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Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
We rarely ask any favors of you, dear readers, so we're hoping you'll oblige the following humble request. You see, in the midst of Black Friday's acquisitional frenzy, we may have gotten a
tad carried away, making purchases beyond our fiscal means -- and
far beyond our typical practicality. What dark forces would drive us to purchase a set of nickel-plated egg beaters, a lifetime supply of Poligrip denture paste, three Razor scooters and the complete Kenny Loggins discography, you may ask? Our
damnable, hard-wired frugality.
Our savings accounts now liquidated, we currently find ourselves in a residential crisis. Had we only possessed the foresight to place importance on rent payments rather than kitchen utensils and
smooth, smooth music, we may have avoided this predicament. That's where you guys come in -- we either need to pawn off our regrettably obtained goods to pay off our living expenses, or be put in contact with a landlord who will accept the aforementioned odds and ends as apartmental compensation. Surely, someone out there knows of a kind superintendent with unsecure dentures and a proclivity for
scooting.
The spending habits of Japan's console-purchasing populous mirrored our own over the past week, with most systems seeing major sales increases. Six of the top ten best-selling titles belonged to Nintendo's handheld -- combined with the limited availability of the DSi, this caused a major bounce-back for the DS Lite. We've sent a congratulatory "
Hang in There, Baby" poster in response, though we're not sure the DS Lite will receive it, as it is an inanimate object.
- DSi: 88,843
3,516 (4.12%)
- PSP: 61,226
23,073 (60.47%)
- Wii: 35,298
8,511 (31.77%)
- DS Lite: 18,580
15,021 (422.06%)
- PS3: 17,436
12 (0.07%)
- Xbox 360: 15,474
7,491 (93.84%)
- PS2: 5,281
140 (2.58%)
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Media Create]
See: The smooth, smooth archivesJapanese hardware sales, Nov. 17 - Nov. 23: Unwise purchases edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Rumors have been swirling today that Jeff Gerstmann, executive editor at CNET-owned major video game site GameSpot, was fired after giving a generally unimpressed review of Io Interactive's Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. Gerstmann awarded the game a 6.0. (Though Shacknews does not score its reviews, our own Kane & Lynch review was similar in its verdict.)
Shacknews can confidently confirm via its own sources that Gerstmann was indeed fired yesterday from his position at GameSpot.
According to Ralph Magazine, Brooke Burke is looking better than ever, and who am I to argue? But if you don't believe them, these Brooke Burke bikini pictures might help convince you. And if that's not enough to make...
Philips yesterday unveiled their 256-slice scanner that renders 3-D images of the body like never before. The $2-million Brilliance CT machine can capture the body's skeleton, organs and blood vessels in the minutest of detail, and was unveiled yesterday in Chicago, at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting.
Philips' scanner can give a patient a full body scan in less than a minute — and exposes them to 80 per cent less radiation than a traditional X-ray machine. The machine scans the body as well as rotating around it, sending out 256 pulses every one-third of a second. It is so powerful that it can capture an unblurred image of an entire heart in less than two heartbeats.
The machine could prove useful in the battle against cancer. As well as picking up tumors in the body, the scanner should be able to show medics how the disease spreads and new patterns of abnormality. There is currently just one 256-slice scanner in use, at the Metro Health medical center in Cleveland, Ohio. [Daily Mail]
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I've heard first-hand how Hollywood moguls have been trash-talking the PR job done by their side via the Alliance Of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) in the writers strike. Well, it didn't take long for them to try to improve it. PR sources tell me that during the first days of the strike they went out and [...]
A good synopsis of what's in store for us next July.
Stereotyping abound, as video gaming is blamed for yet another unfavourable event.
The assistant manager for ?popular? football (that?s soccer to the yanks out there) team Bolton Wanderers, Chris Evans, made the bizarre claim that England?s national football team lost their recent qualifying match because of video games.
Most of the English team are in their late 20s and early 30s; hardly the typical age for hardcore video gamers. And hey, if they?re going to stereotypically blame video games, how about blaming the stereotype of the ?play boy? life style these professional divers lead?
Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. more boring than usual.
Bring your beats with you no matter where you go with these trendy and transportable docking stations for all iPods.
