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blaze ps3 motion controller: ps3 meets wii

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Sure, the PlayStation 3 is eventually getting its own official motion controller from Sony, but while you wait for this bit of futureware, the guys over at UK gaming outfit BLAZE have announced their own motion-sensing PS3 controller. And it looks an awful lot like a Wii-mote.

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October 13th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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turbo: action-packed, geeky teen movie. so yeah, satisfaction is not guaranteed.

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But hey it’s for free, so we can’t really complain. No one’s forcing you to watch it. But let me let me tell you more about the movie so you can decide if you’d rather watch a puppy who can’t get up. Turbo is basically Karate Kid 4.0. The movie follows one avid gamer named…

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October 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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sony patents their part of the motion-controlled future

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Move over, Project Natal and Wii-mote: here comes Sony, trying to break into the let’s-make-it-real movement with a new patent for image-scanning with their EyeToy camera. Oh, did you think I meant their oddly-shaped wand controller from E3? No, friends, this is altogether different.

The new patent expands on the combination of wand and camera…

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July 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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they’ve got wii-sports, we’ve got v-sports

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Too cheap to buy a Nintendo Wii? Then look no further than the latest Wii knock-off to find its way from the streets of China.

The V-Sports console from Hong Kong electronics outfit Rumdes does its best to copy the motion controller concept of Wii Sports, but without any of those pesky Nintendo games. The…

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August 6th, 2008 comments (11) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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