Full FeedHallmark’s Christmas 2009 Galaga arcade cabinet ornament
As a followup to the 2008 Pac-Man mini arcade cabinet ornament, Hallmark is sticking with the same theme.
This year’s ornament is a miniaturized reproduction of the Galaga arcade cabinet (QXI1365) complete with mini buttons, mini joystick, lights and sounds. Press the buttons and you are treated to several seconds of classic tuneage including the intro and what sounds like the first wave of diving aliens. The top panel of the cabinet also lights up so the Galaga logo glows a bit. Aside from the effects, the cabinet also features a mini “screen shot” of the game.
Gamertell Review: Opticon and IntelliScanner Mini handheld laser barcode scanners
This was originally going to a two separate reviews, one for the Opticon OPN-2100 handheld laser scanner and another the IntelliScanenr Mini handheld laser scanner. After using both with Collectorz Game Collector (and Movie Collector) software, however, I could not find any discernible differences in physical design or performance.
The main differences in the products are tiny cosmetics, the accompanying accessories and the prices.
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RelatedSwag of the Day: Wooden crate of SqueeBalls
When your friendly neighborhood delivery person (hey Tim) comes to your door with a wooden crate in tow and you didn’t order anything, you know it’s going to be fun.
It’s been a while since I’ve received notable swag from game company - I blame the economy - but this one proved to be especially interesting.
Prying open the nailed down wood lid to the small wooden crate revealed a dozen plush (read: stuffed) SqueeBalls Party creatures.
Rumor Mill: French site claims Wii 2 to feature Blu-ray, available 2010 (updated)
The big rumor of the day is that Nintendo is planning to release the Wii 2 in 2010 and the newer system will include a Blu-ray drive.
The rumor comes courtesy of French language site Logic-Sunrise which cites a “very stable source” (at lest that’s how Yahoo’s BableFish translates it). It also indicates that Nintendo may be waiting to announce the Wii 2 until one month prior to the system’s release.
Click through for a rumored feature list…
PS2 turns nine, Sony says system’s “life cycle will continue”
Sony’s PlayStation 2 console may have just turned nine but for fans in the know that may seem to mean there’s only one year left to the system’s life.
So when Sony sent out a press release earlier today touting the PS2’s ninth birthday, I contacted Sony to find out whether or not this is the system’s final year.
Click though for the official word…
Gamertell Review: Collectorz Game Collector 3.2 Pro software
If you’ve been gaming for longer than five years, you’ve likely amassed an impressive collection of games so large your friends and significant other complain about not being able to find that one game they always like to play.
That’s where Collectorz’s Game Collector application can come in rather handy.
No Blu-ray for You 2: Major Nelson refutes Ballmer’s Blu-ray-for-Xbox 360 comment
In response to to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s comments concerning the possible future use of Blu-ray drives as accessories on the Xbox 360, Xbox Live’s Director of Programming, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb posted this on his web site:
During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact…
Balloon Boy, the Flash game. No, really
In case you weren’t already annoyed by the recent media attention spent on Falcon “Balloon Boy” Henne, HeyZap has decided to distribute an online Flash game featuring the l’il faux-lebrity’s likeness and really rub it in.
In the game (embedded below) you use your WASD or arrow keys to move Henne, who floating via a weather balloon, and use the mouse to aim and shoot down oncoming birds, rainbows, helicopters and other objects collect more time and waste taxpayers money. It even has a running total of money earned, uh, wasted by people playing the game, er, Henne’s media attention.
Maybe Blu-ray for You: Microsoft’s Ballmer talks about Blu-ray for the Xbox 360
In an interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Gizmodo pulled out a revealing tidbit concerning the possibility of Blu-ray being playable on the Xbox 360 game system.
Microsoft, which had sided with HD-DVD and then HD digital downloads in the late, great high-def format war of 2008, has basically flipped a corporate assertion that Blu-ray would never be playable on the console.
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Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.
