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Top Tech Stories of the Week Dec. 19-Dec 25, 2010

Top Tech Stories of the Week Dec. 19-Dec 25, 2010

Every week, Techi takes a look at the week that was to highlight our favorite stories from the week. When...

It’s A Mouse! It’s A Gamepad! It’s Amazing!

It’s A Mouse! It’s A Gamepad! It’s Amazing!

Alright, so 'amazing' is hardly a claim I can make considering I haven't actually given this device a try as...

UK Safe Sex Ad Apes Your Favourite Childhood Videogames

UK Safe Sex Ad Apes Your Favourite Childhood Videogames

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfol0ZsyzJk Wow, guys. Just wow. Apparently, teen pregnancy sees a boom in Britain around the holidays. Who knew? To combat...

Wolfenstein 3D Gets the HD Treatment… Sort Of

Wolfenstein 3D Gets the HD Treatment… Sort Of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34S7h0k5oIY I want all you MW2 and Black Ops freaks out there to take off your ski masks and aviators...

Facebook Gaming: Love It Or Kill It With Fire?

Facebook Gaming: Love It Or Kill It With Fire?

Before seeing this graphic, I thought I was in the majority. Apparently, Facebook gaming is grabbing more than just the...

Over 500,000 People Play MineCraft: Meet One of Them

Over 500,000 People Play MineCraft: Meet One of Them

Four hours. This is the amount of time I spent playing Minecraft today. But I had only intended to load...

Kinect Doesn’t Have A Controller, But It Does Have Potential

Kinect Doesn’t Have A Controller, But It Does Have Potential

While skepticism remains high about how much success Kinect can achieve, Microsoft is proud to shove that skepticism in people's...

Chinese Web Game Market Explodes

Chinese Web Game Market Explodes

Three things are now certain in life: death, paying taxes, and Chinese growth. China just so happens to be the...

Games Streaming Service, OnLive, Gives You More Ways to Procrastinate

Games Streaming Service, OnLive, Gives You More Ways to Procrastinate

What happens when you want to take a break on your laptop or netbook? Don't like cheap, free, Flash games...

There’s A Soldier In You, and Me, and Kobe Bryant

There’s A Soldier In You, and Me, and Kobe Bryant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pblj3JHF-Jo My apartment hasn't had cable for years, and I'm pretty strapped for cash most of the time - understandably,...

Look Out For Mario! No, Seriously, Look Out, Or You’re Dead

Look Out For Mario! No, Seriously, Look Out, Or You’re Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2kw5MJK24 Waterloo Labs, a team of engineers at National Instruments Corp in Oregon, have unveiled the source code for their...

Automatic Typewriter Chooses Its Own Adventures – With Your Help

Automatic Typewriter Chooses Its Own Adventures – With Your Help

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/16311288[/vimeo] I remember back in, like, grade 3, sitting on the old black and white Mac, playing text adventures at...

A Dark Day for Gaming: Zynga Is Bigger Than EA

A Dark Day for Gaming: Zynga Is Bigger Than EA

I've never liked Electronic Arts much, DRM-hawking corporate bad guys that we hardcore gamers make them out to be. But...

Ultra-Rad Homebrew Racing Simulator Doesn’t Even Bother Taking Names – It Just Kicks Ass

Ultra-Rad Homebrew Racing Simulator Doesn’t Even Bother Taking Names – It Just Kicks Ass

I once posted to Techi a video of the CyberMotion Simulator. It was pretty rad - you know, if you're...

The Quest for the Perfect iPhone Gaming Accessory Has a Champion

The Quest for the Perfect iPhone Gaming Accessory Has a Champion

Alright, alright, I admit it. The iPhone is a gaming machine. I've spent the last few years actively tearing down...

ZX Spectrum iPhone Emulator!

ZX Spectrum iPhone Emulator!

Holy shit. My heart leapt when I saw this piece, and I'm sure any nerd worth his taped glasses will...

3DS Dropping In Japan on February 26th, US in March

3DS Dropping In Japan on February 26th, US in March

Rejoice! The 3DS finally has a release date, and as you're probably only here due to having read the above...

Civilization 5 and StarCraft 2 Save PC Gaming From Extinction

Civilization 5 and StarCraft 2 Save PC Gaming From Extinction

Cloudy days have befallen the PC as a gaming platform. Yet it wasn't so long ago when things were different;...

This R2 Unit Can’t Repair Your X-Wing, But It’ll Be Your Xbox

This R2 Unit Can’t Repair Your X-Wing, But It’ll Be Your Xbox

If there is a more ambitious case modder than Brian DeVitis, I haven't heard of him. Not content with having...

Least Surprising News of the Day: Halo Reach Sells Real Well, Makes A Ton of Money

Least Surprising News of the Day: Halo Reach Sells Real Well, Makes A Ton of Money

You probably didn't need a blog post to tell you that Halo: Reach was going to do well. Every word...