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#Wii, #Hacking, #Video Games, #Nintendo

Wii hackers have become a thriving community of game-lovers that make the most out of a console that offers very little.

#Movies, #Blu-Ray, #Update, #Personal, #Video Games, #C#, #Programming, #XNA Framework

So, things have gotten a little better. Of course they aren't great, but I'm working on that.

#NDS, #Nintendo, #Nintendo DS, #Video Games

Well, I'm hoping I won't be upgrading, but knowing me I'll pick one up the week it's released in the US. But I do have my reservations about the upgrade, and for those that are interested, you can find out more after the break.

#WRV, #Weakly Random Video, #Dreamcast, #Video Games, #Chu Chu Rocket, #Japanese, #Weird

Because I love the japanese, the dreamcast, and the song. Video after the break.

#WRV, #Weakly Random Video, #Segata, #Sega, #Saturn, #Video Games, #YouTube

Holy crap is it the weekend again already? Time for another Weakly Random Video! Last weeks Japanese game commercial reminded me of one Segata Sanshiro, the Sega of Japan mascot for the Sega Saturn. I've embedded a playlist (which I know will screw up my sites xhtml, but I'll work on that later. For now, it works). The playlist contains all 20 Segata commercials, the music video (yes, it's true), and a short little documentary about the gaming icon at the very end (worth watching, although it has all the commercials in it again).

#The Simpsons, #Video Games, #Nintendo DS, #NDS, #Platformer, #WRV, #Weakly Random Video

The Simpsons, for all it's amazing humor throughout the years, has always been one one thing in the eyes of video gamers: a much-maligned cash cow. Simpson's Hit & Run and Simpsons Road Rage were about the only Simpsons games that have done well in recent years, and those were just driving games. The Simpsons Arcade game is one of my favourite platformers, but really just because it's the Simpsons. But the slew of low-quality, extremely difficult (at least for me as a child) Simpsons games on the NES and SNES/Genesis were never very well received. Virtual Bart, Krusty's Super Fun House, and Bart Vs. The World are just a few of the titles which seemed to be average platformers with Simpsons characters haphazardly thrown about.
Hopefully, The Simpsons new DS game will change all that, and bring back some of the platforming elements of the Arcade game. Video after the break.

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#Amazon.com, #DotD, #Deal of the Day, #Final Fantasy, #Chocobo, #Cute, #Video Games, #NDS, #Nintendo

Amazons Deal of the Day got my interest right away: Final Fantasy Chocobo Tales for the Nintendo DS priced at $20. I've heard some mixed reviews on forums, but the reviews seem pretty decent: An 8.3 (impressive) from IGN; an 8.0 (great) from Gamespot; 67% Fresh on RottonTomatoes; and an 8.3 from users on Metacritic, with 75 generally favorable reviews. Seems not too bad.
The game is essentially a bunch of minigames with cute, large, yellow chicken-like birds (the Chocobos, whom we all know and love). The games range from typical Mario Party fare to some sort of card game (which I got really excited about hearing because that was one of my favorite aspects of FFVIII and FFIX).
Of course, with all DotD's, it may drop to $15, or even $10 (VERY unlikely), so you may want to bide your time; but don't wait too long or it will turn back into a pumpkin at midnight.

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#Final Fantasy, #Video Games, #Deal of the Day, #Amazon.com

For those that don't have it yet, Amazon has their video game DotD up for the 23rd: Final Fantasy XII for $22.99. Not a bad price at all for a new game.

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#Escape the Room, #Video Games, #Crimson Room, #Puzzle Game, #Puzzles, #Veridian Room, #Chambers

Lately I have been on a bit of a puzzle kick. My friend Wane Theisis came over earlier this week for Spring Break and we played some Resident Evil 4. So far not too many puzzles, but a great game none-the-less. I then found a game online that I had totally forgotten about: Crimson Room. It's basically a flash based puzzle game where you escape the room you mysteriously awoke in. There are various follow-ups such as Veridian Room, White Chamber, and Blue Chamber, but Crimsons a good place to start. You can find the main page for all the games in the source.

And, I believe I will be making a Escape the Room game myself, if I don't lose motivation/forget about it.

So what are some of your favourite puzzle games? Oddworld? Myst? Perplex City? MOTAS, the start of the ETR genre? Or something nobody's heard of? Alright now discuss, but no spoilers!

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#MAME, #Video Games, #Arcade Games, #Emulation, #DIY

I want to build a MAME cabinet. For those not in the know, MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. MAME itself is an emulator of arcade games with the intent of preserving gaming history and preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten. This is an application anyone can run on their home computer, which in turn runs ROMS; basically images of arcade games dumped to a file. You might recognize the ROM portion as pertaining to CD-ROM's; ROM simply stands for Read Only Memory, meaning it is data which can not be changed, but is rather simply read.
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