Gaming

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World's Dirtiest Computer Spotted

January 22, 2012 2 comments

Game|Life Podcast: How the Angry Birds Stole Christmas

January 14, 2012 1 comment

Rovio says it sold 6.5 million copies of Angry Birds … on Christmas Day 2011 alone. We welcome our new avian overlords. Image manipulation: Wired.com

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Microsoft patent lends weight to Xbox 720 set-top box rumors

January 13, 2012 1 comment

The rumors of next gen Xbox consoles from Microsoft are floating around all over the place over the last few months. Back in November, we heard that there would be two new Xbox consoles launch with one aimed at the gamer and the other packing in some set-top box tech for the gamer that wants to watch TV too. A new patent has surfaced that lends weight to the version with the set-top box capability.

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MAINGEAR outs AMD HD 7970 toting gaming PCs

January 13, 2012 1 comment

AMD has launched a new video card, the AMD Radeon HD 7970, and performance PC specialist MAINGEAR has wasted no time in slotting it inside another beastly desktop. The MAINGEAR SHIFT and F131  each offer the new 28nm Radeon as an option, pairing it with up to Intel hexacore Core i7 3.3GHz processors and up to 32GB of DDR3 memory.

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Microsoft eyeing Xbox LIVE gaming on iOS and Android

January 12, 2012 1 comment

Microsoft is looking to extend Xbox LIVE to iOS and potentially Android and other platforms, according to a new job listing at the company, extending the company’s gaming reach beyond its current Windows Phone focus. The posting, spotted by  LiveSide , calls for a software development engineer to ”define, design and implement Xbox LIVE mobile experiences on Windows Phone, iOS and other platforms” with the potential for location-based gaming, social networking-enabled titles and more.

VIDEO: Sonic the Hedgehog is now pimping Progressive auto insurance

January 11, 2012 1 comment

It’s either a sign of how far the might have fallen or that the video game star’s stock is on the rise again. You be the judge.

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AMD Radeon HD 7970: world’s first 28nm GPU

January 11, 2012 1 comment

AMD  has revealed its newest video card at CES 2012 , the AMD Radeon HD 7970, using the the world’s first 28nm GPU and Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. Packing 3GB of DDR5 video memory, two DVI outputs, two Mini-DisplayPorts and a single HDMI, the Radeon HD 7970 can be combined in up to quad-card CrossFireX setups for frankly ridiculous gaming performance.

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To Be a Pokémon Master…

January 7, 2012 0 comments

[ deviantART via Reddit ]

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Corning Gorilla Glass 2 coming to CES 2012

January 6, 2012 0 comments

Over the past handful of months, Corning has all but dominated the airwaves when it comes to must-have features on a smartphone or tablet device with their patented Gorilla Glass brand of display covering panes – today they’ve revealed that the second iteration, Gorilla Glass 2, will make its face known at CES 2012 . This new version of the glass solution will bring with it increased functionality for devices with smaller form factors, improved touch technology, “connected devices in new application spaces,” and even better durable large-format design aesthetics for you curved-corner lovers out there. The big reveal happens next week, and we’re expecting some hammers to help us test it!

God of War IV Confirmed by Composer

January 5, 2012 0 comments

There have been numerous rumors and reports about the existence of the next game in the God of War series over the past year. While Sony continues to go about its business without confirming any of it, as you would expect, one of the composers working on God of War IV has confirmed the game does indeed exist.

The resume of Timothy Williams was discovered by Siliconera to contain a listing for God of War IV, described as an upcoming game from Sony. This isn’t a matter of someone typing “III” instead of “II” or some other honest mistake, either; while Sony would only issue the typical “no comment,” Williams did tell Joystiq the listing was not a mistake. He noted he is “working on it in the capacity of orchestrations and some additional music” but pointed out Tyler Bates is the game’s main composer. The resume , and for that matter his entire website , has since been removed.

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Honest X-Box Achievement But only to buy a new game.

December 31, 2011 0 comments

But only to buy a new game.

Brave Kitten Stands Up to Huge Dog

December 18, 2011 0 comments

Little kitty, you're an inspiration to us all.

VIDEO: Master Chief is sort of a douche

December 16, 2011 0 comments

Unfortunately, the legacy of almost every great hero is built upon the little people who get pushed around and treated like crap while on the way up. And things are no different in the world of Halo .

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Terry's Glass ExpanseDeskTops – The Best of Readers' Desks

December 1, 2011 0 comments

Using a glass desk can be fraught with challenges, especially when you want to keep your work surface clutter-free. Since this desk didn’t come with a keyboard tray, Terry came up with an interesting solution to store his keyboard, mouse, and Trackpad. All in all, the result leaves a lot of free desk real estate, negating the use of another desk to do paperwork and reducing the overall footprint of this workstation.

The Kitten Fight Of The Century

November 30, 2011 0 comments

What do you get when you combine adorable kittens and brilliant play-by-play commentary? 5 minutes of awesomeness, that's what.