As of march, 2009, Nintendo has sold 100 million DS units around the world. How does that stack up against sales of other gaming systems? This week I take a look at those figures and look forward to what’s next for Nintendo’s popular hand-held system.
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Video game maker Activision is bringing the popular toy and animated series, Bakugan, to game consoles this fall.
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This week I take a look at two new video game buy-back options. the first is a test run Toys “R” Us is currently conducting in their New York City area stores. The second is a new charity called DonateGames.org, that will give you a tax-deductible receipt for your used games.
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At this year’s International Toy Fair in New York City, Hasbro and Electronic Arts (EA) unveiled their new digital collection of traditional board games.
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This summer, LEGO and Warner Bros. Interactive will release the LEGO Battles. LEGO Battles will allow gamers to create bases and battle squads using popular LEGO toys’ playsets.
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This week, Jeff takes a look at Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2. The second game in the Konami series of American Idol Encore games features improved graphics, new hit songs, more judging from the American Idol judges, new modes and more avatar customization.
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Riiflex is developing a new Wii accessory that will allow you to attach weighted dumbbells onto the Wii-Remote.
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Sony announces an exclusive deal with the NY Yankees to outfit the new Yankees Stadium with PlayStation 3 game consoles and HD TVs throughout the stadium when it opens in April. Jeff McKinney wonders how the PS3s will be utilized as details on this are still vague.
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According to Destuctoid.com, as of February 9th, GameStop will stop accepting original Xbox gear and games for trade-ins. Don’t freak out, all Xbox 360 related items are still acceptable. As many gamers and parents constantly driving kids to GameStop know, tradeing in old games for new ones is an almost weekly event. Sure you are getting a fraction of the original price but it’s still better than paying full price for new items.
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A funny thing happened on the way to 2009 last week. It seems that sometime during the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve, every Microsoft 30GB Zune device on the planet froze. The incident, has been dubbed “Z2K9,” a reference to the Y2K non-event of 2000, which occurred (or didn’t occur) nine years ago
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Millions of people (I just made that figure up) will be traveling today and many of them will be stuck in airports for way too long. If you are one of those people and you’d like something to alleviate the travel tension that doesn’t require a prescription then give games a try. If you are
Video Games Get You Through The Airport With Sanity Intact Read More »
Players of the popular video game, Rock Band 2, can now create real world merchandise based on their in-game characters. The Rock Band website allows you to turn your own personal band and individual character photos into t-shirts ($29), posters ($14), stickers ($5), bumper stickers ($4), buttons ($2) and keychains ($3). If money is no
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In addition to amazing game-graphics, one of the major benefits of the current generation game systems–Xbox 360, PS3, Wii–is the ability to download new game content and features using the game console itself. Downloadable content (DLC) ranges from expanded levels to new songs for games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, which increases the play
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What could be better on a Friday than a little mindless entertainment courtesy of the reticulum of ridiculousness that is YouTube. This little gem is a riot, even if you have never heard of Nintendo’s crazy go-cart racing game, Mario Kart. Here we see a huge Mario fan living out the video game in real
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Nintendo has created two unique Websites to make sure everyone gets the Nintendo gear they really want this year. You can have Mario leave a voice mail or send a playable message in an E-mail to someone who might be shopping for you. Just visit the site here and set up your wish list by
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I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that someone on your holiday shopping list really wants a video game (or 10) this year. I’ve got some great news for you! You can make that person happy while saving money and you don’t even have to get out of your P.J.s to
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Books are so 20th century but sometimes your Kindle just doesn’t cut it when it comes to following a dinner recipe. So what to do? Grab a Nintendo DS and pick up the new Personal Trainer: Cooking, an interactive cooking coach complete with tasty recipes and video demos. In addition to more than 240 recipes
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Don’t you just love it when art imitates life? Dance Dance Revolution: The Musical is, as the name might imply, a musical loosely based on the popular Konami video game Dance Dance Revolution or DDR as it is often referred to. The experimental theater group, Les Freres Corbusier, will bring to stage their futuristic Flashdance-esque
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Sounds strange but it’s true. This Saturday, November 15, is the first-ever National Gaming Day and it all takes place at your library. Libraries across the country will participate in the largest, simultaneous national video game tournament ever held. Gamers will be able to compete against players at other participating libraries with their scores displayed
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It’s been a big week for Netflix announcements. First the company revealed that they are finally living up to their promise of offering their Watch Instantly feature to Mac users. This is the feature that currently allows PC users to instantly watch movies using their computers. The Mac version is entering it’s Beta testing session
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The latest installment in the ongoing Tomb Raider series, Tomb Raider: Underworld, isn’t due in stores until the middle of November, however, Xbox 360 and PC gamers can enjoy an early look at the game this week. A playable demo is available now for download via the Xbox Live application and a PC demo is
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Chances are pretty good that if you have kids, especially tween girls, you are very familiar with High School Musical. Hopefully you already have your pre-sale tickets for this Friday’s theatrical release of High School Musical 3: Senior Year. In anticipation of Friday’s big release, Disney Interactive Studios has released High School Musical 3: Senior
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It’s like Fall 2005 all over again with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 generating some tantalizing headlines. First came the announcement that Microsoft was dropping the price on all 360s and last week the news got even better for anyone considering purchasing a 360 – free games! The entry level 360, the Arcade version, which now retails
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Last week during their Fall press conference, Nintendo unveiled the new version of the popular handheld gaming system, the DS. The new and improved Nintendo DSi is a slimmed down (as in thinner) and beefed up (as in tech improvements) version of the current dual and touch-screen device. The screens have been enlarged, the sound
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