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Gaming

Smashing Retro Games

I try not to give too much love to any one single website, but this is too good to resist.  Smashing Magazine have a great article listing some of the best retro and DOS games which are now available on-line, some as downloads, some online.  As far as I can tell, all the games are legitimate, but use your own

OnLive Intial Review

Today, I receive my invitation to join OnLive I had signed up for it the same day it went live. OnLive is a gaming system, that runs over the internet. You don't need a high end machine to run the game, because, all the work is done on Onlive end. In fact I was playing games on my three year

GNC-2010-02-12 #551 New Studio Layout

Fellows, our wives always know best we are often to stubborn to realize it. The new Studio layout is pretty good needs some tweaks but I think it will make for a better video experience over the long term. Lots of tech, lots of ancillary discussions about tonights show. While I was down and out sick one day this week a lot

iGuGu Wireless PC Remotes and Game Controllers CES 2010

iGuGu has created a remote control for your computer so that when you have your computer connected to your TV you are afforded the usability as you would with a standard gaming console. What this does is give you complete control of your computer to not only play games but to do standard functions. Their remotes have a built in

What to Do in This Tough Economy? Sell Used Video Games

A few weeks ago, Toys R Us started a 3 month test to take your used games in trade. They saw that Game Stop had taken in 8.8 Billion in sales with projections of 10 billion by the end of 2009. Toys R Us wanted some of that action. So do Best Buy and Amazon.com. It's interesting to see companies

Gaming leads to mass reading?

A recent article in the NY Times discussed the new video games that provoke youngsters into …. Gasp …. Reading. I think it could certainly help while it will never motivate huge numbers to pick up actual books. I remember the same discussion years ago about comic books. Kids would get criticized for reading that “junk” but at least it

Nintendo Wii Internet Access

Before I go on a tangent about the Wii, let me say that I like the system. More importantly my kids really like it. I don't care for the overall selection of games but do enjoy the sports games we have. The problem I have is a simple one. Nintendo has an online store where you can download old school