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Sony Sues Datel Over Hacker Battery

Back in November, we briefly discussed Datel’s Lite Blue Battery Tool, a battery you plugged into your PSP 3000 and used to run homebrew code. All was going well for Datel, until Sony decided it’d rather sell UMDs then have consumers pirate every PSP title. Now the Japanese megacorp is suing Datel and sales are now suspended until the lawsuit ...

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Miyamoto’s Game Solving System For Newbies

Holy shit. Apparently Miyamoto still has some ideas lodged in that adolescent skull of his. Nintendo has recently filed a patent application in the US for a system that will potentially aid gamers via computer controlled characters in sections too difficult for the player to overcome. This idea comes straight from Miyamoto who is worried that some games are too ...

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Mashing

Shooting Watch is a training device for gamers that lets them test their button mashing skills. It resembles an NES controller in yellow with a mini LCD display and the Hudson Bee logo. Bash the A and B buttons to set a record and then try to beat it. Before you know it, your Tetris skills will be off the ...

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NFL Launches Game Rewind Service

If you’re a football fan with a broadband Internet connection, your weekend just got a whole lot better. The NFL has launched a service called “Game Rewind” that will retail for $19.99 for the season or $4.99 a week. The service lets you watch all the football games you can handle in HD quality with no commercials. Awesome, right? It ...

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The Sequence

The Sequence is an art installation from artist Arne Quinze. It’s been set up outside the Flemish Parliament in Brussels, Belgium for everyone to enjoy, proving that Brussels is more than just Jean-Claude Van Damme. Don’t have the time to get over to Belgium this year? No worries. The installation will remain in place for “at least five years” according ...

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The Roundabout Kensington Surge Protector

Whether you’re hosting a LAN party or you just have an ass load of video game consoles to power, there is one peripheral that is more important than all the rest: the surge protector. With the circular design of the SmartSockets Table Top, you’ll not only be safeguarding yours (and your LAN buddies’) electrical equipment with 1500 joules of protection, ...

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Afternoon Linkage for November 24th, 2008

We’ll be taking off Thursday for Thanksgiving and will be on reduced posting come Friday. Just a note! Also, if you own a Playstation 3 and would like to play LittleBigPlanet or Resistance 2 with me, add me! Gamertag: fusioned Play Doom in your web browser I wouldn’t be surprised if the MTA actually did this A great replica of ...

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Tic Tac Toast Stamper Adds Flavor To An Otherwise Flavorless Breakfast

Whoever said sliced bread was, at one point, the greatest invention obviously has never had my bombastic matzoh brie. Toast can be very boring in the morning, especially if you’re doing little more than spreading marmalade on it. Sure, toasting images on to bread is fun, but not nearly as fun as a friendly game of Tic-Tac-Toe. The Tic Tac ...

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Japanese Version Of Fallout 3: The Bomb Never Happened

Fallout 3 is about to hit Japan’s store shelves and news has emerged claiming that the developers, Bethesda Softworks, have made changes to the game to more comfortably appeal to the Japanese market. You can probably guess from here what changes have been made, but just in case your a little rusty on your history, I’ll tell you.

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Terrorists Allegedly Use Old SEGA Carts As Detonators

Our biggest fears have been realized. Terrorist groups no longer find satisfaction in just blowing themselves up, now there are reports of terrorists being trained to make detonators out of SEGA games. The terrorists have gone too far. Taking apart classic games for use in terrorist activities is not only a disservice to retro collectors all around the world but ...

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