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There’s only a few days left and you still haven’t bought a gift for that tech geek in your life. What do you do? Look at this handy guide to the best Geek gifts of the year that’s what.  Here are the top 7 gifts, as organized by ExtremeTech, to… Continue Reading »

Times are tough right now, with so many people unemployed, struggling to pay off debts and mortgages and bracing themselves for hard times. It may be difficult to imagine paying obscene amounts of money for luxury gifts this holiday season, unless you’re rich or something. It doesn’t hurt to dream… Continue Reading »

Title: The Horus Heresy: Mechanicum Author: Graham McNeill Publisher: The Black Library Release Date: November 25, 2008 Price: $7.99 Rating: One thumb up and one thumb sideways, 80/100, B-, *** out of five. Pros: It’s an entirely new presentation to The Horus Heresy series and focuses on a group other… Continue Reading »

Duh statement of the century: gamers love to play games. However, most gamers also love to read about, watch, wear and hear about games or game-related stuff, so we put together a hot little list of non-game items that gamers will go gaga over this holiday. Besides - we can… Continue Reading »

Product: dreamGear’s Wii Dual Glow Sabers (aka Dual Glow Lightsabers for Wii) Price: $34.99 Rating: One thumb sideways, one thumb down; 67/100; D+; * 1/2 out of five. Pros: You get two in one package. Light construction does not interfere with motion. Hilt is very shiny. Cons: Does not make… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: dreamGear's Dual Glow Lightsabers for Wii

Title: The Dark Knight (aka Batman: The Dark Knight, Batman Begins 2, The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience) Price: $35.99 Format(s): *Blu-ray (DVD, Digital Download) Release Date: December 9, 2008 Publisher: Warner Home Video Rating: “PG-13” Pros: Amazing quality video and audio of a great movie that doesn’t lose anything… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: The Dark Knight Blu-ray scans

Title: InCharge Price: $34.99 System(s): Xbox 360 (also available for Wii) Release Date: September 2, 2008 Publisher (Developer): TeknoCreations Pros: Comes with rechargeable battery packs, charges two at the same time and easy-to-read charge indicator LED. battery pack lighter than two regular AA batteries. Cons: Charging battery pack by itself… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: InCharge for Xbox 360 by TeknoCreations

Along with novelty gift cards, the other inexpensive plastic tchockies I like to scout for are kids meal toys. As a followup to last year’s Wendy’s Wii toys, Burger King is offering this year’s Wii-related tiny toys intended for tots (but not those under the age of three,  of course).… Continue Reading »

System: iPod Touch Price: $229 (8GB), $299 (16GB) and $399 (32GB) Release Date: September 2008 (2nd generation) Publisher (Developer): Apple Pros: Incredible audio support and very accurate touchscreen and accelerometer (motion) controls. Lots of games to choose from including standard casual, card and puzzle games, as well as several system-only… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: iPod Touch - Installing a game from the Apple App Store

While dashing through my nearest Target store, I passed a rack stacked with tins in the underwear, er, pajamas section. The tins, priced at $9.99 each, include a set of colorful men’s boxers that reflect the packaging: a Wii (as in the console), a red Guitar Hero guitar, black Guitar… Continue Reading »