Filed under: Gaming

We love Sony, so naturally we tend to give ‘em a hard time. It’s nothing personal, that’s just the pecking order; we just hold them in such high regard that when they slip up, say something stupid, or just do that thing they always seem to do to piss off their customers, we’re there to give ‘em a slap on the wrist — just like we would other any company. This time we’re going to have to give them the benefit of the doubt — we want to give them the benefit of the doubt, because we really don’t want to believe Sony would drop the infinity sign (which, of course, closely resembles an toppled figure between the P and S (we presume for PlayStation) in a supposed trademark application they filed for their PlayStation controller with the Japanese patent office. We can’t prove this is actually legit, but that’s the word on the street according to GameFront.de, whose PooS logo image (above) doesn’t even look close to the regular PlayStation / Spiderman type we know they’ve become so anal about using everywhere. Our advice: don’t believe the infinite amounts of hype, until further notice we’re calling BooS on this one.

[Via Digital Battle]

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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Gaming, Peripherals

The last time we spotted the PSP EyeToy, it was slated for a September release and looking pretty shiny. It’s looking just the same, but this time Japanese site ITmedia has managed to get a cloeseup with the device. As far as anyone knows, the EyeToy is still due for September, but the picture does reveal the camera to be a 1.3 megapixel model. Sony has been pretty mum about the capabilities of the camera other than a new video chat service, which is due for October, but we’re sure they’ll find a way to put all that faux-chrome goodness to good use.

[Via Gotakon]

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Filed under: Gaming, Wearables

We can’t say you’re going to look like a total stud walking around in your new “Powered Shoes” virtual reality gear, but if you’re like us and studliness was never an option, then why not throw all fashion to the wind and strap on a bit of VR gadgetry? The basic premise is the motorized rollerskate wheels, which allow you to stay in place while walking, and track those movements to a simulation or game. Once you get everything up and running you can blaze along at a whole 2 feet per second, which might make virtual world even more boring than this one, but it’s the principle of the thing, no?

[Via MAKE]

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Deal of the Day: $75 off on 18k White Gold Three-Stone Diamond Ring (1/4 ct. tw.) Code: NOW070406. Valid from 07-04-2006 00:00:00 (PST) till 07-04-2006 23:59:59 (PST)

Lucy swoops on a trapeze across a sky twinkling with diamonds, Mr Kite presides over a psychedelic circus of stiltwalkers and acrobats, and the unmistakable voices of John, Paul, George and Ringo fill the surround sound-equipped arena. With a lit

The gaming arena continues to be sparked by ongoing development in the Las Vegas market, which according to the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority generated $7.6 billion in gaming revenue during 2005. Dan Ahrens explains, ‘It is important to u

Perceptibly confident that they’ve enough goodies to fill a small bag, Sony has shown 20 minutes of footage from the upcoming ‘Casino Royale’ to patrons of the Cinema Expo International. Apparently what was shown, bought the house down. (I do hope so

If you look west from Germany these days you’ll see America stifling a yawn at the World Cup. Despite a doubling of TV ratings for the first-round matches this month, before the U.S. squad failed miserably, soccer still ranks below televised poker

Torbay’s prospective casino may not be up and running until 2010, according to a leading gambling charity. Should the resort get the green light for one of 16 sought-after casinos from the Government in December, it looks like it could be a length

Filed under: Gaming, Laptops

Yo, Rock just dropped two new low-to-mid range gamer laptops into the mix with their Pegasus 660 and Quaddra TX2 (pictured left-to-right, we think). The 6.8-pound Pegasus model brings a 15.4-inch, 1280 x 768 display, Intel Core Duo, nVidia GeForce Go 7600 graphics with 256MB onboard memory, 120GB disk, 2GB RAM, and even a silent mode which kills the fan and throttles back the CPU to a cool runnin’ 1GHz. Not big enough, Jack? Then try on the Quaddra TX2 which packs in a 17-inch, 1680 x 1050 pixel, X-Glass anti-reflective screen, AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core proc, Bluetooth, WiFi, 1.3 megapixel cam, and the same GeForce Go 7600 graphics card, disk and RAM squeezed into a 7.7-pound, 1.4-inch thick slab. The Pegasus 660 should pull £1,060/$1,924 while the TX2 will demand just a bit more at £1,175/$2,133. Both should begin shipping in the next few weeks.

[Via Stuff]

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Betfair Poker will add €10,000 to the ‘Main Event’ prize pool at the Irish Classic Poker Festival. Cork’s Macau Casino is hosting the festival and has teamed up with Betfair Poker to put on the Main Event. With an expected 170 runners paying €100

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

Good news for GP2X owners: Gamepark Holdings (not to be confused with Gamepark, makers of the similarly-named XGP) has just released a breakout board that will turn your handheld console into a fully-functional, albeit underpowered, home PC. The board plugs into the EXT port on your device and features audio and video outs for hooking up an external monitor and sound system, four USB ports for attaching keyboards, mice, and joysticks, and RS232 and Jtag connectors for reflashing your firmware or running a debugging script on software you’ve developed. Although the kit — available now for just $46 — can be employed to create a home DivX or digital audio system, it will probably be most widely used in building emulation cabinets around the open-source, Linux-powered player.

[Via DCEmu]

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Reuters - Shareholders in video game maker Nintendo
Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) rejected a company proposal that would have
allowed its board to decide the timing and size of dividends
without their approval, the company said on Thursday.

The Ultimate Blackjack Tour is a series of blackjack tournaments held around the world with a new format that makes the tournaments even more exciting. CBS signed a two…

AFP - Clicking to destroy demons, escape terror or hit a six in cricket are common video game scenarios on mobile phones.

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AFP - The US entertainment industry will be increasingly convergent, with original storylines packaged and released across several media concurrently, said video game and film developers in Hollywood.

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TechWeb - Consumers who download select games to the PC from the RealArcade site will view a 10- to- 15-second advertisement before the game begins.

Reuters - Parents may worry that violent video
games are bad for their children, but the technology can help
save the world by raising awareness of the world's downtrodden,
a group of socially conscious game designers say.