April 2005 - Posts
ATARI has announced ATARI Flashback 2.0 -- the followup to their cool budget console crammed with 2600 games. They have addressed every possible complaint in the new model -- 41 games in 2.0 (vs 20 in the original), Real A/V cabling (vs R/F on the original),
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By day I write for this web site and hold down a full time job. By night, however, I travel to Paragon City, Rhode Island and become a Super Hero -- keeping the peace fighting thugs, super-villains and debt. Episode 10: Stay on Target.... Closer and closer
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When being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame there are certain players that transcend their accomplishments for any one team. Fans argue insatiably over which “cap” the player should be inducted under. We have found ourselves with a
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In 1986 he made a statement. ''If it's not 11 on 11, it's not real football. I will not put my name on it if it's not real.'' This requirement set a standard that created the greatest franchise in video game history. It took
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The Battle for baseball dominance on the PSP has begun! 989 Sports has shipped their Major League Baseball game for the PSP. We are going to take a look at their edition today and we will visit the EA MVP entry whenever it ships. The little PSP powerhouse
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By day I write for this web site and hold down a full time job. By night, however, I travel to Paragon City, Rhode Island and become a Super Hero -- keeping the peace fighting thugs, super-villains and debt. Episode 9: Quality of Life in Paragon City
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EA Sports (It's in the Game) broke the silence on Madden 06. It looks like another winner. In what apparently is the new "hip" thing to do in gaming, Madden will debut on television during the first hour of ESPN's Draft coverage on Saturday,
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There are few things in my childhood that are closer to my heart than this game. It was 1981 and I was 10 years old. A bright yellow machine was trucked into my sleepy Southern hometown and installed into the local Kwik Shop. On a trip with my Mom to
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Gaming is back in the mainstream press. The New York Post is reporting that Coppola may put a horse head in the bed of Electronic Arts over their upcoming Godfather title. Here is what he said: "I knew nothing about it. They never asked me if I thought
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Looks like Edios is ramping up the Lara Croft publicity machine in preparation for the newest Tomb Raider game "Tomb Raider: Legend" . Hopefully, they now realize it will take more than just a pretty face to sell games after their last dismal
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Dave Lebling, Marc Blank and Tim Anderson were three computer geeks and residents of the MIT computer labs in 1977. Their favorite thing to do in their spare time was play Colossal Cave, a text adventure that ran on the big mainframes of the day. Impressed
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By day I write for this web site and hold down a full time job. By night, however, I travel to Paragon City, Rhode Island and become a Super Hero -- keeping the peace fighting thugs, super-villains and debt. Episode 8: It's All About the Mob. Not
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