July 2006 - Posts
According to Next Generation, E3 is done . I find this hard to believe so take with a grain of salt, but me thinks one doesn't post this unless they have something. Supposedly they have inside scoop. Apprarantly the major sponsors think their marketing
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I'm not sure what I think of this AMD + ATI deal. Its been rumored for weeks, so I can’t say I’m surprised. As a consumer who builds my own computers I'm not sure I like it since it no doubt will reduce my choices. Right now I have
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In a joint press release, ATI and AMD confirmed the rumors that have been flying around the internet throughout the weekend. The deal is now done for 5.4 billion in cash and stock pending approval from regulators in the US and Canada. More to come later
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Apparently Nintendo has done something right because my Mom asked me about "that brain game" that she had been hearing about. I told her about it and she was so excited that she asked me to send her a link to what she needed to order. Quite
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Whoa. Engadget just posted this picture of the reported "Argo" that Microsoft is developing to go head-to-head with Apple. Now the rumor is that it is a whole line of players -- so I doubt this is the XBox branded version. But with the rumor
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In the "good news" category, Nomad Gamer Legend and Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani has left NAMCO to teach game design at Tokyo Polytechnic University . I can't think of a better person to teach budding game creators the value of simplicity
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Civilization IV: Warlords, the expansion to Sid's latest masterpiece has gone gold. From the Firaxis site: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit.
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Nintendo is celebrating the Prez' big 6-0 by giving him his very own DS and a copy of Brain Age . Follow the link to check out the cool letter from Nintendo. As I get older I run from things like Brain Age for fear that my brain's age will hit
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Every possible headline for this console sounds dirty. CNN is reporting that the Wii is already in Production for its November 6th launch. Hopefully this means no shortages -- can they manufacture 6 million in 6 months? That is a lot of Wii. It would
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