May 6, 2010 - 10:15 pm - Posted by Sean
Capcom vs SNK is one thing, but a fighting game that pits Nintendo against Capcom, Irem, Sunsoft, Hudson, Taito, Namco, Konami and Sega?
If only Capcom, Nintendo and Konami could work out the licensing details and produce a game like this… man… I would so buy it.
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May 6, 2010 - 9:15 am - Posted by Sean
When American students, going to American schools, are sent home on Cinco de Mayo for wearing t-shirts with U.S. flags on them, a line has been crossed.
Administrators at a California high school sent five students home on Wednesday after they refused to remove their American flag T-shirts and bandannas – garments the school officials deemed “incendiary” on Cinco de Mayo.
The actions taken seem to me like a blatant violation of the students’ First Amendment right to free speech.
After hearing about this story, I’m seriously pissed off to no end. Why is it ok for everyone but “white Americans” to be proud of their heritage? To me that’s just racist.
Read the full story via FOXNews.com
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April 25, 2010 - 2:15 pm - Posted by Sean
The days of the 3.5-inch floppy disk are now officially numbered.
Sony, which boasts 70 percent of the market, announced Friday that it would end Japanese sales of the ancient storage medium in March 2011, according to a report in the Mainichi Daily newspaper.
The 3.5-inch floppy was a ubiquitous and necessary component for storing and transferring files between personal computers for nearly three decades.
Sony pioneered the 3.5-inch floppy disk in 1981, eventually replacing the 5.25-inch floppy disk that had previously been the popular storage format.
This is sad news for sure. Time to stock up on 3.5″ floppies since I can still use them for my Commodore 1581 disk drive.
Source: CNET News
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April 10, 2010 - 7:21 pm - Posted by Sean
I’m completely in shock that this Atari 2600 Air Raid cartridge and box just sold for $31,600.00 USD on eBay. At least there is free shipping 
In the last 37 seconds of the auction, things really started to pop. It was at $14,000.00 USD with 48 bids, then kaboom! It jumps from $14,600.00 to $31,600.00 USD with 52 bids for this CIB Air Raid cartridge.
There are not too many of the Air Raid cartridges still around today and this is the only known one complete in box. According to various sources, there are only 13 Air Raid cartridges known to still be around after all these years.
According to eBay seller aa0154:
I clearly remember buying this game back in 1984 or 1985. My mother had taken me to a Tuesday Morning store in Arlington Texas. It was near the corner of Arkansas Lane and Medline Drive. Not too long after I purchased it, I got an Atari 800 and stopped playing the 2600. Since then, the Air Raid cartridge has been boxed up in my garage along with my 2600 and other games for over 20 years. The game box was stored separately and I just found it. I had no idea that I still had these game boxes.
For those who don’t follow Atari 2600 cartridge collecting, Air Raid is an R10 on the Atari 2600 rarity scale. R1 is super common and R10 is “Unbelievably Rare”.
I wonder who the lucky winner was of this auction? I’m sure we’ll hear more about it in the coming days on major internet new sources.
Source: eBay auction – Air Raid cartridge complete in box.
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March 30, 2010 - 11:21 pm - Posted by Sean
Have you ever wondered what Dark Side of the Moon would sound like if Pink Floyd had written it for the Nintendo NES?
Thanks to the hard work of Canadian Brad Smith, he’s remixed the entire album in 8-bit Nintendo glory:
Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is an all-time rock classic, but that’s provided you’re listening to it on a record or CD, until now.
For those wondering, it’s available for download from the MOON8 project site.
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December 5, 2009 - 4:56 pm - Posted by Sean
Not only am I a fan of video games, I’m also a huge fan of video game music. All anyone has to do is take a look at my Apple iPod to see that.
Now that the holidays are upon us it’s only appropriate to have some video game themed Christmas music to rock around the Christmas tree.
This album 100% inspired by games. It’s Rush Coil’s “8-bit Christmas”:
There are 12 tracks in all on the album. You can sample them at the official web page and it’s also available to purchase for $4.00 USD.
If you use last.fm, be sure to check out the Rush Coil last.fm page too.
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October 5, 2009 - 7:56 pm - Posted by Sean
Well my early release copy of Guitar Hero Van Halen showed up today. As we know it won’t be released to the masses until December 22, 2009.
I was sad to see it only comes in a sleeve and not a hard shell case like normal 360 games, but for free I really can’t complain.
It did come with a letter from Kai Huang, the founder of Guitar Hero and a couple promotional posters.
If you want the manual, you can download it from the website. It even says “For Promotional Purposes Only – Not For Resale” on the disc and sleeve which is sort cool.
Anyway, after receiving the game, I pretty much played straight through and finished it for Guitar on medium.
Now I’m in search of other people who have 360′s who also received or will be receiving an early release thanks to the Guitar Hero 5 purchase so we can get some online play going since it will be close to 3 months before the general public gets to play.
If you want to exchange gamertags, comment below and lets get to rocking some Guitar Hero Van Halen.
Overall I think the game is pretty solid. I am bummed that Michael and Sammy are not in the game or songs from the Hagar era, but again, for what the game is, it’s pretty good.
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May 3, 2009 - 5:01 pm - Posted by Sean
Just finished unlocking all the characters for Street Fighter IV – Xbox 360 edition. It only took a little over 4 hours.
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