Archive for March, 2006

SOTW - The Console Conspiracy

Hey All,
This weeks Site of the Week is our good buddies (and my former home) The Console Conspiracy. They have re-done their format and have also done a sweet little re-design of the Blog itself. I think it looks pretty damn cool. Check it out today and don’t forget to subscribe to their RSS feed. [...]


Homebrew Browser for the DS

This is pretty sweet. Once again the Homebrew Linux Community has beaten a major company to market. This time they beat Nintendo and Opera to maket with a Web Broswer. Check it out here for the DS.


Bill Gates Newest Toy - The Xbox Handheld?

Hmmm. Not sure if I believe this one or not but it looks like Microsoft is getting serious about entering the Handheld gaming market. According to an article over at portable gaming world respected San Jose Mercury gaming news journalist Dean Takahashi has unveiled some interesting details about Microsoft’s forthcoming handheld gaming device, which [...]


GDC meets The Cubes

Kotaku has an exclusive sneak peak at what I agree is the best expo tchotchke ever! For those geeks familiar with The Cubes, this is a very rare and valuable addition to your collection. I can’t wait for the Ebay auctions to start appearing.
Tags: GDC, cubicle toys


Burnie Burns from Red vs. Blue Keynote - SXSW

Today I attended the hilarious Burnie Burns Keynote. Burnie Burns is the head of Rooster Teeth Productions. He used slides, videos and audio to talk about what’s comjing down the pipe as far as Creating Content Online.
He described it as “The Coming War”, menaing that it’s not looking good for the average user like [...]


Advertising in Video Games - SXSW 2006 Live!

Just got out a good little panel called “Convergance and Advertising“. One of the speakers was from Wild Tanget and gave a good talk about all the ways advertising was creeping into Video Games. The best part is that he was so excited about this! For those of you that don’t remember Wild Tanget used [...]


Red vs. Blue at the ScreenBurn Video Games Fest

Red vs. Blue Coming to a Close?
Just got out of a great presentation from the guys from Red vs. Blue (a.k.a Rooster Teeth Productions). They mostly spoke off the cuff about what they actually do for a living and why Red vs. Blue became so popular. They dropped some really great stats as [...]


ScreenBurn Beta Festival - LIVE

Well I made it to Austin. As you may of read part of SXSW is this years all new ScreenBurn Beta Festival that covers the coolest in Video Games technology and innovations. The convention center looks sweet and I can’t wait to check out the first presentations later today. Stay tuned for more coverage.

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SXSW and the Screenburn Video Game Festival

Hey All,
I will be in Austin, TX starting this Friday for the ScreenBurn Festival. As part of the larger SXSW festival this Video Game conference will let consumers and game developers preview the future of this industry, hear about soon-to-be-released titles, learn fascinating insights from thought-provoking experts, plus meet up-and-coming new talent whose innovations are [...]


Pac Man on your Ipod

Old iamsiam has a good story about Pac Man running on the Ipod. So far using a MAMELinux port people have it up and running on the Ipod Nano and the Ipod Video. They are basically taking MAME 0.18 and porting it over to the Ipod. Pretty sweet.
Photos after the jump.