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No Amount Of Puffing Makes This NES Cartridge Play

10:00AM Stephen Totilo | The Mega Man NES cartridge you see here is actually a… More »
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PS3 Slim Hard Drives Don’t Stop At 120GB

2:00PM David Wildgoose | Sony has confirmed to us that, as with all previous PS3 models, the PS3 Slim’s hard drive is fully upgradable, meaning you can swap out the existing 120GB for a higher capacity drive. More »

USB HDD on Nintendo Horizon?

1:00AM Owen Good | There’s plenty of chatter about a seeming run-of-the-mill job posting but, admittedly, it might foreshadow something even for those of us who have qualifications necessary to work for Nintendo. Here ’tis: CONTRACT – Software/Hardware Tester Description of Duties —-> * Creating and executing a test plan for Wii’s USB devices < —-- * Executing test plans with great attention to detail and documenting bugs * Writing test procedure documents, gathering, and learning required software/hardware * Reproducing bug reports and helping find work-arounds or resolutions The talky-talk going around surmises that it involves USB HDDs to store all those swell WiiWare games Ninty’s been pushing out. Me, I think it’s a USB George Foreman grill, but then I don’t represent the cutting edge of blog thought. Nintendo Looking Into USB Attachments? [Nintencast, via Codenamerevolution and others] More »

Seagate Cross-Country Gaming Tour

6:00AM Brian Crecente | For the third year in a row Seagate is taking to a dozen cities to pitch their hard drives. The tour schedule includes Denver, New York, LA and plenty of places in between and each stop will feature several daily gaming tournaments. This time around the Frag Dolls will also be making an appearance at the New York, Dallas and Las Vegas events. Hit the site for the full break down of locations. Seagate Digital Experience Tour More »