Reports have some people smashing their TV sets while playing with their Wii remotes. The tendency to have the wiimotes fly out of the player hands have been noted by Panasonic and they have created a new screen for their screens that can withstand up to 4 joules of kinetic energy due to a special coating sprayed onto the TV screens.
Alright it’s Wii time!
What would be the chance that Xbox 360 will give up on the HD-Dvd format and start offering the Blu-Ray player for connection to the Xbox 360 system
The chance is highly likely to happen in the next 3 months, according to the Australian website, Smarthouse.
Smarthouse reports on their website that insiders at Microsoft has told them that a stand alone Blu-Ray player has been connected to an Xbox 360 system and based on Marketing approval, a release of the system could be available in the next 3 months.
I think the next update will actually be the Xbox 360 with built in Blu-ray player built in. That does not mean owners of the older Xbox systems will have to purchase a new system, I don’t think Microsoft wants to alienate Xbox users. They should have an add-on accessory to play Blu-ray based discs soon.
As much as I like playing with wireless controllers such as the SixAxis controllers for my PS3, my hands do start to cramp up.
Such times, I often dream of playing at the arcades with the large buttons and joystick control.
There have been fans of arcade games that have built their own custom arcades with a PC/Mac based system and MAME.
I love the idea of custom arcade cabinets but I like the idea behind this Korean company’s product. The Saulabi 4K Arcade Stick is compatible for use on a Windows PC as well as your PS3.
The Saulabi has some good reviews and looks to be built for some punishment.
Saulabi Korean Site: iSaulabi
You’ll need another controller for your ceramic white PS3 and with the reviews that this controller is getting, it’ll be well worth it.
The DualShock 3 controller is a bit heftier and battery life is the same. The battery used is a 300maA compared to the regular controller’s battery which uses 30maA.
The rumble feature is back in this controller and playing games like Unreal Tournament 3 and Uncharted are better with the rumble feature of the controller.
The picture on the left is the new RT 660GT and the picture on the right is the RT440.
Saitek’s new R660GT racing wheel and pedals is out and its got what a PC gamer wants.
The G-clamp used to brace your racing wheel to the desk is solid built and stable. The wheel interacts with the game to let you feel changes in road surfaces.
The wheel’s soft handle will let you hold a strong grip so the wheel will not slip as you’re attempting to drift and swerve in the race.
The pedals are designed to reflect actual positions in a vehicle and the brake pedal will offer more resistance than the accelerator. The pedal is customizable to each individual user playing the game.
The wheel offers a semi-automatic gear shift lever than can be mounted on the left or right, plus it has two fingertip-controlled shift pedals.
Saitek’s R660GT Force Feedback Wheel is available from www.saitek.com priced £59.99.
Griffin’s iTrip for the PSP will transmit sound from your PSP to a FM radio channel.
The iTrip connected to the PSP takes very little space and blends nicely with the PSP.
The transmitter on the iTrip will shut off automatically after two minutes if no audio is heard for two minutes.
iTrip does have the potential for static, as any radio broadcasts would, and it requires it’s own battery power.
CNet gives a 6.9 on it’s Editors’ rating.
Read more at: CBS News.
Hate to be tangled up in lines when you’re rocking out?
Activision sent out a press release announcing plans for the Guitar Hero III wireless controllers designed by Gibson designs.
I am not sure if Gibson is manufactoring them or giving Activision the rights to the design but players on the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii will be using the exclusive Gibson Guitar’s Les Paul model.
The PS2 gamers will be able to shred on the Gibson’s Kramer guitar.
The ETA for these guitars are early 2008.
Ahh, if only Johnny Depp’s character, Captain Jack Sparrow, only knew about Sony’s plans for a treasure hunt…
The game Sony had envisioned was a pager based system, in which you would receive information on your pager and you would then go on a quest to find the location, respond back, and get information to head to another locations until you reach the end.
Read the PDF for the Sony Patent.
The game which some of you might say is similar to Geocaching might find it interesting to note that Sony had applied for the patent back in 1997 and received approval in Aug. 1999.
Wikipedia shows that the creation of the Geacaching game was created on May. 03, 2000.
What’s truly more interesting is the mention of Letterboxing, which used references to landmarks and clues embedded into stories which is 150 years old!
Remember this picture?
Sapphire - World Cyber Games 2007, originally uploaded by jonjon_01.
It was a picture of the Sapphire System that was being demoed at the World Cyber Games 2007, in Seattle.
AMD has made an announcement, back in Nov. 19, 2007, that they are releasing the Spider system.
The Spider system is the first PC platform to run all AMD systems, from processor, to graphics!
I guess this is what the rep at WCG was talking about.
Sony reps are now stating that the Indian Economic Times misquoted Jim Ryans about the possibility of a PSP mobile phone.
What’s interesting is that Sony Computers Entertainment Europe is working with BT to provide a VOIP-based phone, text, and video services to the PSP devices for European market.
You can read more about it at Strategy Eye.
Of course, you can make VOIP calls with your PSP, right now, if this You Tube vid is correct…
Note that the call is made with the PSP but it uses your regular phone to make local or international calls.