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    Yet Another PSPGo Mod Blinds You With LEDs

    PSP Go Will Require You To Go Buy All New Accessories

    Mobile Chipsets: WTF Are Atom, Tegra and Snapdragon?

    PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth

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    Gamepark's GP2X Wiz Handheld to Get Open Source Gaming App Store

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    Image of CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    10/11/09

    In reply to Yet Another PSPGo Mod Blinds You With LEDs
    When are noobs going to stop throwing LEDs into shit?
    They're the script-kiddies of modding.
    Go online -
    Pester people about the amount of power in device -
    pester more people about the brightest LEDs -
    find LED power calculator -
    Brag incessantly about your nigh unusable device.
    *sigh*
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    Image of Nutchromeo Nutchromeo
    06/07/09

    In reply to PSP Go Will Require You To Go Buy All New Accessories
    Instead of all the prodding and pulling to increase the old PSP's pouch size, you could always just use a sock.
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    05/31/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    seems small and convenient. no one seemed to bitch when nintendo came out with a smaler DS
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    Image of Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?! Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
    05/30/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    I don't understand the bitching the moaning. First of all, doesn't look all that different from the current PSP models except it smaller and button placement is a bit different. A good number of PSP games doesn't even come close to filling up a UMD. If 16GBs plus memstick support isn't enough for you then you have personal problems. A 16GB memstick with on-board memory gives you more storage than a standard Xbox 360. Plus it has bluetooth support and it can be tethered to your cell phone? I'd buy one. The only other things I would need would be PSP trophy support that actually shows up on my PSN account on my PS3, and a better browser for the PSP and the PS3. They're just not stable.


    As far as dual analogs nubs go...whatever. dual analog for Fps games on consoles suck total ass...why would I want the frustration with analog nubs and only two shoulder buttons as opposed to four on a DS3 controller? Becoming another unskilled bastard, a slave to auto aim, living in delusion like I actually accomplished that kill streak when in reality it was the damn aim-bot overlord? No thanks.

    If Sony really wanted to go balls to the wall with FPS support on the go, then the PSP-G would have a touch screen. FPS games on DS have superior accuracy that simply couldn't be matched with a dual analog setup because of the touch screen support. The cramps that come with it...well...we'll save that for a different convo.

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    Image of Kia Kia
    05/30/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    Ugh. Unless they have some way of shipping games on SD cards, pass. I don't have the patience or the interest to spend all this bandwidth downloading games I could just pick up in a store.


    Nor do I have any interest in buying a game I can't trade/resell/actually -own-, either. I do like digital distribution, to a point, particularly for smaller games on the level of XBLA, Virtual Console, and some smaller PSN titles, but as a console's main support? No. Never. Never ever -ever-.


    It kills the secondhand market, it kills the sense of ownership one has from actually -possessing- a game, and it kills any joy the collector takes in managing shelves of their prized finds. Absolutely epic failure.

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    Image of Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?! Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
    05/30/09

    @Kia: @Brian Sexton: I disagree. There is no way in hell I'd go back to the PSP 1000 or the DSPhat. I wouldn't even buy the original PS2 after seeing the PS2-slim.


    Also judging from how many companies have released smaller and smaller gear over the last 10 years...I'd say that smaller form factor IS a selling point.

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    Image of saif32 saif32
    05/30/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    So fugly, it's not even funny.


    SONY used to make sexy shit, now it's all just "meh".

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/30/09

    @saif32: It looks like a Chinese market knockoff.
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    Image of Sora57 is rendering Sora57 is rendering
    05/30/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    This does not appeal to me. I'd have to say "PSP No."
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    Image of Ariata Ariata
    05/30/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    I honestly do not know why not having a second nub is such a big deal. Not everyone plays (or even likes) FPS.
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    05/30/09

    @Ariata:


    More than FPSs use analog sticks and it would only serve to open up the amount of gameplay on the PSP.


    And why wouldn't they just replace the start/select buttons with a second analog stick and just move those poorly placed buttons above, where your thumb won't accidentally press them.

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    Image of Monty Monty
    05/30/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    Well, on the bright side, the "Sony" adjective will keep the same definition with a product like this.
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    Image of Willzyx Willzyx
    05/30/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    Why the hell do people keep whining about the thumbstick issue? We're *not* going to have a second thumbstick until the PSP2. Do you really expect developers to release games that can be played properly on only one of the many PSP models?

    If they're going to update the control scheme, they might as well update the specs as well
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    Image of NeoAkira NeoAkira
    05/30/09

    @Willzyx:


    I agree, they should update both the control scheme and specs.

