Archive for January, 2005
Unique Nintendo DS Systems Get Celebrities Bidding
Nintendo created a buzz amongst Sundancers this week as they held a charity auction for one-of-a-kind Nintendo DS systems. Not sure if they were cust0mz0rd by a famous artist or just a shmo, because Nintendo didn’t say. But they did say that Jay Mohr, Poppy Montgomery, and Alan Cumming outbid Lisa Kudrow (and others) for [...]
New Handheld Console plays NES classics.
Want to own the newest and coolest portable gaming system on the planet? No, not the Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. We’re talking about the Pocket Famicom from Lik-Sang. This latest gaming gadget on the block plays your favorite Famicom games on a 2.5″ LCD screen. Cool factor: It has an A/V jack to hook [...]
A PSP in your pocket, or just a clone?
Think $440 is too much to import a PSP from Hong Kong? Well for less than $100 (ok I’ll be honest, I don’t know how much exactly, but less than a PSP), you can import a PSP clone from overseas and almost look like a Portagamer.
Hey Nintendo fanboys, don’t worry, you get clones too. There [...]
Sony UMD is “common application for everyone”
Who is in charge of things over at Sony/SCEA nowadays? Opening up a proprietary Sony format, such as the Sony UMD, to other media producers is not in the Sony business model. Sony doesn’t open up formats until after they figure out no one, the public mainly, is adopting it. Perhaps steep licensing fees or [...]
The Swiss Army Knife approach
Damn CNET scooped us all. Check out this article to learn more about Gizmodo. CNET claims it’s a Swiss Army Knife among handheld consoles. In addition to being an on-the-go gaming platform, the Gizmondo delivers wireless text messaging and e-mail, GPS capabilities, a digital camera, and a portable video player. Make sure you check out [...]
LG Gaming phone perhaps offers gaming experience
Here’s a game/phone hybrid that just might work. LG’s new “3D Game-Phone” has the small clamshell form factor we get excited about. Not only will it feel good in your pocket, but it is loaded with revolutionary features that will encourage developers to think differently about game design.
The LG phone’s features offer a unique [...]
CES ho hum
CES is upon us. Yeah.
I used to get excited about this show, really I did. In the 90s when it was uncool to be a gadget-loving-geek, attending CES and Comdex were as religiously awesome experiences as self-sex-education from a stash of your friend’s Dad’s hidden titty mags. I mean, really CES and Comdex were required [...]