Some clever pranksters have managed to hack the Wiimote to make it compatible with the AIBO. The project dubbed the Wiibot comes down from University of Calgary and includes a pair of Wiimotes and nunhucks to get the fun loving robot moving.
The instruction manual for the Wii Zapper suggests a second way to use the Wiimote as pictured below, although it doesn\’t seem as if many will be opting for this play method.
Heres a Playstation 3, 3rd party games TV spot made for USA. It highlights games BurnOut Paradise and Metal Gear Solid 4. Compare this to the way the PS3 is marketed in some parts of Europe, which is just plain weird.
According to a Wal-Mart store worker, the retail giant is planning a secret sale on 11/24 which will see the 80GB PS3 come with 10 free Blu-ray movies instantly of which you can select any 10 providing they are under $30 each. And you should also be able to get five free movies via mail too.
One gamer believes he has the solutions to fix the Assassin\’s Creed issues of freezing and frame rate problems which PS3 users are experiencing. He suggests it is wise to not sign into PSN and to disable the information board and this should solve the issues.
Notaz has released a build of his Gensis/MegaDrive/Sega CD/Mega CD emulator for the PSP. It still needs more work, but he\’s decided to release some binaries as well as the source and move onto another project. He claims many Genesis games run fine at full speed with no frameskip as well as some CD ones however there are some CD games that won\’t run too well at all. All the files are available in the forums.
Within this months issue of EGM\’s much talked about Rumor Mill section, Quarterman noted that Konami is making another Metal Gear game title for the PSP and it will not be a spin off as we\’ve seen in the case of Portable Ops.
According to reports, a member of the official Xbox forums posted up the entire list of what can be expected in this Fall\’s Xbox 360 dashboard update, however his original post has been deleted from the official Xbox site. Anyhow, check out the full list inside.
A female gamer has posted up ten of the most frequent comments she gets from Xbox Live players. However, she states that most of the guys are jerks and just say things over and over again and actually think they are the first person to say it. On the list includes, are you really a girl? How old are you, where do you live, Myspace? Girls belong in the kitchen, You sound hot! I bet you\’re hot. Are you hot?
A MC reader has mailed us in a screenshot which suggests Assassin\’s Creed for the Xbox 360 has been mistakenly made available as part of Toys \’R Us\’ buy two Wii games get one free over. Zelda Phantom Hourglass reportedly also qualifies as the Wii game. Hopefully they will fulfill such orders.
Here is the rumored Ninja Gaiden 2 Box Art…
Sony’s hit SingStar franchise is about to hit the PlayStation 3 for the first time, with wannabe crooners in Australia and the UK able to get the game in the first week of December (and perhaps early next year for gamers in the US). While our previous coverage of the game has focused mainly on the updated interface, we managed to spend some more quality time with SingStar PS3 at the eGames Expo in Melbourne to check out the much-vaunted SingStore.
In terms of gameplay (or is that singplay?), SingStar for the PS3 is much the same as previous games in the series. Gamers basically use a USB-attached microphone to sing along to songs, with the game measuring both pitch and timing to gauge how well an individual is doing. The retail disc of SingStar will come packed with 36 songs, but one of Sony’s key additions is the online SingStore, where gamers will be able to buy and download new songs to add to their karaoke collection.
Sony says more than 40 songs will be available for purchase through the SingStore on launch day, with plans to regularly add more in coming months. The SingStore is accessed via the Online section of the main menu of SingStar, with songs available for purchase organised via genres such as pop, rock, indie/alternative, R and B, duets, rap, and more. From the preview build we saw at eGames, it looks like previous SingStar titles–such as SingStar Pop, Rock, and Anthems–will also be available for download. Individual songs will cost from A$2.49 in Australia or 99p in the UK. Downloads sizes seem to be between the 50MB and 65MB mark–this includes the standard definition video clip of the song. Sadly, we couldn’t track down any HD clips in the SingStore in our brief time with the preview build.
But the online traffic doesn’t just flow one way in SingStar. This latest version of the game also allows users to upload pictures and even short video clips of themselves on the microphone (using an attached EyeToy camera, of course) onto SingStar Online, a community-focused site for SingStar PS3 owners around the world. In SingStar Online, users can view other people’s pictures and videos, and even vote via a five-star scale on each person’s performance.
Uploading your rendition of hit songs seems to be a fairly easy process. The recording of both snapshots and 30-60 second clips is all handled automatically once you have an EyeToy camera plugged into the PS3. In every song players sing, the PS3 will randomly take shots. A few times during each song, the camera will also take short snippets of video, with players warned of when they have to put in those extra high notes via a blinking camera indicator in the corner of the screen. Once the song is finished, players can choose to either save or thrash the recording, with the added option of actually uploading the saved section to SingStar Online. Of course, if you’re not the exhibitionist type, you can choose never to upload any of your virtuoso performances.
SingStar for the PS3 looks to be a welcome addition for fans of the series. Look out for the game on Aussie and UK store shelves soon.
-If Its Games
caffeinemessiah writes “The New York Times has a story about a Korean kids’ camp for ‘curing’ Internet addiction. ‘Seventeen hours a day online is fine,’ said one such kid at the camp. From the article: ‘Drill instructors drive young men through military-style obstacle courses, counselors lead group sessions, and there are even therapeutic workshops on pottery and drumming … this year, the camp held its first two 12-day sessions, with 16 to 18 male participants each time. (South Korean researchers say an overwhelming majority of compulsive computer users are male.)’”.