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    Image of Stephen N. Stephen N.
    05/30/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    This is horrible. It looks horrible, it'll feel horrible, and wtf, no UMD? I can understand downloading your games, but that's a pain in the ass.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/30/09

    @Stephen N.: Funny. That's almost word for word what several of my dates have said to me before storming out of my bedroom.
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    Image of DangerousDac DangerousDac
    05/30/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    Still No Dual Thumbsticks means no decent FPS which means a huge slot of the gaming market still wont spring for this.


    Unless it can suck your dick somehow.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/30/09

    @DangerousDac: No, it won't suck your dick. However, if you order online, I've found you can often swing a deal with the UPS delivery guy.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Peonies!: @darkstar: So do you guys live in PornoLand, USA? All my UPS guy has done for me is not deliver my package, or leave it in a spot that begs others to steal it. I guess my UPS guy fucks me as well.
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    Image of CatboyMac's angry girlfriend CatboyMac's angry girlfriend
    05/30/09

    @DangerousDac: FPS? On a handeld?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/30/09

    @OMG! TenderRonis!: Do I live in Pornoland, USA? No. And I find your attitude unnecessarily grating.


    There's no need for you to get all riled up just because some of us have made the effort to learn proper postal procedures. Indeed, if you'd quit whining, you too could learn what we have about effective handling of UPS employees. Go buy yourself a DVD copy (or, I'm guessing more your slacker style, bittorrent) of the classic instructional video, "Deliveries in the Rear". On it you'll find role playing exercises to teach you effective ways of communicating (including demonstrations of helpful hand gestures) with your delivery guy. Examples include:


    "Hello. I see you have a package for me. Well, I have a "package" for you."--or--"Thank you. Let me give you a "big tip". Fun ensues.


    Anyway, it's all there, you just gotta get off your lazy ass and educate yourself to proper business etiquette.

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    Image of AqueousBeef AqueousBeef
    05/30/09

    @DangerousDac: That's all i fucking wanted, a second thumbstick...
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    05/31/09

    @CatboyMac's angry girlfriend:


    I used to play an FPS on my TI-89 Titanium. Don't knock it.

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    05/07/09

    In reply to Garmin Oregon Handheld GPS Line Gets 3.2 Megapixel Camera, Geotagging
    Cool device, but super expensive. I couldn't find the price on this one in particular, but other devices in this range go from $450 to $600.
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    Image of Aaron Monroy Aaron Monroy
    05/07/09

    @weatherman:


    $400 was the stripped model and $600 was full featured no maps... I think $700 was full featured + topo and then your first born for the water maps included

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    05/07/09

    @Aaron Monroy: wowza. I think I'll just get a waterproof case for my iPhone instead.


    I'm not trying to be flippant - I think Garmin has some serious competition now that full mapping is available in a lot more phones. It's hard to justify a $400+ device when my phone has GPS anyway. Of course, most phones rely on data networks which means if you're in the backwoods you might not get any data at all. But smart phones are increasingly able to get maps loaded on them that can be accessed offline (I think the first such iPhone app just came out recently) which means there's a lot less need for Garmin's overpriced gear and maps.

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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    04/21/09

    In reply to Gamepark's GP2X Wiz Handheld to Get Open Source Gaming App Store
    Recently got the Dingoo. Brought fond memories of my first GamePark. I highly suggest getting this bad boy instead. It's only around $80. It can play NES, SNES, Genesis, GB, GBC, GBA, Neo Geo, Neo Geo Pocket (B&W and color), and Capcom CPS1 & CPS2 arcade games, video (AVI, RealVideo, MP4, WMV, and others), MP3 & various audio files, FM radio, text viewer, picture viewer, and it also has its own games that compare to PS1 3-D games. Pretty damn good value if you ask me! Also, there's an English support site: [www.dingoo-digital.com]
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    04/21/09

    @Zaxxon Q Blaque: Also forgot to mention that it comes with 4GB internal memory and a Mini SD memory card slot for up to 16GB more!. ^_^
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    Image of Dafrety Dafrety
    04/21/09

    @Zaxxon Q Blaque: I've been eying one at Deal Extreme. How well does it hold a charge?
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    04/21/09

    @Dafrety: Pretty damn well. About 7 hours! ^_^
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    Image of fendrak fendrak
    04/21/09

    In reply to Gamepark's GP2X Wiz Handheld to Get Open Source Gaming App Store
    Maybe it's my GameBoy upbringing, but isn't it missing a couple of buttons where that other d-pad is? Two d-pads on a hand-held seems kind of awkward.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/21/09

    @fendrak: And if you look closely, that second D-Pad has A, B, X, Y on it.
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