May 22 2008

HP 2133 Review

2 days ago I received my HP 2133 from the USA. As I mentioned 2 weeks ago, I was originally going to wait for the UK release however a delayed release and the fact that the UK was only going to get the 1.2Ghz version led me to buy direct from the states. RM have [...]

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May 15 2008

NES coffee table

This has to be one of the coolest retro items I have seen. Kyle Downes has designed a huge NES controller table. Not only does it have a storage area inside for storing games, it actually works as a NES controller!!

This video shows the controller in action

Check out http://ultra-awesome.blogspot.com/ for full details of how the [...]

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May 12 2008

Eee 900 released today at £329.99

The Black Eee 900 and the White Eee 900 were both released today on Play.com. They have been taking pre-orders for the highly anticipated laptops for weeks and clearly there was a high demand for it as both the black and white versions are out of stock. My friend ordered one a few weeks ago [...]

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May 12 2008

HP 2133 Woes

After finally deciding that the HP 2133 was the sub notebook I wanted to get, I’ve had absolutely no luck getting the damn thing.
The HP 2133 is being sold exclusively in the UK by RM. Initially, RM had a release date of late May 2008 however this has been pushed back to late June (it [...]

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May 8 2008

WWE Legends Of Wrestlemania out next year

THQ and JAKKS Pacific have announced that they are currently developing WWE® Legends of WrestleMania® for the 360 and PS3.
The game is scheduled for release in March 2009 to coincide with the annual pinnacle of sports entertainment, WrestleMania® 25, in Houston, Texas.

“We have generated significant year-over-year growth in key global territories with WWE-licensed videogames, including [...]

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May 7 2008

Europe PS3 sales ‘overtake 360′

Yesterday BBC reported that ‘Sony’s PlayStation 3 games console has outsold Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in Europe, according to figures released by Sony‘.
As someone who bought a PS3 during this time I can understand why. Initially, I wasn’t sure which system to get but I was swaying towards the Xbox because I had played it so [...]

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May 3 2008

Grand Theft Idiots

I’m sure everyone is pretty sick of reading about GTA4, but feel I need to throw in my two cents for good measure.
I, like a lot of people, was up at the crack of dawn on Tuesday. Blurry eyed I stumbled to my local Game and dutifully took my place among the other tired looking [...]

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May 2 2008

Worldwide Tournaments added to Mario Kart Wii

Nintendo announced yesterday the introduction of a Worldwide Mario Kart Wii Tournament. Every few weeks, a new tournament will appear on the Mario Kart Channel, an online feature that not only allows players to compete in tournaments, but also exchange race data with friends.

You can read the official announcement from Nintendo in the link below.
Drivers, [...]

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May 1 2008

GTA IV sells 609,000 copies on first day

ELSPA today reported that
day one sales of Rockstar Games’ hugely anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 have comfortably eclipsed the previous record set by GTA: San Andreas in 2004. Tuesday 29th April sell through for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 reached 609,000 units - comfortably beating the previous record: [...]

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