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Microsoft announces the next Xbox, the Xbox One

Earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the new Xbox, called the Xbox One. As evident by the new minimalistic boxy design, the One is being billed less as just a console and more of a home entertainment portal, where games, music, movies and TV shows all share more or less equal billing. And as expected, the One also comes with a newer version of Kinect built in, so that ordering your Xbox around to play games or find movies will become commonplace.

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OUYA UNBOXING

I’m excited to share this unboxing photoset of the indie video game console Ouya. As a backer I got my hands on an early console prior to the scheduled retail launch later this summer.

Ouya comes with everything you need for easy setup:

- an Ouya console
- one wireless controller (with batteries)
- cables for setup (power and HDMI)

The console box itself has the etched Angel List that includes the names of the $10,000 tier backers and their place amongst the 63,416 backers who helped bring Ouya to market.

The controller has the heft and feel of a traditional console controller. The touchpad area works well; although I’ve only really used it for moving an onscreen cursor.

The only out of place thing to mention is the included booklet doesn’t have setup instructions or include any type of user manual; it’s just a safety guidelines and information booklet.

Now I’m off to starting playing around with this new console and see what all it has to offer. Stay tuned for my impressions post coming soon on the Ouya. Meanwhile I’m counting the days until I can play Airtight Games’ Soul Fjord.

If you’re interested in picking one up, you can pre-order them direct from Ouya’s online store or online at Amazon right here. The retail release date for the Ouya is June 25.

posted 16 May, 2013
by cranberryzero
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Mortal Kombat, the live tour promo from 1996

This is a real thing that happened in the 90s, and people actually paid money to see it.

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Guy 3D prints all 32 obtainable items from the original Legend of Zelda

In the original Legend of Zelda for the NES, there were a total of 32 items you could get throughout the game to finish your quests and win the game. At the time, filling up that inventory with books and swords and scrolls and rafts and boots made you feel like the biggest badass ever. And now some dude has 3D printed every single one of those items, making him the biggest badass ever. Well not ever, but for today.

XCOM is now 66% off on Steam

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is on Steam sale for $13.59. Just thought you should know.

Link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/200510/

IHC After Dark: Your N64 controller loves the way you touch it

Do a barrel roll, baby.

I’ve got one of these on each finger. I’m unstoppable.

Daily Discussion: What was the last game you played on your phone?

If you have a mobile phone with any sort of games on it at all, what was the last game you played?

EA will be taking over the Star Wars video game franchise

With Lucasarts firing all of its game development staff, the future of future Star Wars games seemed in jeopardy. There will be a future for Star Wars video games, but unfortunately, it will be with EA. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!

posted 09 May, 2013
by Ted
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Bethesda announces ‘Wolfenstein: The New Order’

The original Wolfenstein 3D is a classic, but attempts to follow up have usually been pretty half ass. Bethesda will be publishing a new Wolfenstein game called ‘Wolfenstein: New Order’ that sounds like it’s a going to be a reimagining of the original with modern graphics and game play. Other than that, there isn’t a whole lot of info right now.