Director: Brad Silberling - Cast: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Anne Dudek, Jonah Hill, Alexandra Berardi
There is the underlying impression that everything in the movie was inspired by something from the rich careers of those involved, giving the film lots of material to work with. Nothing is sacred, from the producer who really only wants the focus on her not the movie, to the publicist who is barely familiar with the world-wide-interweb, to the studio that is very hands-off while the independent picture is obscure but immediately demands changes once the Oscar buzz begins. All of it is hilarious to see, but you know somewhere these actors have encountered this material as an obstacle or a hindrance. The fact that they get to parody it here must be incredibly therapeutic.
The best of Best Buy:
Xbox 360 with Guitar Hero 2 bundle - $349.99
Sony 46" 1080p LCD HDTV with free PS3 80GB System with MotorStorm and Home Theater Installation - $1999.98
PS3 80GB with MotorStorm and five free Blu-Ray movies -$499.99
The Orange Box (PC) - $24.99
BioShock (PC) - $24.99
Thats just a little taste. More after the jump.
TVG takes a look at Radical Entertainment's brand new original IP for 2008, a mix of Assassin's Creed, Crackdown, and Invasion of the Bodysnatchers...
NBA Live 08 on Wii is probably one of the most average games I have ever played. Everything it does is implemented in a way that is sufficient to make the game work, but never makes the game anything more than simply average. The game is controlled using a variety of Wii-remote gestures and that is where the problems start. Its not perfect but if you like Basketball you might get a kick out of it.
Read our full review
Saturn original coming to PlayStation 2 next year... according to our mate Famitsu.
It looks like much-loved Sega fly-'em-up NiGHTS is coming to PS2 - and it's not a port of the new Wii game.
Click here to read the full article
Date Added: hot dog 11/20/2008 01:15
Familiarity was apparently the goal here, and it's ably met, leaving an album full of sharp little songs that gleam with genre touchstones. by Jesse Cataldo
Craig Hinkley, who is overseeing Bank of America's voice-over-IP implementation, discusses the ongoing rollout of 180,000 IP phones, a project not expected to be done until late 2008 or early 2009.
When you need a dose of high-flying, martial-arts-filled films, check out these classic kung fu movies.
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Venture into a city to record unsigned bands, and what you get is a
whole lot of nothing in no particular order. Don't assume this one
is different because the talent scout is PiL drummer Martin Atkins
— who is also, after all, Pigface major-domo Martin Atkins.
The reason is the city: Beijing, 15 million strong, a hub of the
kind of thrilling, contradictory upward mobility that gets kids
rocking. Most of the songs are by English-singing guys with guitars
whom we'll call garage punk because...
Rating:
3.5 Stars
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Added: November 11, 2007
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With gameplay that strays from its platforming roots, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts is sure to drive hardcore fans of the franchise nuts. But don't get too uptight about the new vehicle-based focus-I found it to be absolutely charming. It works beautifully and really fits in nicely with the vibrant world of Banjo-Kazooie.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Straying away from their platforming roots, Banjo and Kazooie branch out into the wild world of vehicular hilarity in this deep and satisfying effort from Rare.
Ed Bernero, exec producer of CBS' Criminal Minds, emails me about my post, Networks/Studios vs Showrunners: Why They're Now On A Collision Course:
"Your reporting on the showrunners meeting was dead-on. I think you sort of under-reported the most important thing that came out of that discussion, though. The story leaned on the fact that we would [...]
Capcom confirms when the online mayhem begins.
Sony Europe has confirmed that a playable demo of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, released on the US PSN Store yesterday, will hit UK PS3s on November 22.
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This isn't new (obviously), but many of you might not know that back at CES 1985, Nintendo demoed an Advanced Video System that was the spiritual design predecessor to the grey and black NES we all grew up with. This consoleputer was supposed to be entirely wireless and tied together via line-of-sight infrared, and contained a keyboard, joystick, light gun, NES controllers, something that looks like a tape deck, a Klingon Bat'leth, the hopes and dreams of one Japanese salaryman designer that has since offed himself, and design features that were slightly too ahead of its time. Still, if we had this instead of the NES, we'd probably be typing 180wpm instead of the 130wpm we do now. [TechEBlog]
Filed under: Displays, HDTV
Stop trying to type faster, watch TV for hours, or organize the largest water balloon fight: there's now another way to get a Guinness world record holder in your home, as LG has just announced it is going to begin mass producing its
record-setting 100-inch LCD. The 6-million pixel 1,920 x 1,080 display won't come cheap though -- while a final price has not been decided, the manufacturing costs alone are expected to be over $150,000 US. But anyway, how can we be satisfied with a 100-inch LCD HDTV featuring a 3,000:1 contrast ratio, 92% color gamut and 5ms refresh time when we know
Mark Cuban is just going to come over and start bragging about his $70,000
103-inch 1080p plasma from Panasonic? While sneaking in and watching Oxygen Network until the logo burns in on his precious plasma would be nice, we'll probably just wait for the first price drop and save everyone some pain and suffering.
