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Disappearing Act: What Happened to Sixaxis?

From the very beginning, Sixaxis motion controls on the PlayStation 3 have constantly been under scrutiny.  The complaints have not so much been that the hardware doesn’t work, but instead that games aren’t able to incorporate the motion controls into a fun game play experience.  In game review after game review, critics shame developers for [...]

Business Trip Survival Tactics

For the last several days, I’ve been traveling around the Midwest for work. Over the weekend I had a conference in a small, rural town in Lamoni, IA – home of Graceland University (shameless plug for Alma mater) – and then it was on to the headquarters for my company/church in Missouri. As I write, [...]

Random Video: Zune Painters Prefer to Use Their Asses

I came across a video this morning and didn’t know what to say. This may very well be one of the biggest, “WHAT THE HELL!?!” moments in advertisement history. Check out this ad for the Microsoft Zune and draw conclusions for yourself. Personally I thought of it as more of an editorial [...]

Random Thoughts from the Gameless Gamer: Long Distance Connections

Well gamers, I often try to keep my personal life to myself, however, I could not come up with a topic that would be enlightening enough for all of you. So after talking to Andygoes, we decided upon a topic that seems technologically focused: Internet communication.
My parents were out this past week and my [...]

Random Video: Pocket Sized Homemade NES Console

Once again the ingenuity of gamers show through! Some patient soul has figured out how to make a fully functional NES console that will fit in your pocket. Granted, this does employ the use of emulators, but it is an achievement all the same. Everything on the device has been repurposed from [...]