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Another pokemon event!

June 20th 2008 15:39
Two now in less than a month...and nationwide no less...

Nintendo is launching another Pokemon event in the US during the next two weekends!

Gamestop and presumably EBGames as well is setting up Wonderspots this weekend for Deoxys in Diamond and Pearl.

The weekend for them begins *today.* It will run Fri-Sun, and then start again next weekend as well!



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Decent game sale this week

June 8th 2008 02:56
EB/Gamestop is running a game sale that started earlier this week for a number of stores. (It offically runs from the 6th - 12th.

You can find quite a few steals if you try. Guild Wars only true expansion pack for example, is 15 dollars. (normally 40) Tabula Rasa is 15 dollars for the normal, 30 for the Collector's. (50/80 last time I checked on normal) You can find Odin Sphere for 20, a variety of other titles on all of the consoles as well. They also have accessories on sale as well for those maybe looking to pick up some third party gear on the cheap.

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Pokemon event this weekend! Get your Darkrai!

May 30th 2008 15:42
Many RPG fans out there would scoff without trying it, but the Pokemon series has actually been a pretty good way to waste time in the past. The frustrating thing is trying to fill that Pokedex though. Mostly, because Nintendo isn't exactly forthcoming in details about events, or they just don't have them locally to many.

They planned to fix that via "Wonder Spots" but I've never seen them materialize, until now.

Check your local Toys 'R 'Us this weekend! [link to ad]

To honor the release of the Darkrai movie to DVD, Nintendo has activated Wonderspots in stores around the country it seems. Take your DS, along with Diamond/Pearl to a local store this weekend and see! You may want to call them first though to make sure they plan to run the event.
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Adobe Flash...get yours fixed NOW.

May 29th 2008 13:59
Since Adobe released an update (link here) I figured I'd post this up in the hopes of keeping people secure. I'm sure with online gaming being so large, and virtual money being sold using real money, keyloggers and such will definatly appear through this method.

In a nutshell, the Flash player many of us take for granted was found to have a VERY large security hole. To make matters worse, hackers are spreading the code to exploit it fairly rapidly. Its being injected via SQL injections to various sites deemed "safe" in the past


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Wii fit balance board to not be a one trick pony!

May 28th 2008 19:12
Ubisoft has revealed that its upcoming Shaun White Snowboarding will use the balance board accessory, almost with the Wiimote when it launches this year.

The balance board will be used for controlling direction while the mote will control tricks


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Warlords and Sudoku coming to Live tomorrow!

May 27th 2008 20:59
The Xbox Marketplace updated with some info for those who would like to check it out:

First is Atari's Warlords, with a new look! For those who may not have tried it in the past, its essentially a 4 player pong match. Online/Offline mutliplayer modes and only 5 dollars. (400 points) Not too shabby


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Mario Kart Wii

May 27th 2008 15:28
Our kid has been really good lately, so we decided to reward her with a video game. Every time we go into Best Buy she runs right for Mario Kart's Wii Wheel, so I figured it'd be a good thing to pick.

If you've played Mario Kart at all on the other consoles, then you know something along the lines of what to expect. The game doesn't really change the basics started all the way back on the SNES. Unlike the GC version, it does remove double carting, but that is largely it


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Wii Fit Update

May 23rd 2008 14:56
I'm almost done GTA IV, probably get the chance to do that this weekend, then I'll give my final impressions on it. For now though, I figured I'd post up a quick update on my experiences so far with the Fit.


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Wii Fit released to normal retail

May 21st 2008 14:02
The Fit was released last night at midnight for sales in normal retail. I note normal retail, because Nintendo's own stores have been allowed to sell it since Monday. As my post from last week mentioned, this was anticipated to be somewhat hard to find.

This would, as I found out last night, depend on where you decided to look. I live by Reading, PA and whereas a lot of games I've seen long lines for, the Walmart I hit had exactly 5 people at midnight. I got there at 11:20, and no one else showed up until around 11:40. Though, some who did show up were calling friends and telling horror stories


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Guitar Hero 4 to feature custom tracks (LINK)

May 16th 2008 15:25
Game Spot (Click the link next to the title) has up an article detailing info on new info for Guitar Hero 4. Previous announcements indicate Activision trying to move in the direction Harmonix (The original GH creators) already has, vocals and drums. The drum from GH4 though will detect various levels of pressure, has 3 pads, 2 elevated cymbals and a pedal.

With this, they are going to allow song creation/sharing and will be distributing a toolkit to facilitate this. 5 songs will be the limit at the start. I'd love to call this an "innovation" but its really not. DDR allowed people to create their own dance steps for music, and games like StepMania on the PC have been doing this for years. (Including adding new music with the steps


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