archive for October, 2006

While using a small amount of hard disk space to cache a portion of game content is a trick long used by the Xbox 360 and pretty much all PC games, it’s been revealed that some PS3 games would be using a very significant portion of the console’s hard drive to speed performance.

For example,…

Korean electronics manufacturer Maxian has recently unveiled their upcoming D900 portable media player.

The player features just about everything you could want in a portable. The 4.3-inch display looks great, and supports up to 800×480 (better than DVD) resolution. The audio features include a Burr-Brown digital signal processing, and full support for Dolby Digital and…

The folks over at Game Revolution have compiled this list of the worst names in the history of video games.

With the inclusion of titles such as Sticky Balls, Wild Woody and Irritating Stick, I think there’s a theme emerging here. There are some titles that don’t reference the human anatomy such as Panic Restaurant…

Scheduled for release tomorrow (October 31), the Xbox 360 Fall update is expected to add support for 1080p video output for the upcoming HD DVD add-on as well as the ability to stream WMV files from a connected Windows PC or USB storage device. Previously only Windows Media Center machines could stream video to the…

After you’ve adorned yourself with some Pac-man and Ghost rings, why not round out the look with this classic Atari joystick necklace?
The tiny joystick pendant measures just .5 ” x .75″ x .5″ and comes on a 12″ silver tone chain. The necklace is available from fredflare.com for the low price of $10 each.…

If you happen to be the leader of a nation, a celebrity, richer than god or simply paranoid, Mercedes has the automobile for you.

The new Mercedes S600 Guard has factory-integrated preventive measures such as military-grade armor which can resist small arms projectiles, shrapnel and explosive charges as well as bulletproof glass. A self-sealing fuel…

UK alt band, WeAreWater might sound a bit like Radiohead, but their video looks like something more appropros of a band with a name like Atari Teenage Riot.

Their new music video for “Glass”, by Seven/Seven Productions is inspired by a number of classic eighties video games including Space Invaders, Pac Man, Pitfall, Donkey Kong, Pong…

It seems strange to me that a device called the “Coleco Sonic” would play classic SEGA games, but that’s just what this little portable system does.
Available for pre-order now from Target, the $49.99 Coleco Sonic handheld features 20 classic SEGA titles from the old 8-bit and Game Gear era, including:

Sonic Drift 2
Sonic…

For the ultimate in geek chic, check out these LCD watches from Nooka.

The Nooka Zub Zen 20 series of watches features a brightly colored rubber casing surrounding an deconstructed liquid crystal display of hours, minutes and seconds in bar-graph format. The watches come in six colors: blue, black, orange, yellow, red and white and…

I’m a big fan of Ben Heck’s amazing console mod projects, and this one is no different.

Ben’s latest challenge: turn an Atari Jaguar console into a portable. As usual, the result is quite stunning. He managed to cram the entire system into a box about 1-inch thick with a built-in LCD panel and the…

If you’re looking for the ultimate way to wake up your roomie, or just want to give someone a good old-fashioned heart attack, the Sonic Grenade might just fill the bill.

To startle your unsuspecting victim, simple pull the pin and lob your grenade in their general direction. The Sonic Grenade lets out an ear-shattering…

Alienware’s new media center PC, the DHS A has a slick industrial design that would look great in any home entertainment system.

The real killer here is that this is more than simply an HTPC. The DHS A is a complete home entertainment system, featuring 1000 watts of on-board amplification as well as high definition…