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Microsoft Releasing Faster Xbox 360 Dashboard This Year

Did anyone else notice? When NXE launched, it was pretty quick. But it’s just gotten slower…and slower. (Thanks ads!) Luckily, Microsoft is admitting there’s an issue and has a plan to fix it. During his last podcast, Xbox spokesperson/kind guidance counselor Major Nelson revealed that a “faster” dashboard update would be coming later this year…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 23

Gamebone Valiantly Tries to Improve iPhone Gaming

The Gamebone is an external gamepad for the iPhone platform that hopes to add buttons (and therefore gaming cred) to the buttonless devices, but we’re just not confident it’s been fully thought through. First of all, games would have to be compatible with the controller, and given that so many games are dependent on the…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jun 22

DIY Xbox 360 RROD Coasters: Housewares for the Ten-Year-Old Inside You

These RROD coasters are clever, sure. But anything with Perler beads is about as classy as black velvet Elvis paintings or those creepy ceramic dolls your grandma collects. Translation: save these for D&D games in the basement. [GamerGrrlz via Technabob]

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 22

A Few More Details on Sony’s Motion Controller

We couldn’t get a word out of Sony regarding their motion controller other than it tracked light in 3D space and would not unseat the Dual Shock as the primary PS3 controller. But Sony recently told developers a bit more. https://gizmodo.com/sony-dual-shock-still-defacto-motion-control-secondar-5279079 Broken by Kotaku, Sony met with developers to better explain their motion controller follow…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 22

Wireless Game Gun Increases Game Realism By 3%, Arm Fatigue By 100%

I’d really like this spectacular video to do most of the talking here, but here’s the rundown: the Wireless Game Gun mounts a screen on an accelerometer-enhanced toy gun, and allows you to control first person shooters, commando-style. The video doesn’t delve too deep into how the gun works, though the basic mechanics are fairly…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 22

Xbox 360 Played on Dallas Cowboys’ 11,200 Square Foot Screen

The current largest video screen in the world, in the Dallas Cowboys stadium, measures an insane 159×71 feet. Feet! And what better way to show that immensity off than by playing a little Gears of War? https://gizmodo.com/dallas-cowboys-stadium-will-have-worlds-largest-video-s-5015918 Apparently the gamer who masterminded this hedonistic joyride was Steve Fatone, brother of *NSYNC’s Joey and music video…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jun 20

Play 1 vs 100 On Xbox Live With Us Now

We’re playing 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live right now. If you’re anywhere near your Xbox 360, hop on and we can use the comments as a discussion of what’s going on. https://gizmodo.com/1-vs-100-makes-you-the-star-of-a-game-show-from-your-co-5241593 AND, if you’re going to be on at 7PM Pacific (10 ET), it’s the live game. You’ll get a chance to win…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 19

Design Some Video Games From Bygone Eras

For this week’s Photoshop, I want you to design some video games as if they were made in a time before video games existed. That’s a big windows of time, so get creative with it! Send in your best efforts to me at [email protected] with Ancient Video Games in the subject line. Name your files…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 19

Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy Buy It’s NESessary

His feathers barely rustle when the wind blows, and his faux zebra hide jacket is matted with an intangible age that the dry cleaner just can’t wash out. Even his famed golden Zelda cartridge is tarnished. The word on the streets is that it’s just plastic, but no one will say it to his face—a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 19

Pizza Hut Delivering Limited Edition ‘Fight Night’ Xbox 360

EA sports and Pizza Hut have teamed up to bring boxing fans the chance to win a limited edition Fight Night Round 4 custom Xbox 360 console. It’s made by colorware, the same people that paint consoles for regular folks. Oh, and the grand prize is a trip to Vegas to see a championship fight.…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 18

Xbox 360 Arcade Now Ships With 512 MB of Internal Storage

Eurogamer got Microsoft on record to confirm that the Xbox 360 Arcade will begin shipping with 512-megabytes of built-in storage. Here’s what Microsoft told them: “The Xbox 360 system software uses some of the included 512MB memory; less storage will be available to users. Additional storage (sold separately) may be needed for game saves, Xbox…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 18

Ballmer Confirms Natal Xbox 360 In 2010

At the Executive’s Club of Chicago, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer let fly in a speech that a new Xbox 360 would be hitting store shelves in 2010. The new device will be equipped with technology that is “really, really, close” to an actuality. The console, which was described as having a “natural interface,” will have…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 18

