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Nintendo 3DS to Have Its Own App Store? You Bet.

Nintendo 3DS to Have Its Own App Store? You Bet.

CEOs of EA and Capcom respectively, John Riccitiello and Haruhiro Tsujimoto recently whispered some sweet nothings about Nintendo's upcoming 3DS...

Open Letter to the Game Publishers: Stop Raping Gamers’ Wallets!

Open Letter to the Game Publishers: Stop Raping Gamers’ Wallets!

Dear Game Publishers, what are you thinking? For years, loyal supporters of your games have dealt with ridiculous price increases,...

Toshiba Promises to Hurt So Good with True Tactile Feedback

Toshiba Promises to Hurt So Good with True Tactile Feedback

Apple really likes to tout the iPod Touch (and, by extension, the iPhone and iPad) as a gaming platform. In...

Nirvana Revenge In Bloom For iPhone

Nirvana Revenge In Bloom For iPhone

The tragic Kurt Cobain might have left us but this doesn’t mean Nirvana’s record label don’t continue to seek out...

Gamer Plays Baseball For an Hour, Wins a Million Dollars

Gamer Plays Baseball For an Hour, Wins a Million Dollars

Wade McGilberry is laughing all the way to the bank after winning a million dollars to play a video game....

Video Games: Too Little and Too Simple

Video Games: Too Little and Too Simple

Completely engrossed in the action and strategy, I clicked the “turn” button just one more time, eyes barely managing to...

EA Lets You Play God From Your Living Room With Sims 3

EA Lets You Play God From Your Living Room With Sims 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EymC48F6VlMGet the pizza in, buy the beers and prepare to sign your autumn away on news Electronic Arts will release...

Thank Thanko for thinking with their feet and releasing a USB pedal board.

Thank Thanko for thinking with their feet and releasing a USB pedal board.

Are you like most of us and despise moving your pinky finger over an inch to hit the Enter key...

Man With Way Too Much Time On His Hands Builds Ultimate SimCity

Man With Way Too Much Time On His Hands Builds Ultimate SimCity

You can get famous for ANYTHING on YouTube. Anything. It's safe to say that Maxis' Sim City franchise is one...

Game Consoles Will Die: It’s Only a Question of When

Game Consoles Will Die: It’s Only a Question of When

The game console has been part of people's lives for quite awhile now — to walk into someone's house and...

Will Steam Power Make the Mac a Gamer-Friendly Option?

Will Steam Power Make the Mac a Gamer-Friendly Option?

Valve is bringing its popular Steam platform to the Mac. If you're not familiar with Steam, it's the super popular...

Google and Nintendo Team Up to Produce Completely Inexplicable Product

Google and Nintendo Team Up to Produce Completely Inexplicable Product

I’m no small fan of Nintendo. In fact, as soon as I’m done with Techi today, I’m probably going to...

It’s Like a Million Real-World Farmers Cried Out in Terror… and Were Suddenly Silenced

It’s Like a Million Real-World Farmers Cried Out in Terror… and Were Suddenly Silenced

First off, there really is no end to the tide of Internet startups with names that sound like cartoon sound...

Just In Time for Easter – the Holy Grail of Videogames

Just In Time for Easter – the Holy Grail of Videogames

You’re loooking at Air Raid - a cartridge for the Atari 2600 that until now was thought by most to...

iCade, Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

iCade, Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

Remember the iCade, ThinkGeek’s April Fool’s joke? Techi’s own James Mowery brought it to our attention yesterday. James expressed sadness...

Capcom Kills for a Good Cause (Honest!)

Capcom Kills for a Good Cause (Honest!)

This one’s for all the gamers. Well, some of the gamers, anyway - I’m kind of big on Space Invaders,...

Your Joystick Doesn’t Cost Enough

Your Joystick Doesn’t Cost Enough

Gamers are an elite segment of the PC market. They know their FPS from their RSI, and they're happy to...

The Only April Fool’s Joke That Will Be Stuck In Your Head All Day

The Only April Fool’s Joke That Will Be Stuck In Your Head All Day

The only online April Fool’s joker that can compete with crowned prankster kings Google and Blizzard Entertainment has got to...

Steel Mousepads Make YOUR Setup Look Totally Wimpy

Steel Mousepads Make YOUR Setup Look Totally Wimpy

Let me tell you about my rig. Seriously. Grab your milk and cookies, find a spot on the carpet, and...

22 Megapixel Touchscreen Wall Allows Students to Pwn Noobs in HHHD

22 Megapixel Touchscreen Wall Allows Students to Pwn Noobs in HHHD

Yesterday was a day for robots; today is a day for things that don’t need to exist. A team of...