Archive for the 'Gaming' Category

ESPN Streaming Coming To Xbox 360?

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

As if you needed another impetus to abandon cable and satellite TV, The New York Times is reporting behind closed door dealings are afoot between Microsoft and Walt Disney Company, with order of business being ESPN streaming via Xbox 360. According to the anonymous source, live streams of sporting events à la the now aptly-titled [...]

Leopard And Snow Leopard Flaw Exploited in Proof of Concept, Real-world Tomfoolery Surely Coming Soon

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Look at you, all cuddled up with your Leopard install, sipping on a steamy hot cocoa, watching the snow fall outdoors, and thinking you don’t have a care in the world. We hate to break it to ya but you do have a care, a big one, thanks to a proof of concept hack exploiting [...]

‘Xbox Live Games’ To Plug Windows Mobile into Xbox Ecosystem At Last? Wouldn’t That Make Too Much Sense?

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

We don’t want to get our hopes up again, after having them repeatedly bashed against the rocks by a merciless Microsoft that’s spoke quite highly of the potential synergy of its brands and yet so far held its mobile and gaming segments far apart, but this sounds promising. Apparently a slide from some internal Microsoft [...]

Ben Heck’s PS3 Slim Laptop Pops Up For Sale on Ebay

Monday, January 4th, 2010

You’re probably already familiar with the work of modder / hacker extraordinaire, Benjamin Heckendorn… and if you’re not, well, maybe it’s time to familiarize yourself with his work. Regardless, some of his fantastic handiwork has shown up on Ebay for sale, and while we don’t want to counsel you to foolishlessly spend loads of hard-earned [...]

HTC HD2 Plays Tekken 3 Using FPSECE Emulator

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Not much to say here other than there’s a PlayStation emulator for the HD2 and it bloody well works! The original gangster of consoles, already emulated on other WinMo devices such as Toshiba’s TG01, has made its way to HTC’s finest thanks to version 0.10 of the First PlayStation Emulator for Windows [...]

Datel Claims New Action Replay Works on PSP Go, We Hope Cautiously

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Now this is interesting. Datel, which is well known for enabling all sorts of hacks on varying consoles, seems to have just introduced a refreshed version of its Action Replay PSP. What’s new, you ask? Why, PSP Go support, of course! In the item description, we’re told that those using this [...]

Xbox 360 Laptop Brings Retro Looks To An eBay Near You

Friday, December 25th, 2009

If you thought only a semi-deity like Ben Heck could splice consoles into laptop-shaped cases, here’s some evidence to the contrary. This week, CollinE from Ben’s forums put the finishing touches to his own, rather professional looking, Xbox 360 laptop. Adorned in a red and black color scheme that features a throwback giant X on [...]

PS3 Dipped in Gold Appeals To Our ‘Elitist Doofus’ Sensibilities

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Here’s the thing. Merely dipping something in 22 carat gold does not necessarily mean we’ll like it better… but it’s a semi-decent start. Now, we know a PS3 literally covered in gold and diamonds isn’t exactly “news,” nor is it anything we haven’t seen before with other consoles. It is, however, a stark reminder that [...]

Pandora Hits Some Production Snags, Will Miss The Holidays

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Concerned for a long-suffering Pandora pre-orderer in you life? Well, you might want to keep them away from sharp knives and their dormant SD card full of rare ROMs for the next few weeks. The device has seemed tantalizingly close in recent months, but new word from the front lines means that we won’t be [...]

Pandora Hits Some Production Snags, will Miss The Holidays

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Concerned for a long-suffering Pandora pre-orderer in you life? Well, you might want to keep them away from sharp knives and their dormant SD card full of rare ROMs for the next few weeks. The device has seemed tantalizingly close in recent months, but new word from the front lines means that we won’t be [...]