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It's official. Your parents were wrong. Videogames ARE good for you. And no this is not another heartwarming Wii story either. Turns out the XBox 360 is seriously Heartcore! No, that's not a typo. Presenting Heartworks, the first full-functioning interactive virtual heart model. And now this highly regarded program can be run on Microsoft's XBox 360 thanks to the 360's specialized processor chips.
There's much more detail to come. Take a listen...
Read More »I'm STILL feeling the loss of The Greatest Entertainer of All Time and the following video doesn't make it any easier. The bittersweet feeling you'll get over what could have been, what SHOULD have been is expressed in this promo for Michael Jackson's This Is It set for worldwide theater premiere October 28th for a 2-week showing. All the rumors and tabloid gossip is put to rest once you see the master in action. Just in case you missed the debut at the September 13th MTV Video Music Awards (love you Janet, thank you Madonna), here's your chance.
I want to tear up. This was going to be awesome. FOREVER The King!
For the past 6 months in the U.S., Nintendo's Wii has slowed down from its mind-bending sales performances seen since its launch. The system that was infamously out of stock for years on end eventually became easier to find in the stores and soon sold in more down-to-earth terms. In Japan where handhelds are king, this effect happened much sooner and before the release of Monster Hunter 3 (tri-) this past August, Wii was even being contested by Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3 has presence in Japan). Now with the recent dual price drops of the PS3 (in Slim form) and Microsoft's XBox 360, the pressure on console market leader Wii is greater than ever before.
In the face of the worldwide sales surge seen by the PS3 (and most likely to be for the 360), is it time for Wii to cut the price?
Read on to decipher the clues...
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Wow. Here's something Nintendo never thought of with motion sensing. The PlayStation 3, Sony's high-definition console marvel, along with its controller, the tilt-motion Sixaxis or DualShock 3 as it's now known, will add an innovation to gaming never before seen. Nintendo brought you Rumble and now Sony brings you...Jiggle. Yes, that's right. Jiggle. As in the jiggling breasts of the female characters in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Tecmo's version of Ninja Gaiden II made specifically for the PS3.
Made by none other than developer Team Ninja of infamous breast-bouncing Dead or Alive fame, they bring their unique jiggling juggling physics to the world of Ryu Hayabusa by way of the PS3 controller. You see, what you do is take your DualShock/Sixaxis in your hands like so, grip the controller firmly, and then shake it up and down, round and round to be amazed at how the boobies go to town. The girls have gone wild! Every male juvenile and young adult fantasy come to life on the TV screen. Videogame cheesecake by your personal bakers at Team Ninja.
Team Ninja's philosophy for the PS3 version of Ninja Gaiden II is less violence than that of the XBox 360 version. So it looks like Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is all about love not war. A little jiggle never hurt anybody. A bouncing boob beats a bouncing bomb anyday. Just be glad somebody didn't use the Wiimote to simulate another body part if you smell what I'm cookin'. Or did they already do that in Japan?
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