The Four-eyed Journal

Okay, okay don’t get too excited. The title of the post is just an idea I got from this story from PC Magazine on how XBOX 360’s are being used in the United States to get first-time voters, especially the youth to register as voters. All this in preparation for the upcoming November Presidential elections [...]

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Since late last year, I’ve been mulling over the idea of getting a new desktop PC. Specifically, I’m looking for a new gaming rig, not something that at the top of the line as it will break my budget and force me to drop from school for a semester but something in the middle-range [...]

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Now here’s a more responsible and tech-savvy government, Yahoo! News reports that the Scottish government will be targeting gamers with ads against drinking and driving via games on the XBOX 360. The 10,000 pound ($20,000) trial project will see the ads appear on virtual billboards within several games for Microsoft Xbox consoles, including “Need for Speed: [...]

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Would this be the real 'iPhone killer' or something totally new and awesome in its own right? Or has SCE and Sony Ericsson has finally learned enough from the tragedy of Nokia's N-gage that they feel and think they could prove that this concept can be a real success story. They succeeded in combining the Walkman and Cyber-shot brands with phones so it's much closer to reality than if other companies would take a shot at it. What would it looke like? Would you get one?

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Here’s a round-up of the latest news about the gaming industry. Web 2.0 Is Old News! Sony Gives You Game 3.0 according to Playfuls.com With a not-so-good performance sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 console, the industry leader has pulled something out of its sleeve; Game 3.0. What does Game 3.o specifically mean though? Sony unveiled a new real-time [...]

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I don’t have my own Wii console, and would probably never get one, but I could hardly blame Nintendo for these mishaps connected with the Wii. No one could be solely blamed for this. Heck, I nearly broke my wrist when I was still playing Need for Speed Most Wanted PC(aff) with Logitech’s Momo Racing wheel last year. We gamers just have to be extra careful when we play games, especially the ones that engage us the most. I remember my sweet childhood days literally screaming and jumping about while I play Pacman on the classic Atari console.

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