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  • More Backwards Compatibility for the 360

    More Backwards Compatibility for the 360

    While a few days back this was merely a rumor, however Microsoft made the updated backwards compatibility official by updating the list located here on their site. One of the more notable titles to make this list is Psychonauts which, along with Barbie Horse Adventures, […]

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  • <i>Dragon Quest IX</i> Debut Trailor

    Dragon Quest IX Debut Trailor

    Last week Matt reported on the news that Square Enix’s next Dragon Quest would actually be exclusive to the Nintendo DS. This news was especially interesting considering that for the past 15 to 20 years every RPG title from this company for a hand held […]

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  • What Did You Play This Weekend?

    What Did You Play This Weekend?

    Astonishingly I didn’t get much gaming in at all to tell you the truth. My wife’s parents came to visit, so besides some WoW on Friday night, Saturday was spent cleaning the house, entertaining her parents, and then attending a party for one of Amy’s […]

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  • Official: Nintendo Recalls Wii Wrist Straps

    Official: Nintendo Recalls Wii Wrist Straps

    Last week we reported that Nintendo was including a new, thicker wrist strap with new Wii systems and even some stand-alone controllers. This came shortly after Nintendo stated that they were beginning an investigation into claims that the wrist straps were breaking, causing controllers to […]

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  • Official <i>Burning Crusade</i> Trailer

    Official Burning Crusade Trailer

    This is probably it from me tonight as normal work as spilled over. I thought I’d post this so that everyone could see a high-quality version. It’s the opening cinematic of Blizzard’s Burning Crusade expansion that aired last night during Spike TV’s Video Game Awards. […]

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  • Merry Christmas from Nintendo: Opera for Wii

    Merry Christmas from Nintendo: Opera for Wii

    In other Wii related news, it seems that Nintendo will be making the free Wii version of Opera available on December 23rd. According to Gamesoul, Nintendo’s Sweden branch posted on their site that the expected launch date of the Wii Opera browser is the 23rd […]

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  • Still Looking for a Wii, Try Best Buy this Sunday

    Still Looking for a Wii, Try Best Buy this Sunday

    Thanks to the folks over at Go Nintendo for this nugget of joy. For all of you people out there still searching for a Wii, you may be in luck come this Sunday as apparently (according to the scanned BB Insider info on the right), […]

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  • PS2 Games Look Horrible on PS3?

    PS2 Games Look Horrible on PS3?

    Seeing as how I don’t yet own a PlayStation 3, I’ll have to defer to our resident PS3 owner Rachel to check out this claim when she has the chance. If you watch the below footage, you’ll notice that the left half (that of the […]

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  • Create Your Own 360 Game with XNA Game Studio

    Create Your Own 360 Game with XNA Game Studio

    Maybe you know this, maybe you don’t, but here is a little background information on me. I’ve been playing games for a very long time (about 23 years now), and when I originally went to college it was to eventually become a video game programmer. […]

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  • Update “Bricking” 360s and MS Getting Sued

    Update “Bricking” 360s and MS Getting Sued

    I’ve been mulling around with the idea of whether or not to post about the Xbox 360 bricking/lawsuit fiasco. At first the whole thing began as a rumor on Xbox’s message board that someone was suing Microsoft for $5,000,000 claiming that a recent update “bricked” […]

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