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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time
Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Acertant has released Versomatic, a software utility that's part incremental backup, part version control system.
Can the masses be wooed by Linux? Second-tier PC maker Everex teamed up with a startup called gOS to build the gPC TC2502, a $199 VIA-powered Ubuntu 7.10 Linux system with an Enlightenment E17 interface. Although they assure us that the "g" doesn't stand for Google, the PC's productivity will be almost solely derived from Google apps accessed through Firefox: Mail, Calendar, News, Maps and Documents & Spreadsheets. It will also come with OpenOffice.org 2.2 and some other freeware Linux faves. But again, the question is, will the Wal-Mart crowd bite the bait?
It turns out, 5% of people buying a PC at Wal-Mart are buying one for the first time, yes, in 2007. That means that for them, there's no brand allegiance, there's no OS that they are already comfortable with, there's nothing but functionality ("Does it have the e-mail and the pretty ladies on the World Wide Internet?") and price ("I'm not gonna pay no $300 for no damn computer!"). This meets both, and looks enough like some kind of Macindows hybrid for the more computer savvy relatives to help out the new buyer. 
There are some omissions in the early stages: Picasa didn't quite work right, so it's not there yet. (GIMP is there, but not a lot of people like GIMP.) There's Skype, but I don't think it can do video yet. There are apps for working with iPods, but I am worried that people who want to use an iPod will be frustrated with the lack of iTunes.
The funniest thing is that Everex deliberately built a large box, even though there's not much under the hood. This is a pure psychological play to woo the pickup truck set, who believe a Chevy S10 is a sure sign of sexual inadequacy. The system will pack a 1.5GHz low-wattage VIA C7-D processor (pitched as a "green" machine). It will have 512MB of RAM and an 80GB HDD. It won't even have a DVD burner, though they are now practically free. And as for the monitor you've come to expect in a bundle, it's gonna cost you extra. (Speakers, mouse and keyboard are included.)
All in all, though, I like to see things get shaken up. This is apparently replacing a Windows model at that price point or slightly higher, and the approach is different, and probably smarter, than the teeny tiny subscription-based Zonbu (of which Everex is also a manufacturing partner).
The whole FOSS (free open-source software) movement really should be aimed at newbies and non-power users. After all, the generalist can do all that they can dream up on any machine out there, whereas the specialists are the ones who are truly locked to one OS or another. And they don't buy their PCs at Wal-Mart. [Wal-Mart]
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Business
It's not just the bloggers, the journalists, the Wall Street suits, and the battery burn victims that are down on Sony these days ... Alberto Gonzalez and the legal eagles down at the Department of Justice have decided to pile on. What are they mad about? Hint: it's not exploding batteries or a hefty price tag.
Nope, apparently Sony is part of an industry-wide inquiry into sales of
SRAM. According to a Sony spokesman, even though they don't manufacture the SRAM themselves, they sold $27.7 million worth of it in 2005. Sony responded to the inquiry simply, stating, "Sony intends to cooperate fully with the DoJ in what appears to be an industry-wide inquiry."
How else could this be ugly? Well, according to Howstuffworks.com, "The [PS3's] SPEs each come loaded with 256 KB SRAM. This high-speed memory helps each SPE crunch numbers quickly."
It's unclear what the inquiry is related to, but the AP reports that, "a separate Justice Department investigation into price-fixing among DRAM companies has so far resulted in more than a dozen charges against individuals and more than $731 million in fines against" various RAM manufacturers. According to
the website for a pending class action lawsuit, "several marketers and sellers of SRAM formed a cartel and conspired to reverse the steady decline of SRAM prices that occurred from 1994-97. The conspiracy was successful. Beginning in 1998, SRAM prices increased dramatically and continued to increase through 2001. Even when SRAM prices dipped in 2002, the cartel's conspiracy was still able to keep SRAM prices at an artificially high level. By engaging in its illegal, anti-competitive activity, the cartel caused purchasers of SRAM to pay supra-competitive prices."
