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It’s a new take on the holiday bundle: according to Best Buy’s Black Friday ad, Nintendo DSi units are going to be available already loaded with DSiWare items to save new owners the trouble of downloading their favorites (and paying for them!) separately.
Nintendo’s traditional holiday handheld bundles have included retail games in the past…
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November 15th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: video games
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If you like adventure games, things that are pretty, or just having an interesting experience in general, then listen up: maybe, just maybe, there’s gonna be a sequel to Hotel Dusk, the gorgeous graphic detective game. In Japan, the game was known by the snappy title Wish Room: Angel’s Memory, and the Japanese sequel is…
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November 13th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: video games
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Nintendo’s wildly popular Smash Bros. franchise is a dimension-shattering, world-colliding crossover in itself, but deviantART member Nakabeast added another delicious layer of nerdity by assigning Dungeons & Dragons alignments to some of the series’ most popular characters, like series newcomer Solid Snake:
If you think about it, Solid Snake can’t really be anything but Chaotic Good.…
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November 12th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun video games
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One of the main reasons to buy a Nintendo DSi instead of a DS Lite is the built-in digital camera. Now you can add to your creative photography options thanks to this new kit from Thrustmaster.
The DSi Studio Kit provides you with a variety of shooting options including a removable flash, and wide angle,…
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November 11th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys digital imaging video games
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Here’s a creative way to preserve that old NES when it finally, finally breaks down: turn it into an arcade stick. A bulky, thick, incredible arcade stick.
Beyond the forest of wiring, this actually doesn’t look as difficult as some of the crazier custom jobs we’ve seen, and odds are most folks have an old and unused…
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November 10th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: hacks + mods retro video games
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If you’re looking for a simple (and removable) way to customize a gaming system, vinyl stickers and clings can be a good place to start. The (likely) lack of permanent damage offers a safety net to the clumsy and un-artistic, and it doesn’t take much effort to produce something that looks slick and personalized, like…
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November 9th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun video games
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Want to play all your favorite classic retro console games? Sure you could cheat and buy yourself a Dingoo, but what fun would that be? This custom-built portable uses hardware from a couple of other devices to create a system that plays games from the Nintendo NES, SNES and Sega Genesis.
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November 8th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks + mods mobile tech retro technology video games
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Who here among us doesn’t like super mushrooms? After all, they’re red, delicious and give you plenty of extra strength. This handmade stained glass power-up mushroom is sure too remind give you a jolt of happy whenever you look at the light of day through it each morning.
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November 2nd, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun retro video games
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“Bring your baby to life with your Wii remote.” That’s what it says on the box for Baby and Me, the Wii game with what is undeniably the weirdest controller accessory so far: a baby doll.
Baby and Me comes with a doll, but not just any doll. This doll features a slot for the Wii remote…
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November 2nd, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: strange + wonderful video games
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Sure, the Nintendo DSi is pretty nice (though apparently not big enough), but that camera just doesn’t have enough oomph for some people. You know the type: the folks who need giant thrusting accessories, be they useful or not. The Nyko Zoom Case is almost certainly useful… unless you’re concerned about that whole ease of portability…
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October 30th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: cool toys digital imaging interactive technology video games
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The rumors were right – Nintendo officially unveiled the DSi LL, which is basically a Nintendo DSi but with much larger 4.2-inch screens, a 93% increase over the 3.2-inch screens on the DSi. The DSi LL also has 2 pens, a relatively jumbo sized 5-inch pen and a smaller pen that’s still slightly larger than…
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October 29th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: media players mobile tech technology video games
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I think we can all agree that Hello Kitty is pretty cute. Hello Kitty floating on a fluffy confection of fake cream and glittery jewels… well, that’s something else altogether. Stunning, certainly. And the gleam might just put your eye out. Sometimes, cute can be risky.
At first glance, this seems to be from the…
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October 28th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: geek art + craft video games
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