Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Get your software update on kids, Sony’s latest firmware is available now for your Sony PS3 and PSP rigs. While the PSP pulls a minor 0.01 update offering a boost in both security and playable network titles under [Game], the real sauce comes by way of firmware 1.90 for the […]
Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Peripherals
We wouldn’t go so as far to say that developers in the dedicated PPU world are “firing back” over John Carmack’s statement last week that he is “not a believer in dedicated PPUs,” but we would at least say that they’re offering alternative opinions. In a recent Bit-tech article, Ageia’s Dan […]
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
While prices and release dates for Rock Band have been floating for a while now, it looks like things may have finally settled down, with the entire kit now available for pre-order at a couple of retailers. If you’re ready to go all out, you can snag a bundle for either the […]
Filed under: Gaming, GPS, Transportation
A band of would-be Playstation-delivery truck thieves in Australia had the rug snatched out from under them when police used the vehicle’s built-in GPS to track and locate the stolen goods. The truck, loaded with more than $1 million AUD worth of PS2s, was taken from a freight depot in Sydney […]
Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds
Those with loads of disposable income probably wouldn’t mind ponying up for the relatively inexpensive rumble cartridge made specifically for Nintendo’s DS Lite, but the frugal (and engineering) sets will certainly appreciate Xyzzy’s efforts. After dissecting a Pokemon Pinball GBA game and ripping the rumble motor from a salvaged Nokia 5100, he […]
Filed under: Gaming
The underground scene of game-created music is really thriving, with the latest example to emerge from under the radar being a drum machine hack for a GameBoy. A bright yellow GameBoy, 1MB of flash memory, a serial interface, and a custom ROM is all that’s needed to put out some beats: with a […]
Filed under: Gaming
John Carmack has always been vocally opposed to the concept of dedicated Physics processors for gaming PCs, but his latest statement on the topic really hammers the nail in. Talking to Boot Daily on the topic of Intel’s QX6850 CPU, Carmack states that future multiple core CPUs will be able to take the […]
Filed under: Gaming
Martha Stewart has managed to bag a front cover appearance on Wired, a publication which somehow has convinced Martha to “geek out.” Translation: Martha baked a cake in the shape of a Wii, and wanted to show it off. Although this example may not be in the same league as our birthday cake […]
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Don’t look now, but here we have yet another crop of details on Sony’s (still) forthcoming rumbling SIXAXIS. In a recent interview with Kaz Hirai, he mentioned that Sony is currently looking at “a variety of other things [besides rumble] that it can incorporate with the controller,” and while he wasn’t giving […]
Filed under: Features, Gaming
Since we’ve already sent both of the other major consoles through the wringer — along with the two most popular handheld units — it wouldn’t really be fair if we didn’t come together as a family and give Nintendo’s Wii the most bitter critiquing of its young life, now would it? There’s […]