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September 21, 2008

Images from MillionHeir courtesy of Nintendo Mystery Case Files MillionHeir is one addicting Nintendo DS game. Level after level you search for clues, gather tools like a flashlight and an X-ray, and solve puzzles. Clues are hidden in intricately detailed scenes. When your badge gets dirty it can be cleaned off including by blowing on the screen to make all the dust go away. There is even a level with a DNA test challenge.......

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July 5, 2008

The Santa Monica based company, Activision, again has a new best selling product -- Guitar Hero: On Tour. It sold 300,000 units in its first week in North America, making it Activision's best Nintendo DS software launch. Just like the standard Guitar Hero you strap Guitar Hero: On Tour to your DS and you can rock out anywhere. From "Breed" to "Rock 'n Roll all Nite," you keep playing to unlock more tracks. Now that......

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February 6, 2008

Today marks the beginning of the 2008 race towards raising the standard of gaming. As we mentioned previously, 2007 was a monumental year for the world of video games. Take a look at a selection of some of the highly anticipated games of the year, in stores today.......

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January 10, 2008

As you might have guessed, we're pretty big into gaming over at my house -- our console set-up includes the both generations of the Xbox, not one but TWO PS2's (one for the living room, one for the bedroom), a Dell XPS with a wide-screen monitor (for PC gaming), a Nintendo Gamecube, a Nintendo 64, an SNES, and a Gameboy -- oh, and possibly a Sony PSP floating around somewhere. Our 50" big-screen is optimized......

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July 29, 2007

Here are a few choice picks for your gaming pleasure, courtesy of the good people at Gamespot: Nintendo Wii Mario Strikers Charged (Sports) Nintendo DS Picross DS (Puzzle) Sony Playstation Portable Brave Story: New Traveler (Role-Playing) World Championship Cards (Strategy) PC Combat Mission: Shock Force (Strategy) Ride! Carnival Tycoon (Strategy) MAC Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Adventure) Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars (Strategy) Photo by DsWii via flickr......

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March 13, 2007

Yesterday we showed you an interview from upstairs of the Austin Convention Center at SXSW where companies are answering questions about their Internet- and film-related products. Today, thanks to the Houston Chronicle, who took this footage above, we can show you a small glimpse of what's happening on the bottom floor of the Convention Center, in the video game area -- where things are getting mighty interactive. There you will see the new Nintendo......

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December 28, 2006

Maybe it wasn't cool in the South to go to the record store to get the new Dixie Chicks cd, but on the internet nobody can judge you. The Chicks were boycotted by Country radio and their fans said that they shouldn't have said what they said about President Bush, but when it came down to picking up their new cd, the people let their fingers do the buying. And if you ask us,......

Continue Reading "Amazon.com's Top 18 Best Selling Products of 2006"

May 10, 2006

E3 has once again hit town, and you've probably been seeing banners, billboards, and strange signs announcing new and upcoming games and platforms. The coolest of them all has the strangest name, the Nintendo Wii. No, it's not French, but it really is stealing the show here. With the innovative new wand-like motion sensing controller, at least it promises to have kids (and we'll admit it, some adults) waving their hands around like a......

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