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Sony chief hails PS3's success in Europe

By Gavin Mannion
April 18, 2007 - 18 years ago

So Sir Howard Stringer has been talking to the Financial Times and between boasting about their fantastic launch and future endeavours he has mentioned that they have virtually sold 800 000 PS3’s in Europe. That’s a lot of consoles in a month and if they keep going at anywhere close that that rate they will be closing in on the …

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Xbox 360 Laptop MK2

By Gavin Mannion
April 18, 2007 - 18 years ago

  Over at Engadget they have a small article about the Xbox 360 Laptop from Ben Heckendorn. There where pictures floating around a while ago about the white prototype that he made and now just like the elite it has changed into a black beauty… This is a full Xbox 360 premium with built in HD tv and a keyboard …

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LOST video game confirmed for PS3 and Xbox 360

By Gavin Mannion
April 18, 2007 - 18 years ago

So one of our favourite TV shows is on it’s way to our favourite console. That is if your favourite console is either the PS3 or Xbox 360. It’s very strange that the PS2, which is still the top selling console in the world, has been left out of this. Is this the start of the PS2’s demise. It can’t …

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Xbox 360 failures vs PS3 failures – Google Search

By Gavin Mannion
April 18, 2007 - 18 years ago

Do a Google search  for “Xbox 360 failures vs PS3 failures” and the ever helpful Google comes back with… Did you mean: “Xbox 360 failures vs PS3 features“ Now that is more entertaining than the George Bush Failure web bomb. So do you think this is some of Sony’s viral marketing or is Google showing us which side it supports? …

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Nucleus on the PlayStation Network

By Gavin Mannion
April 17, 2007 - 18 years ago

So after using your PS3 to cure cancer using  Folding @Home you will soon be able to download Nucleus and cure diseases for fun. Nucleus is a strange little game where you float around inside a body and kill bacteria and viruses. The screens look fantastic and they seem to have some very interesting ways of keeping you entertained. Such as …

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Taking air guitar to higher levels

By Gavin Mannion
April 17, 2007 - 18 years ago

So anything the competitors can do Nintendo can do better? Well the Nintendo fanboys that is.  Check the video above where someone has managed to convert their Nintendo controller into an air guitar. Really cool. It looks like the Wii Controller is revolutionising gaming at the moment, they seem to be able to do everything with this controller. Link to Taking air …

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Xbox 360 and Mac play nice

By Gavin Mannion
April 17, 2007 - 18 years ago

Over at tuaw.com there is a long write up on how the Xbox 360 and Apple products can work very nicely together. I currently own a total 0 zero Apple products but I do know their popularity in South Africa is growing so I thought it would be good to post the link to the site. It was not my purpose …

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HD DVD Takes The Lead In Europe

By Gavin Mannion
April 17, 2007 - 18 years ago

So after writing that Blu-Ray is easily going to win this war it seems that this may not be the case. [Update] It seems that the source of this article is a pro HD-DVD camp so take everything from here on with a pinch of salt. After the huge lift that the PS3 gave to the Blu-Ray camp initially it …

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80Gb PS3 Rumour not going away

By Gavin Mannion
April 17, 2007 - 18 years ago

I blogged about this in March already and once again it has hit the news. This is starting to feel like Xbox 360 Elite rumours that hung around like a bad smell for months until they where finally confirmed. Now in a boring economical press release Mr Fukuoka (Yeah say that fast it’s funny 🙂 ) has said.. The company is …

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XBLA: Gyruss and 3D Ultra MiniGolf Adventures

By Gavin Mannion
April 17, 2007 - 18 years ago

So this week is turning out to be a very good week. Not only are we getting a XBLA game this Wednesday we are actually getting two… Gyruss: Which is an old style space shooter from Konami Digital. You get to blast your way through 23 levels on co-op if you like for a measly 400 points.  What is unfortunate …

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Win a PS3 – Highveld Stereo

By Gavin Mannion
April 17, 2007 - 18 years ago

So you want a PS3 but can’t afford one? Well Highveld Stereo in conjunction with their inhouse Club VIP are raffling one this week. Club VIP is a loyalty program that they run where they give out keywords throughout the day that you then need to sms to a special number (33VIP – 33847), each SMS costs you R1.50 and …

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PS3 and 360: Not nearly as powerful as they should be

By Gavin Mannion
April 16, 2007 - 18 years ago

Alex Kierkegaard has written a very interesting article on his website about how neither the PS3 nor the Xbox 360 are anywhere near powerful enough to do true HD gaming. Nor do we really need it in this generation. A warning though it is long to read. To put it in a nutshell when you go home today and turn on your DSTV or eTV …

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