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SNES Emulator on the Xbox360: Instructions Please!
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Felix Domke, who’s also known on the Internets as famous console hacker tmbinc, recently announced that he has ported the SNES9x GX Super Nintendo emulator – originally made for the Wii and the Gamecube – to the Xbox 360. Domke adds that the emulator runs “on the bare metal”, which… |
August 20th, 2009
Halo Mimobot Flash Drives Defends Your Data From the Covenant
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The Master Chief MIMOBOT isn’t a towering 7-footer with a 700 lb. armor like his video game counterpart, but he can store data. Like, up to 8 GB. And he has a huge head. As you can see, Blue and Red Spartans have also enlisted to protect your spreadsheets and… |
August 2nd, 2009
The Future of Desktop Computing is Looking More and More Like Star Trek
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Microsoft’s “top research and strategy officer” Craig Mundie demoed various flashy & functional future tech that the company believes will be an integral part of the future desktop computing experience. Mundie’s demo included “hologram-like videoconferencing, a virtual digital assistant, and multiple surface computers, along with voice-, touch- and gesture-recognition technology.”… |
July 31st, 2009
‘Splosion Man Tearing Up Xbox Live Arcade
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From the minds behind The Maw comes ‘Splosion Man, a colorful action platformer packed with hilarious achievements and visuals that are at times evocative of Wall-E. You may be able to guess what ‘Splosion Man is about. If you, in fact, guessed “‘sploding things,” you may already be a winner!… |
July 23rd, 2009
The Console Wars, Crafted
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Who will win: the gigantor Xbox 360, or the lovable mascots of Nintendo? Unfortunately for Microsoft, the ‘box has been cast in the role of villain in this piece, and you know what happens to the villains…. Samus, Link, and Mario taking on the 360 a la old school Final… |
July 22nd, 2009
Microsoft: Check Out Our in-Game Ads or We’Ll Starve Your Virtual Dog
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Okay, perhaps I’m being a little ridiculous with my title there, but I’m torn between thinking this new development from Microsoft is both funny and completely horrible. Microsoft’s adding all sorts of new ads to the Xbox 360 interface, and now there’s a patent for walking billboard avatars who hang… |
July 21st, 2009
Celebrate That Triple Kill With Halo 3 Screenshot Art
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If you have a moment in Halo 3 you’re particularly proud of, you can savor the video and even force everyone you know to watch it. But maybe that’s not enough for you. Maybe you need your deeds commemorated with the beauty and flair they deserve. You need to be… |
July 20th, 2009
Flailing Around With Project Natal Not Limited to Xbox: It’S Coming to Windows
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Fans of Minority Report, the interfaces in Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age…, and other future tech freaks take note: in an interview with CNET, Bill Gates says Microsoft hopes to incorporate Project Natal, revealed at this year’s E3 Expo, into Windows. Dedicated Technabob readers and people who’ve seen |
July 16th, 2009
Ben Heck’S Xbox 360 Laptop Rev. 5 is One Bad Mofo Portable System
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This wouldn’t be the first time that casemodding king Ben Heck has cranked out an Xbox 360 laptop. As a matter of fact, this is the fifth revision of Heck’s portable 360 modding shenanigans. But the fact that he manages to cram such a beefy system into a portable case… |
July 4th, 2009
Serious Sam is Back, Getting Down to Business on Xbla
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Nearly a decade ago, Croteam, a team of six developers in Croatia got real damn serious about making a first person shooter, and the resulting hero is the stuff of cult legend. Serious Sam… has everything that makes great shooters really great: crazy weapons, major fights, and a sense of |
June 26th, 2009
