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rock band guitar string mod kit available for purchase

hacks-mods | video games

Rock Band Guitar String Mod by A4AJ

I’m as addicted to Rock Band as the next gaming geek, but I still wish the strum bar on the game’s Fender Stratocaster felt more like a real guitar string. Now you get your hands on a mod kit which will let you swap out the plastic strum bar with an actual metal guitar string…

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March 16th, 2008 15 comments stumble it! author: technabob

ps3 rainbow six vegas casemod

hacks-mods | just plain fun | video games

PS3 Rainbow Six Mod

I don’t know what it is about the PlayStation 3, but there are very few people out there who’ve dared to attempt any sort of casemodding for the shiny black console. So I was tickled when I came across this PS3 mod which cleverly integrates the curvaceous lines of Sony’s latest gaming system…

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February 6th, 2008 4 comments stumble it! author: technabob

portal companion cube accompanies you anywhere

just plain fun | video games

Portal Companion Cube Pendant

Know someone who’s addicted to Portal? Here’s the perfect holiday gift for the obsessive fan of The Orange Box’s mindbending first-person puzzler.

Inspired by the game’s handy Weighted Companion Cube, this pendant will accompany you through the test chamber of life. Please take care of it…

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November 22nd, 2007 3 comments stumble it! author: technabob

simcity bricks your system, literally

strange and wonderful | video games

SimCity 2000 Promotional Brick

This has got to be one of the best video game promotional items that I’ve ever come across. It’s so simple, yet brilliant. It’s an actual custom-cast brick that was used to promote the classic MAXIS/EA city-building game SimCity 2000…

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October 5th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

mysims for wii hands-on sneak preview

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MySims Logo

This week, a handful of us bloggers had the opportunity to hang out at EA’s sprawling headquarters in Redwood Shores, CA to meet with the team that created the new MySims game for the Nintendo Wii…

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September 14th, 2007 10 comments stumble it! author: technabob

rock band price and release date

video games

Rock Band Logo

It looks like the full version of the highly-anticipated interactive music game Rock Band now has a price and release date.

I was over on Amazon earlier today and came across this product listing:

Listing a November 20th release date, the $199 “Rock Band Collection” for the Xbox 360 and PS3 looks like it’s a complete set that includes the game and all of the instruments…

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July 22nd, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

burnout 5 looking oh so sweet

video games

Burnout 5 Damage Modeling

The folks over at Destructoid got their hands on some new screens from a recent issue of PSM magazine. From what I understand, these are from the PS3 version of the game.

I especially dig the shot with the car jumping between the train cars. If that’s in the game, I can’t imagine what sort of mayhem we crash-loving fools will be able to dream up this time…

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January 5th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

need for speed carbon demo on xbox live marketplace

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Need For Speed Carbon Screenshot

Microsoft has posted a demo for the new EA racer, Need For Speed Carbon for the Xbox 360.

The demo lets you try out three cars, the Mitsubishi Lancer EVOLUTION IX, Lamborghini Gallardo or the Camaro Concept. There are three race modes in the demo as well: Circuit Race, Canyon Duel and Drift Race…

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October 4th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

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