Archive for February, 2008
Worst parents in the world punk kid into thinking he got an Xbox 360
Filed under: Gaming
Your parents ever do anything mean to you for their own amusement when you were a kid? Whatever it was, something tells us it wasn’t as evil as what Jonathan’s (above) family did, having him unwrap an empty Xbox box with some shirts inside — while on video, mind you — and then …
Red Octane lets loose separate Wii Guitar Hero III controller
Filed under: Gaming
It looks like Wii users wanting to expand their Guitar Hero arsenal (or replace an axe after they got a little too into things) won’t have to wait much longer, as Red Octane is now set to let loose a separate wireless Les Paul controller for the system. It doesn’t exactly come ch…
Helio continues to bleed money, now $560 million in the red
Filed under: Cellphones
We’ll be honest with you — it’s a bit disheartening to watch the (seemingly) inevitable happen to Helio. After all, it’s managed to soldier on despite hordes of other MVNOs hanging it up here in the US of A. Nevertheless, data gleaned from EarthLink’s most recent annual rep…
Mint green PSP now available, in Japan
Filed under: Gaming
We already knew it was coming, but if for some reason you’ve been holding out on buying a PSP until you could get a minty green model, you can now finally get your fix — in Japan, at least. As DCEmu points out, however, you can also go the importing route courtesy of SuccessHK, …
Gamer’s tale takes Xbox repair woes to new levels of sadness
Filed under: Gaming
There’s certainly been no shortage of sad stories involving Xboxes, but when it comes to attempts to get the console repaired, this latest tale from a gamer known only as Nathaniel might have to take the cake. As you can see above, his console (one of the first to hit the market)…
Microprose returns to show Commodore how to really tarnish a brand
Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment
As if seeing the Commodore logo slapped on a whole slew of thoroughly unremarkable devices wasn’t enough to make folks of a certain age feel a little wistful for their early computing days, legendary game developer Microprose is now getting in on the action as…
LG Vu tracking for a late March release?
Filed under: Handsets, LG, ATT, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
We knew there had to be a good explanation for the Vu’s name starting to show up on AT&T’s wares, and this just might be it. We’re hearing rumblings that the device, one of AT&T’s likely inaugural MediaFLO handsets, is apparently now set…