Link: alt.NPR: Press Start What happens when you take a game media commentator and a comedian and throw them into a podcast together with NPR.org systems manager as host? You get alt.NPR's new bi-weekly podcast, Press Start. Press Start is hosted by NPR's Robert Holt, who currenly serves in the capacity of reviewing video games […]
So, why are we so excited for Nintendo’s online support?
Link: Nintendo Players I had never even heard of the Nintendo Players website before I came across it. They have a god-awful looking website, but also a very interesting article that looks at all of the officially announced games and what online capabilities–if any–have been revealed for them. The effect when all of this is […]
PS3 launch will definitely NOT be fun
Link: GamesFirst! Looks like the launch day shortages of PS3’s that Sony announced are going to be worse than expected. An internal Gamestop email expressed concern over how many PS3s their chain (which is the largest videogame retailer and includes Ebgames as well) would have available. A local store that received between 50 and 100 […]
Google’s GBuy hopes to topple PayPal giant
Link: Tech News on ZDNet Looks like Google has an upcoming online payment system called GBuy that could eventually rip control of online payments from eBay's PayPal system (if you didn't already know, eBay purchased PayPal back in 2002 for 1.5 million dollars). "Google's payment system, as a result, holds the potential to monitor which […]
Apple is NOT going to buy Nintendo
I can’t provide a single link because there’s so many news sites “reporting” on this. The originating article can be found on Crave, a tech blog over at CNet UK. The originating article also makes sweeping assumptions based on zero fact and only partially possible rumors. It’s basically a gigantic “wouldn’t it be great if…?” […]
Take-Two taking ‘strong look’ at Wii
Link: Next Generation "The positive [aspect] for us is that we haven't been a big player in the Nintendo platform," said Eibeler. "The reception that [the Wii] received at the E3 show is one that makes us take a real strong look at it. As we grow our sports business, there are opportunities with our […]
Google CEO calls Googlers to act for Net Neutrality
Link: Google Net Neutrality is a serious issue. It's why we have the link on the right to SaveTheInternet.com. That's why it's great to see Google head honcho Eric Schmidt throw his support on the side of the regular internet user. Granted, Google's support has less to do with internet freedom and more to do […]
Sync your Firefox settings with Google
Link: Official Google Blog I use Firefox at work (probably a bit more than I should) and I hate the fact that when I get on my home computer, I have old bookmarks I haven't updated in months, a different homepage, and several websites that I can automatically log into at work, but have to […]
Jon Favreau answers Iron Man questions on MySpace
Link: MySpace.com Now this is a very welcome discovery. 4 Color Rebellion has found out that newly-assigned director of the upcoming Iron Man movie setup a MySpace account for fans of the movie to flock to. Not only that, but is answering–and asking–questions of the fans to get a better idea of what direction the […]
Thanks for the crack, NC Soft…I was missing that
So, I check my email today and LO AND BEHOLD, there's a message from the crack dealers over at NC Soft letting me know that–out of the kindness of their evil hearts–they have reactivated all inactive accounts for the next week so people who have left the game can come back and try out the […]