Nintendo Enters The E-Book Game…Sortof

Recently, Nintendo announced the launch of a new product, the DSi XL, a Nintendo DS that boasts a screen that’s 93% larger than the previous model. It’ll launch in late March, and with it comes some more fun news: one of the first carts for the new system will be an e-book. To be fair, it’s [...more]

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Mar 09 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Still Alive! Portal 2 Headed For Holiday Release

I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. As if the headline and magazine cover didn’t make this perfectly clear, Valve has announced that Portal 2 is heading for gamers this holiday season. To prepare the way for the release, several updates to Portal have been pushed through, including a new achievement, mysterious sound files, and the [...more]

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Mar 08 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Rumor: Playstation Phone Finally On The Way

Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that “people familiar with the matter” said that we’re going to see a Sony smartphone this year that doubles as a PSP, or PlayStation Portable, later this year. I know what you’re thinking – didn’t they just launch another PSP? Well, they did, the PSP Go, which was launched not-too-long [...more]

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Mar 04 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Steam Comes To Mac, Saves Us All

God, Allah, Buddah, Nothing, whoever it is you may or may not worship – get down on your knees and thank them, because Steam’s coming to Mac! I never thought I would get to type that phrase! How’d they make their announcement? With the leaks of 6 different teaser images to six different websites – here [...more]

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Mar 04 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Final Fantasy: Now on the iPhone

And a great horde of moogles and chocobos rejoiced, as their franchise, straight and true, landed on that most chosen of platforms! Final Fantasy – specifically, Final Fantasy’s I and II – have arrived for the iPhone, greedily sucking apart whatever was left of your free time. The twin franchise leaders – the second of which [...more]

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Mar 03 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

PS3 Trophy Restoration Madness

So, yesterday the PS3 went through such a massive glitch that Sony warned users not to use their systems at all (the internet’s calling it “Apocalyps3″). The problem? Consoles incorrectly thought that 2010 was a leap year, so they rolled to February 29th instead of March 1st. That, plus computers, means that your hard earned [...more]

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Mar 02 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Electric Cars To Sell Unused Energy Back Into Grid?

I’m only writing about this because this story’s everywhere, but the National Science Foundation recently proposed an idea – what if electric cars could sell their extra unused energy back into the energy grid? It’s a shift in perspective – as opposed to simply being energy consumers, plugging in and sucking energy down, they could plug [...more]

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Feb 26 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Street Fighter 4 Kicks Its Way Onto iPhone, iPod Touch

Two new challengers approach! Fans of Ken, Ryu, Guile and the gang should be happy to hear that Capcom’s announced plans to release Street Fighter 4 on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Bluetooth will allow you to beat down your friends wirelessly, and Capcom’s press release promises “famous characters from the early entries of the series” [...more]

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Feb 25 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

A Bunch Of Facts About Final Fantasy XIII

PCWorld ran a pretty excellent story today on the facts and fictions of the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII, the 13th installment in a series which has sold over 97 million copies worldwide. Sure, you could read their entire article (hard work? snooooooze) or read my synthesis of said article into easy to swallow bullet points: It’s [...more]

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Feb 23 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Dreams Do Come True: Starcraft II Closed Beta Begins

12 years. 12 long years since we last journeyed with Raynor & Kerrigan, flew battlecruisers and carriers, and fought alongside Zeratul and Tassadar against hordes of Zerglings… My friends, our long wait approaches its end, as Blizzard announces its launching of a closed beta to Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. The release launch target is for [...more]

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Feb 20 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos