MTV and Harmonix announced the set list for Rock Band 3 which features Keyboard Support, So I’m buying it for sure, but I have never heard of most the songs.  Likely after releasing every good song of the last 30 years in either American Idol, Guitar Hero, Band Hero, or Rock Band, or Karaoke Revolution, [...]

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You can get early access to Halo Reach on Xbox Live Arcade for a mere 99,999 Gamer Points.  Skip College you were going to fail out anyway, blow your retirement fund you didn’t really want to live anywhere nice when you got old anyways.  For roughly $120k you can get early access to Halo Reach.  [...]

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If you are getting butt kicked at First Person Shooters, like Halo, Modern Warfare 2, or Battle Field 2, this set of simple controller hacks could even the playing field for you.  For the Rapidfire hack you don’t need to solder which is a huge plus, but if you want to relocate the Sprint and [...]

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The Spring Update for the Xbox 360 Dashboard adds a few new fixes and features.  The most notable is the ability to use a Thumb Drive or other USB Mass Storage for your saved games, your profile, and your downloads.   You have to use a device over 1 gigabyte in size, and you can only [...]

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The “Stimulus Package” DLC map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ought to be called a Rape Pack.  I’ll still buy it, but 5 levels for $15 is expensive.  when you buy a game you expect the levels to be something like $1 a level.  Not $3.  To add insult to injury most [...]

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In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. In this massively multiplayer online game from Cryptic Studios, players can pioneer their own destiny as Captain of a Federation starship. Or, they can become a Klingon Warlord and expand the Empire to the far reaches of [...]

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It all started back in 1987, when Square was having a brush with bankruptcy. Displaying some gallows humor, Hironobu Sakaguchi stated that his FINAL game would be a FANTASY role-playing game. And right there, one of the best-selling game series of all time was born. Now, after 12 console games, 1 MMO, two company changes, [...]

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So you bought Forza 3 and the graphics are amazing, the sound is stupendous, and the physics are so real they are kicking your ass.  Let’s Start with assessing which type of Driver you are: My Controller is: a. The Race Wheel b. The Original 360 Controller c. I don’t Care which I use In [...]

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Freeslots.com is all about free slot machines. They are one of the oldest sites (been on the Internet since 1999) like these that offer over 30+ free slots. Some of these games include: Treasures of Egypt (freeslots.com/slot515), bonus Land, Party bonus, Fruit Smoothie, Flaming Crates, Shopping Spree and many other 5-wheel and 3-wheel slot machines. [...]

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Gwen Stefani and her band "No Doubt" are suing Activision Blizzard Inc over how they appear in the game Band Here. Band Hero is similar to Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but allows for multiple players.  A feature of the game allows you to play any song as "No Doubt" Or "Nirvana".  Gwen Stefani was [...]

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Forza 3 is available Tuesday October 26th, but if you need a bit of a fix before then, here is the list of cars in the games.  It is a LONG list. Acura 2009 #9 Patrón Highcroft Racing ARX-02a 2008 #15 Lowe’s Fernandez Racing ARX-01b 2008 #66 de Ferran Motorsports ARX-01b 2009 #66 de Ferran [...]

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Rocking out to Beatles Rock Band is pretty cool, and the ability to have 3 people sing at the same time for 3 part harmonies is a great addition.  If you want the complete song list here you go.  These are the ones bundled with Beatles Rock Band, there are more for download, I’ll update [...]

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While the Champions Online Tutorial is Ok once, it is bit of a bore the second time through.  If you want to get through it as fast as possible this guide will get you through the tutorial in about 20 minutes. When you enter the game after creating your character you will be dropped in [...]

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The PS3 Price Drop was to be expected, and brings the price closer to being where blue ray players are.  Personally I’m more interested in the release of the PS3 Slim which will hit in time for Christmas 2009 "It has always been Sony’s plan to reach the $299 price point. Sony is still operating [...]

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Call of Duty World at War Map Pack 3 (COD WAW Map Pack 3) was recently announced with great new maps. There are 3 maps for multiplayer mode and 1 Nazi Zombie map for the single player coop mode. The Nazi Zombies Der Riese map is actually the Zombie Factory wherein these living corpses are [...]

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Next time there is a debate over the Journalistic quality of blogs vs “real papers” I’m going to drag this flaming pile of poo from Forbes.  Forbes has named 10 MMORPG’s that are the Coolest.  Leaving World of Warcraft off the list. Problem is they didn’t play any of these games, and none of them [...]

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You can likely expect the exchange rate of Virtual Gold to Real Gold to triple this week.  The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that the trade of virtual currency for real currency is no longer legal in China.  Gold Farming is a $200 Million a year business in China.  Most of that money comes from [...]

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Free Realms is a free 3D virtual world with stunning unique graphics and fun, quirky activities. Free Realms is an attitude. It’s innovative, dynamic and deep. Welcome to Free Realms, where there’s so much to see and explore! Be free to choose what you want to be and do the things you want to do. [...]

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You can now Signup and download Chronicles of Spellborn Massive Multiplayer Online Game and begin playing the Open Beta. To gain access to the Open Beta simply download the game at http://spellborn.acclaim.com and login with your Acclaim User ID and password. If you don’t have an Acclaim User ID you can register for free. If [...]

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Helios Linux is a free Linux OS for the PlayStation 3.  Helios Linux is designed to be a high performance PDF and Image server for Mac, Windows and Unix Web Clients.  The Playstation 3 makes a great platform for Helios Linux, as it supports Sata Hard disk, and Gigabit Ethernet, so it can easily handle [...]

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