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Nintendo Partners with MENC to Bring Wii Music to Classrooms

Thursday, January 15, 2009

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Nintendo Partners with MENC to Bring Wii Music to Classrooms

As part of a collaboration with MENC: The National Association for Music Education, Nintendo will be bringing its Wii consoles and Wii Music games to schools in over 51 cities nationwide. The games are to serve as a resource that educators can easily work into their standard curricula in order to teach the basics of [...]

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KORG DS-10 Synthesizer Review (DS)

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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<em>KORG DS-10 Synthesizer</em> Review (DS)

We are KORG. You will be sequenced. Resistance is adjustable.

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8-bit Jesus: A Christmas Album For Gamers

Sunday, December 21, 2008

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8-bit Jesus: A Christmas Album For Gamers

Christmas music never fails to excite anyone, right? Oh, I'm just messing with you, but trust me on this. Doctor Octoroc's new renditions might still be the cheery tunes you're sick of listening to every holiday season, but they're actually enjoyable beyond belief, especially for those who have been into gaming for over a decade. [...]

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Is the MGS Theme Really a Case of Plagiarism? Listen and Decide

Saturday, December 13, 2008

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Is the MGS Theme Really a Case of Plagiarism? Listen and Decide

People who played through Metal Gear Solid 4 may have enjoyed the game, but if you’re like me you noticed one thing: the Metal Gear theme was oddly absent from the finale. Many of us suspected that it was due to Kojima Productions being accused of plagiarism, but there was never an official explanation from [...]

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Ludacris’ Gaming Rap

Sunday, December 7, 2008

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Ludacris’ Gaming Rap

Well, Ludacris' latest album, Theater of the Mind, has just been released and fans were pleased to discover that, in certain regions' versions, a bonus song was included, titled Press the Start Button. Ludacris has managed to include mentions, or tributes, to a diverse range of games, such as Ultimate Doom, Mech Warrior, Halo, Galaga, [...]

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Update: LittleBigPlanet Only Delayed a Week or So

Friday, October 17, 2008

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Update: LittleBigPlanet Only Delayed a Week or So

Wow, that was fast. In response to the religious content-based delay of LittleBigPlanet, Sony has issued their recall, but has also issued a statement on the official PlayStation.Blog. Seems like Sony's working nice and quick to print out those new copies and get them back into stores: "We will begin shipping LittleBigPlanet to retail in [...]

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LittleBigPlanet Faces Worldwide Delay, Recall from Retailers

Friday, October 17, 2008

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LittleBigPlanet Faces Worldwide Delay, Recall from Retailers

I'm actually stunned. Of all the things one hopes will never afflict a game -- unforeseen bugs, broken online functions, short launch supplies -- I don't think anybody could have seen this coming. LittleBigPlanet, Sony's user-content playground, the game that's expected to be one of the hot PS3 exclusives the company needs, the game everybody [...]

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Gamer 2 Player: Week Two

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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Gamer 2 Player: Week Two

A while back, we featured an announcement from Gamers To Players (G2P), a new instructional documentary, which made an interesting claim: This DVD boasts the ability to “transform gamers into real guitarists.” Join us as we put this claim to the test, attempting to use the DVD’s instructions to turn a Rock Band/Guitar Hero devotee [...]

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Gamer 2 Player: Week One

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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Gamer 2 Player: Week One

A while back, we featured an announcement from Gamers To Players (G2P), a new instructional documentary, which made an interesting claim: This DVD boasts the ability to “transform gamers into real guitarists.” Join us as we put this claim to the test, attempting to use the DVD's instructions to turn a Rock Band/Guitar Hero devotee [...]

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Gamer 2 Player: Day Zero

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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Gamer 2 Player: Day Zero

Last week, we featured an announcement from Gamers To Players (G2P), a new instructional documentary, which made an interesting claim: This DVD, said the press release, can "transform gamers into real guitarists." At the time, I called this promise a tall order; I have personally attempted to make this transformation in the past, and met [...]

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