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Physics Processing Unit, the Latest Buzz in PC Gaming?
Remember how 3Dfx impressed the world with its idea of offloading 3D graphics processing from the CPU to a separate add-in card? Similar for Creative who made sound cards that took over the audio processing task from the CPU. Today, AGEIA – a fairly unknown company as of now – has introduced a new technology [...]
Continue reading...Korean Air Force Hiring Gamers
23. March 2006
Starting next month, the South Korean Air Force will begin recruiting professional online Korean gamers (read: pros who has gaming as a job) for development of their war-simulation programs. Just like over here in Singapore, any men over the age of 20 have to serve in the military for 24 to 28 months. This alternate [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft To Boost Shipments of Xbox 360 This Week
23. March 2006
For those who has been facing difficulties getting a set of Xbox 360 offline will like this. According to Reuters, Microsoft will be up’ing the shipments of the Xbox 360 this week by two to three times. This is done to address the issue of shortages that has been around since the product was launched [...]
Continue reading...PS3 News: 60GB Hard Drive Comes As Standard
20. March 2006
According to Yahoo! Games, confirmations are in that the PlayStation 3 will all ship with a 60GB hard drive as a standard. In addition, optional upgrades for higher capacities will be available – although it’s unknown if we could buy an upgraded console, or that we have to buy the upgrade separately. This is great news [...]
Continue reading...Nintendo DS Lite will be available in 3 colors
11. February 2006
Looks like the Nintendo DS Lite that is to be launched on 2nd March will be available in 3 beautiful colors, namely Crystal White, Ice Blue, and Enamel Navy. Thumbs up to Nintendo for not milking the consumers by keeping the other two colors for a later date.
Continue reading...Nintendo DS Goes Lite
1. February 2006
White gadgets sell well these days. Apparently, Nintendo agrees. And so we have here the new Nintendo DS Lite. It’s lighter, weighing 218g. And it’s smaller, measuring 133 x 73.9 x 21.5mm. With some rocket science calculations, we came to the conclusion that the new Lite design is 79.2% lighter and 38.6% smaller. That’s [...]
Continue reading...Size Up Those Game Consoles
30. December 2005
I don’t believe I’ve seen any mention of Nintendo Revolution’s dimensions anywhere on the web. So I’m actually quite surprised that it’s this small when placed beside the rest of the game consoles. Its sides are merely that of a DVD case! Even though we know that the Revolution’s specs aren’t anything like the Xbox [...]
Continue reading...Nintendo Confirms that the Revolution Will Debut Below $340
30. December 2005
If you’ve been following closely on the Nintendo Revolution’s development (Sorry, gotta admit I’m not giving it enough coverage), you would’ve known that the Revolution will probably debut at a price below that of the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. But of course, we all love that feeling of reassurance whenever we get an [...]
Continue reading...I Never Knew a Xbox 360 Picture Could Be Art
15. December 2005
Last week, some poor chap bought this Xbox 360 picture for £470 (US$833) from eBay. Notice the third-last sentence on this second picture below. It reads “This auction is not for a Xbox 360 system, but instead a picture of one”. Kinda pity the victim, but I sure had a good laugh. As with any online [...]
Continue reading...Pertelian External LCD Display, No More Alt-Tabs When Gaming
9. December 2005
I wish I had this during my EverQuest days! The Pertelian External LCD Display allows you to check your instant messengers and emails, control your media players, check the weather (what for? you’re probably too hardcore a gamer to go outside anyway) or even check stock informations – All without having to interrupt your gaming [...]
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