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Browse Wii
Opera has finally released their slightly delayed final version of their Opera Browser for the Nintendo Wii, much to the delight of wagglers everywhere. The good news is that its faster, and easier to use. The somewhat of a letdown is the lack of tabbed browsing. Lets hear some details: The Internet Channel is unleashed It’s time to play with the Web on Wii. Download the new, ... Read More!
Faster and more Furious
The sensation of driving really fast and aggressive in a hot import car is not a new fad in American society. In fact, it might as well be considered an unspoken national past time as college kids, and over assertive individuals have been losing money, cars, and lives over the sport for years. And for years, hollywood has been cranking out films that monetize on fictional events involving the ... Read More!
Ninja on the go
Good news for Naruto fans who also happen to be PSP owners, Bandai Namco has announced that Naruto is making his PSP debut this summer! IGN has the scoop and mentions that there will be 20 playable characters total! That’s a lot of ninja’s in your pocket! This debut also finally knocks the PSP off the list of system’s without a Naruto title. Though I don’t know if ... Read More!
More Please
Some image’s of the armor being used in the Favreau adaptation of Iron Man have made their way to the internets, and new cast members are being announced and thrown in the mix to highlight the occasion. IGN has the scoop with the first look of the armor, but from what I’ve seen, I can say that it reminds me of the original iron man armor. Not that there’s anything wrong with ... Read More!
Get Elite FREE
Microsoft is sponsoring a contest in which they engage in the transfer of product to the end user, AT NO COST! (talked with a lot of MS people lately…) But yea, YOU could score a free Xbox360 Elite just for writing and telling Microsoft about your MILF mom. Peep: My Mom’s a Gamer Contest Isyour mom a gamer? Here’s your chance to show her some Mother’s Day love and ... Read More!
Livin like a RockStar
WTF. I did not expect this when I wandered into the internets today. It seems GameInformer is shipping out their May issue to subscribers, and inside is a 10page feature on one of this year’s biggest games. Wanna know some of the juicy stuff? Thank Joystiq: Setting: re-created Liberty City (better mirrorsreal-world NYC; smaller “geographical mass” than San Andreas, but ... Read More!
Mortal Thursday
Mortal Kombat II had been mentioned as a Playstation Store addition for some time now. In fact, it was supposed to launch in March. Looking around, and seeing all this April, the good people at Playstation decided to play catch up. From PS3Fanboy: “Get ready to re-live all of the classic arcade action that made Mortal Kombat IIa beloved classic. Brought back and available for download ... Read More!
Is Quisnam Protero Damno!
Bungie has released a new video for the upcoming release of Halo 3 of some of the new defensive functions found within the game. I think. The bubble shield, first spotted in the Starry Night commercial The just-revealed trip mine, shown taking out an incoming Warthog (and the player) And a replay function you can share with friends, to slow down or even pause that perfect headshot (perfect for ... Read More!
Battle Royale. May 16. Be there.
The news all came crumbling from the horse’s mouth earlier today. Halo 3’s multiplayer beta officially has a release date of May 16th. Here’s the post from Bungie.net: Multiplayer Madness! Posted by Frankie at 4/10/2007 3:02 AM PDT The Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta will go live on May 16th at 12:00 AM PDT and run through June 6 th at11:59 PM PDT. That means that folks who purchased ... Read More!
Guaranteed to be there
Circuit city is running a promotion where they guarantee to have Super Paper Mario in stock in all of their locations by 2 P.M. today (04/10/07). What happens if they fail to meet this meager milestone? you get a free $20 gift card to be used toward purchases at one of their many fine locations. Which is the (presumable) equivalent of being able to purchase the game for $29.99 the very next ... Read More!
Where is Springfield, USA
Now this is what I call a contest. For decades, fans of the Simpson’s have argued back and forth as to which state is home to America’s favorite family. Well it’s about to lay this age old argument to rest once and for all as 16 cities named Springfield have been chosen to compete for the honor of being the home of the premiere for the film. The truth is that there are 32 ... Read More!
Hellboy’s Labyrinth
Director Guillermo Del Toro has decided to spill some interesting plot tidbits regarding his upcoming film “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army”. He even went as far as to bring up that the sequel will have quite a bit of commonalities with “Pan’s Labyrinth“, his 2006 film. So much that he seemingly raised concern from Hellboy creator Mike Mignola: “Mike was quite ... Read More!
Part 2 aint for you
It seems that the next film in the Batman franchise won’t be featuring the type of ‘dual character’ that a lot of fans have speculated would appear within the next film. It has already been confirmed that Harvey Dent will have a role in the film, as Aaron Eckhart has been cast to the role, but when write David Goyer was prompted with the question, he lays the proverbial hammer ... Read More!
Gear up the Annex
040907 VC Update
This week’s latest addition’s to the Wii’s Virtual Console have been discovered. Just what games lay inside? This week it seems to be: Galaga (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points) BRAVOMAN (Turbografx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points) Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points) Full wii-kly update: Wii-kly Update: Three New Classic Games Announced ... Read More!
Xbox Messenger coming
Xbox.com has confirmed to the world that soon the xbox will be able to add in unproductive messenging features to it’s ever growing list of abilities. Not only that, but a spiffy looking QWERTY keyboard attachment for the 360 controller is also incoming: Newsflash: Instant Messaging Comes to Xbox 360 Redmond , Washington ... Read More!
Hello Mr. Hitchcock
So it’s been announced that there will be a biographical movie about Alfred Hitchcock, the famed film director, and Anthony Hopkins has been cast in the starring role. “I better put on some weight” said Hopkins. “It’s about the making of ‘Psycho‘but it’s not about the making of ‘Psycho’ such, but how Hitchcock feltsuch a failure all ... Read More!
Welcome back to Jurassic Park
Laura Dern, (better known by some as Attie Satler), has decided to let the world know that she has begun negotiations to appear in the, oft-rumored, secret Jurassic Park 4 project. “I’m told it’s happening and I’m told that they’re calling me,” Dern revealed. “I’m told Ellie Sattler is involved in it.”“A certain fella is the one that ... Read More!