [...]

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South Park Rock Band Cameo: Cartman Sings Lady Gaga’s Poker Face

Tweet Last night’s Southpark episode featured Cartman as Rock Band lead singer proving that, like the baby in the E-Trade commercial, he too has been blessed with the gift of golden pipes. His stunning rendition of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” is backed up by Kenny and Kyle on Rock Band guitar and drums. I must [...]

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Team Fortress 2 Halloween Special This Weekend

Tweet Boo! I hope that didn’t completely scare you, what with Halloween coming up and all the ghosts that totally aren’t fictional and monsters that totally exist coming out to haunt us. To celebrate this rather pointless special time of year, Valve have announced that Team Fortress 2 will be having a spooky update weekend. [...]

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New Nintendo DSi LL Features 4.2″ Screen

Tweet Nintendo has officially announced a new handheld unit dubbed the DSi LL. The latest version of the popular DS device features a 4.2″ screen (over 90% larger than that of the original), two touch-screen pens (one larger than the other), and a new price tag of $222. The unit will launch with three color [...]

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition Unlocks Six Tactical Perks

Tweet EA has announced a limited edition version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and outside of the box looking different, the limited edition will grant those who purchase it access to six “special gameplay” perks right from the start. How much more will this run you? Not a cent! EA promises that the limited edition [...]

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GTA IV: Gay Tony on Xbox LIVE Now

Tweet Grand Theft Auto IV’s second downloadable episode, titled “The Ballad of Gay Tony”, is available on Xbox LIVE marketplace right now (complete with Sprunk Extreme Base Jumping) and will run you 1600 Microsoft Points (roughly 20 bucks). If you get your hands on it, let us know what you think in the comments section.

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Bayonetta US & Europe Release Dates Announced

Tweet This news won’t matter much if you live in Japan because you’re likely already playing the game, Everyone else will have to wait until early January 2010. Sega announced this morning that their Platinum Games’ title Bayonetta will be hitting store shelves in the United States on January 5th and available in Europe three [...]

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Leaked Modern Warfare 2 Terrorist Level Gameplay Essentially Unscrambled Teaser Trailer

Tweet The trailer above … it’s the teaser for Modern Warfare 2 put out by Infinity Ward months ago. Remember it? You should. So many sites spent weeks trying to analyze the distorted video and muffled audio, and if you remember it, the recently leaked terrorist level that made it’s way around the web shouldn’t [...]

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LA Casting Call Stirs Up Final Fantasy XIII North America Release Date Speculation

Tweet Spring of 2010. That is the only release information that developer Square-Enix has shared to this point regarding their highly anticipated RPG Final Fantasy XIII release. But that doesn’t stop the analyzers from analyzing every piece of information they come into contact with in the hopes of unearthing specifics. An ad placed by Los [...]

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