May 1st, 2011
If you own a Playstation 3 you are well aware that the PSN has been down for well over a week now. The system was hacked and Sony immediately shut it down to try and figure out what the security breach entailed and to prevent further damage, or further theft of customer information. Suffice to [...]
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January 19th, 2011
Boys are less likely to smoke. Ladies are violent. This is no surprise . In a study that I give absolutely no credence to, Rani Desai, associate professor of psychiatry and epidemiology and public health at Yale, and colleagues anonymously surveyed 4,028 adolescents about their gaming, problems associated with gaming and other health behaviors. They [...]
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April 5th, 2009
Odyssey Moon, a team competing for a $30 million purse in the Google Lunar X Prize contest, officially joined forces with another private space firm Friday to deliver the first greenhouse to the moon as part the “Lunar Oasis” project. “Imagine a bright flower on a plant in a crystal clear growth chamber on the [...]
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December 12th, 2008
Bear with me as I am always thinking about marketing in some way or another, but it occurred to me that the release of Home for the owner of the Playstaion 3 might be a place where you could do a bit of marketing. Just looking at the idea initially is that “Home” is a [...]
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May 1st, 2008
After being awarded the format victory earlier this year, it appears that blu-ray sales aren’t chugging along as one might expect. Sales were down 40% from January to February, and only increased by 2% in from February to March. This is for stand alone Blu-ray players and does not include the Playstation 3 version which [...]
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April 29th, 2008
Probably the most anticipated game for me in quite some time. It is going to prompt me to buy a PS3 I guess too as I haven’t really found a need to get one yet. Just kind of trying to decide if I want to wait for the MEtal Gear Solid bundle in June, or [...]
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January 12th, 2008
A little flashback here with a couple Tecmo Super Bowl videos. One of the greatest games ever made IMO. At least one that was extremely popular at the time. Seeing these videos now makes you wonder what all the fuss was about. This game was actually quite advanced compared to most others out at the [...]
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January 11th, 2008
CNET Networks’ TechRepublic runs a regular series called “Cracking Open” in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. This week they are taking a look at the
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December 21st, 2007
I’ve been in such a hole this year as it relates to the newest great Christmas presents. I just give money to everyone who isn’t my parents, or gift cards. I’m lazy like everyone else I suppose when it comes to this. Based on my lack of following the news about what is popular or [...]
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November 19th, 2007
Be advised of the key word there “MY”. I’m not saying these are the BEST games, but they are my favorite from the last gen systems of the XBox and the PS2. I’m not 11 so I didn’t have a Gamecube, which realistically was running on technology from the PS1 era. Since these games don’t [...]
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