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CTA Bowliing Ball for Kinect, Wiimote, Move Strikes Out

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We can always rely on the guys at CTA Digital to show up at CES with some goofy add-on for gaming consoles. This year is no different, and they’re showing a variety of silly business. My personal favorite (next to these inflatable karts for Mario Kart…) is their bowling

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January 6th, 2011 by: Technabob

Game Controller Cookies: Eat Them Up, Yum.

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The guys over at geeksugar recently did a feature on the most awesome geeky cookies they could find. My personal favorite of the bunch – these video game controller cookies from Ms. Humble of Not So Humble Pie.…

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December 22nd, 2010 by: Technabob

Nintendo Moves 46k Wii Remotes Daily in America

For the first year or so of the Wii being on the market, it was nearly impossible to find one. Many people wanted the console just because they were so hard to find. Once the console was available everywhere and people could just walk in and buy one the popularity…

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October 26th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Awesomest Wii Controller Yet is Built With LEGO

I tried for a long time to buy a Wii when they were so popular, and it took months to finally get my hands on one. After the novelty wore off, we rarely play the thing anymore. Still, there are many ardent Wii gamers out there looking for cool controllers…

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October 13th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Wii-Mote: Bleh?

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Are you a Doctor Who fan? Do you have a Nintendo Wii? Then you’ll be happy to find out that those swashbucklers at Nintendo came up with an official Doctor Who sonic screwdriver Wii-mote. Pass or want?

This will be a perfect addition to the upcoming Wii game Doctor Who: …

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September 8th, 2010 by: Range

Wiileanback Lets You Watch Youtube From Your Couch

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YouTube’s recently released Leanback full-screen viewing experience is pretty cool, but it’s missing one critical component if you plan on watching it from across the room – a remote. I mean, really, do we really want to have a keyboard in our lap to watch TV? Nope, I didn’t think…

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July 11th, 2010 by: Technabob

Pro Pack Mini Wii Controllers Make It Even Easier for My Daughter to Beat Me at Wii Golf

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I remember the innocent days when the Wii was new to my house and my daughter was too young to care that it had games and stuff. When she turned five she started to show interest in Wii Golf… and played with my son and me a bit. Then she

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June 15th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

IPad + SNES + Wiimote = Geek Fantasy

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Combining three of geekdom’s favorite technologies, here’s a nifty hack which allows you to play old SNES games on your iPad and control them with a Wii-mote.

In order to pull it off yourself, you’ll need to jailbreak your iPad, then install the latest version snes4iphone. The latest version (7.0)…

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May 6th, 2010 by: Technabob

Nintendo Dates Black Wii for U.S., Adds Free Wii Sports Resort and Motion Plus

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Nintendo announced this morning that not only are they releasing the elusive black Wii in the United States on May 9th, but that they will also start bundling all sorts of bonus goodies with every Wii they sell.

While pricing will remain at $199.99 (USD) for the Wii, each console…

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May 3rd, 2010 by: Technabob

Guy Turns Famicom Controller Into a Wii-Mote

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It’s anyone’s guess why you’d want to rip apart your shiny new Wii-mote controller and make it looks like something out of the 1980s, but this is the DIY-geek generation, and where there’s a will, there’s a way.

This Japanese modder took two old Famicom controllers (that’s NES to you…

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April 20th, 2010 by: Technabob

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