Maingear Axess HD Brings Hardcore Gaming to HTPCs

Maingear’s new Axess HD Gamer brings hardcore PC gaming into your living room with a Core i7 processor, up to 12GB of DDR3 memory, 2x NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT cards in SLI, a Phantom Lapboard and robust media center capabilities. More specifically, the Axess HD can include a Blu-ray drive, 8-channel HD audio, WIndows Vista…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 18

Logitech Realistic Wireless Guitar Hero Controller Headed To Xbox 360

Much like they did with the PS2/PS3, Logitech is bringing a realistic wireless controller for Guitar Hero to the Xbox 360. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-wireless-guitar-controller-for-ps3-ps2-hands-o-5250190 Why orange? I’ll be dammed if I know—but it does feature the same solid build as its predecessors (wood body, a wood neck, metal frets and a rosewood fingerboard), as well as the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 18

Wii Bowling Ball: Tear It Up Like Jesus

Jesus Quintana that is. That’s right, with this Wiimote accessory you are just a pair of ugly shoes away from an unparalleled home bowling experience. This ultra-realistic accessory, allows you to mimic all the critical motions a ‘striking’ performance requires. This Wii peripheral is the first of its kind to be fashioned after an authentic…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 18

An NES Controller Purchased from the Merchant of Venice

Some things seen can never be unseen. That’s why we’re sticking one man’s NES controller—which he engraved into his flesh—after the jump. Body Modification Ezine member Metal_Games either really loves the NES or really hates himself. Because he went through an hour of barbaric scarification (in which a trained professional sliced away chunks of his…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 18

Xbox.com Redesign Puts More Emphasis On the Handsomer, Slimmer Virtual You

While the brief maintenance-related outage didn’t result in new updates for Xbox Live or Zune, Xbox.com’s MyXbox page got a nice little aesthetic overhaul. The new design gives your avatar more prominence as well as offering faster access to stats. https://gizmodo.com/warning-xbox-live-and-zune-services-down-midnight-pst-5291742 The new, much sleeker MyXbox page offers quicker access to achievements, recently viewed friends,…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jun 18

Hellboy Xbox 360 Mod Is Very, Very Red

Indeed, “Red” would undoubtedly approve of this 360 mod by Frank Gonzales. Designed to look like the Right Hand of Doom, this crusty case looks like it could deliver a serious beatdown. As a fan of the comics and the movies, I definitely dig Gonzales’ work. Speaking of that, his Gears of War mod wasn’t…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 17

Girl’s Gym Shorts Make For An Uncomfortably Perverse DS Holder

Nintendo DS owners that pre-order the limited edition game Strike Witches will be treated to a pouch shaped like Bloomers (buruma) shorts—the shorts traditionally worn in gym by Japanese schoolgirls. Before you ask…no, they are not wearable. No, don’t bother sniffing them. At least in the US, very few people will pick up on just…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 16

Handy Chart Explains What Happened To TNG After Spock Traveled Through Time

How can the Star Trek MMO, Star Trek Online, be planning on creating a whole universe based on the TNG/DS9/Voyager version of Trek, when Nero erased that timeline by traveling backwards? The MMO has released a handy chart to explain. You probably already knew that Spock and Nero created an alternate universe, where Vulcan got…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jun 15

Microsoft Releasing Faster Xbox 360 Dashboard This Year

Gamebone Valiantly Tries to Improve iPhone Gaming

DIY Xbox 360 RROD Coasters: Housewares for the Ten-Year-Old Inside You

A Few More Details on Sony’s Motion Controller

Wireless Game Gun Increases Game Realism By 3%, Arm Fatigue By 100%

Xbox 360 Played on Dallas Cowboys’ 11,200 Square Foot Screen

Play 1 vs 100 On Xbox Live With Us Now

Design Some Video Games From Bygone Eras

Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy Buy It’s NESessary

Pizza Hut Delivering Limited Edition ‘Fight Night’ Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Arcade Now Ships With 512 MB of Internal Storage

Ballmer Confirms Natal Xbox 360 In 2010

Maingear Axess HD Brings Hardcore Gaming to HTPCs

Logitech Realistic Wireless Guitar Hero Controller Headed To Xbox 360

Wii Bowling Ball: Tear It Up Like Jesus

An NES Controller Purchased from the Merchant of Venice

Xbox.com Redesign Puts More Emphasis On the Handsomer, Slimmer Virtual You

Hellboy Xbox 360 Mod Is Very, Very Red

Girl’s Gym Shorts Make For An Uncomfortably Perverse DS Holder

Handy Chart Explains What Happened To TNG After Spock Traveled Through Time

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