Uh-oh.
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Dell Home has a new, super fantabulous 30-percent off coupon code for Dell Inspiron Notebooks priced at $1299 or higher. This is savings of at least $390. The select Inspiron notebooks include the B130, E1405 Dual Core, E1505 Dual Core and the E1705 Dual Core. Use the coupon code 9D42R7W2D0?F0B at checkout for your savings. This deal ends November 3 at 7 A.M. eastern or after the coupon code has been used 7,000 times. – Travis Hudson
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A super-slo motion shot of a guy getting soaked in the face.
destinyland writes "'The khaki bandit' posed as an office worker at several corporations and successfully stole over 130 laptops which he later sold on eBay. The ease of theft from the corporate offices (including FedEx and Burger King) shows just how bad corporate security can be. In some cases, the career thief just walked into the office behind an employee with a security badge. Two million laptops were stolen just in 2004, and of those 97 percent were never recovered. Ultimately it was the corporate headquarters of Outback Steakhouse who caught the thief with a bugged laptop that notified them when he re-connected it to the internet."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Dell CEO Michael Dell hinted Monday that his company could be shopping for more acquisition targets, and that they could be larger than the companies it has acquired to date.
Ahead of Activision's financial results next week, Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey has commended short-term revenue prospects, but commented that "emerging competition for some of [Activision's] core franchises, including Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk", may prove damaging for the company's long-term growth.
Hickey stated for the short-term company prospects, "We expect key fiscal Q208 and 2H08 game sales will come from Spiderman 3, Shrek 3, Transformers, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Call of Duty 4 and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. The Company?s fiscal ?08 game pipeline is exceedingly strong, and will likely generate record fiscal ?08 operating performance."
Filed under: Contests and Giveaways, Awards
Today we've got a ton of prizes that are being given away to promote the
41st annual Country Music Association Awards, whose ceremony will be shown on ABC on November 7.
The grand prize is pretty nice: the winner gets to choose between an
iPod Nano OR a
$150 American Express gift card. Other winners will receive a
CMA bag, a CMA Awards mug , or one of two CMA t-shirts (Silver Guitar t-shirt & Lime ladies t-shirt). To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, November 2, simply telling us what your favorite country song is (even if you haven't liked one since "Islands in the Stream"). As always, we'll randomly choose the grand prize winner and the other winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating what your favorite country song is.
- The comment must be left before November 5, 2007 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Four winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- The first winner picked will receive his or her choice of an iPod Nano (MSRP:$150) or a $150 American Express gift card. The second winner picked will receive a CMA bag (MSRP: $30). The third winner picked will receive his or her choice of CMA t-shirts (Silver Guitar T-shirt or a Lime ladies T-shirt) (MSRP: $20 each). The fourth winner picked will receive a CMA Awards mug (MSRP: $10).
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PS3 Fanboy writes: "The Christmas season continues this week with another full list of game releases. While not quite as stellar as last week, this week is still a pretty good week for games and next week proves to be even better."
Bjorn3D writes: "AMD has recently launched a Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition (BE) processor. This processor is currently the fastest processor that AMD is offering until the 45nm version of the Phenom comes to the market. The Phenom X4 9950 is clocked at 2.6GHz and is manufactured on 65nm Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technology. It supports a 2.0 GHz memory controller and HT 3.0. And as its name implies, Black Edition means that the processor will have an unlocked multiplier so it will potentially allows much higher overclocking."
Pros:
+ Affordable
+ Good overclocking potential
+ Unlocked multiplier
+ Compatible with AM2/AM2+ boards
+ Performance is comparable to the competitor's CPU at similar price range
Cons:
- Higher power consumption than Intel processors
- Higher temperature
- 125W/140W TDP means not all board will work
Your work is dangerous and your coworkers rely on you to stay alive. But you can never get far from those colleagues. You can't see your family for months, even years. The food isn't great. And forget stepping out for some fresh air. No wonder the adventure of space flight can also be stressful, isolating and depressing.
A new look at Eve Online: Revelations II.
Here are the weekly cable ratings, by number of viewers.
