Wii Sales Slowing, 7 Million Units Sold In Japan [Nintendo] (1)
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Today, Famitsu publisher Enterbrain announced that Nintendo has sold 7 million Wii in the period starting with its December 2, 2006 launch and ending November 23, 2008. Make no mistake. Seven Million Wiis sold in Japan is impressive. However, humor us as we put things in perspective: Back in January, we reported that the Wii sold 5 million units in Japan. Then a couple months later in May, Nintendo sold 6 million Wiis in The ...
Interview with a Minion - Yep, They Suck. (1)
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Tons of giveaways this Fall! If you are receiving this article by e-mail you could win Dungeons and Dragons books: November 10th: Adventurer's Vault (who won?) November 25th: Draconomicon December 10th: Manual Of The Planes Learn more about this contest Nicholas recently wrote an article about goblin minions and the ways they can destroy you if you’re level 1. Comedic value aside, that article got me thinking: what must life be like for the average ...
Suck at Guitar Hero? Buy this Robot [Cheater] (5)
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Robots playing Guitar Hero are not new; one playing the game with up to 98 percent precision is, however. Wired found the Cythbot, a creation of southern California engineering firm Cyth Systems, at this week's Robo developers conference in Santa Clara. It's not actually for sale. Nor is it much more than an aluminum cage with pneumatic "fingers" to hit the frets, while a camera tells it what's coming. Cythbot can play in both solo ...
Friday Links Round-up (1)
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There are, of course, other roleplaying game blogs out there. Here’s a round-up of this week’s news and events. Design blog PSDTUTS gives us 54 Mind-Blowing Digital Paintings. Included in this utterly breathtaking selection are some incredible samples of fantasy and science fiction artwork. Yax over at Dungeon Mastering reviews the D&D Insider character builder software. Newbie DM announces that the Draconomicon will include rules for killing a god in fourth edition. Tiamat is listed ...
The Wii Enters Its Terrible Twos Today [Nintendo] (2)
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Can you believe it's already been two whole years since Nintendo launched the Wii in North America? What heady times! We were still reeling from the PlayStation 3 launch two days prior, still making...
The Official Guitar Hero/Rock Band Compatibility Chart (12)
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If you own both Guitar Hero (III or World Tour) and Rock Band (1 or 2), you'll be both familiar and ultimately sick of the compatibility issues between the two franchises. They will work, they won't work, they might work, they should work; trying to get hard, final word on just which instruments will work with which game has been a messy, convoluted and confusing experience. Until now, that is! The official Guitar Hero community ...
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Clint said:
if this chart's so accurate, how come my ps2 rockband2 drums don't work with guitar hero world tour like it says they do? Maybe i need to try again, but last I checked, this was fail.
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Kluzter said:
Al fin alguien se puso las pilaass.. y ya lo sabía yo!!!.. GH & RB no son compatibles guitarrística ni baterísticamente... en wii hay que comprar todo.
Microsoft Comments On LIVE Bannings [Xbox 360] (3)
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We've been getting emails about Microsoft once again banning consoles from LIVE. Microsoft's Major "Larry Hyrb" Nelson has too, offering this company reply on what's going on: In our our continued effort to keep gameplay safe and secure for our community of more than 14 million members, Microsoft has taken action against a small percentage of Xbox 360 consoles that have been illegally modified in order to play pirated games. You should know that modifying ...
The Top 5 Ways Goblin Minions Will Destroy You (If You’re Level 1) (1)
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Tons of giveaways this Fall! If you are receiving this article by e-mail you could win Dungeons and Dragons books: November 10th: Adventurer's Vault (who won?) November 25th: Draconomicon December 10th: Manual Of The Planes Learn more about this contest Odds are good that you have never heard of Grumar the Scraps Eater. There’s a good reason for that, it is very hard to build a reputation when all you have on your resume is ...
Hey Dummy, Don't Microwave The DSi (And Other Nintendo Tips) [Japan] (6)
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Hands down, Nintendo Co., Ltd. has the best instruction manuals on this spinning blue orb we call Earth. The DSi manual is no exception. It politely advises things like don't drive and play DSi, don't stab the DSi with a screwdriver and don't throw the DSi away with burnable trash. Better take notes, this is all very, very important stuff. Click through the Nintendo safety hilarity below. Follow the rest of our DSi coverage here.
The Red Cross Launches Emergency Response RTS [Hot Flashes] (3)
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The Red Cross is really getting into this online game malarkey. Just a few weeks after the launch of their web-based ARG Traces Of Hope they have followed up with ERU – an RTS that demonstrates the challenges faced with deploying Red Cross and Red Crescent resources to deal with natural and man-made disasters.The game plays like a standard realtime strategy title, albeit on were the goal is to heal rather than destroy. You have ...
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The Red Cross is really getting into this online game malarkey. Just a few weeks after the launch of their web-based ARG Traces Of Hope they have followed up with ERU – an RTS that demonstrates the challenges faced with deploying Red Cross and Red Crescent resources to deal with natural and man-made disasters. The game plays like a standard realtime strategy title, albeit on were the goal is to heal rather than destroy. You ...
D&D Sunday Morning Quiz - Monster Lore (1)
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DNDSMQ October 26, 2008 : D&D Sunday Morning Quiz - Monster Lore Monsters. We fight them. We loot them. But how well do we know them? Now you have the chance to show off your mad Monster Lore skillz! All answers from the D&D 4th edition Player’s Handbook NOTE: Some email clients and RSS readers can’t submit your answers to our website. You can go to Dungeon Mastering to take the quiz. I’m a swarm ...
D&D4e learning curve - simple rules, complex game (1)
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Random thoughts Back from GenCon. I feel like I haven’t slept in weeks… Which is great! Streamlining your D&D game - especially combat Great games are complex but that complexity comes from simple rules. After 5 D&D games in 6 days I can say that it is the case for 4E. I hardly ever looked in the PHB to check on rules yet combat encounters lasted forever. Even in the games we played sober! Note ...
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The Warcraft Retrospective - From Utopia To Adventures [History Lessons] (2)
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Gametrailers has just launched part one of their in-depth look at everything Warcraft, The Warcraft Retrospective. It's a comprehensive look at the origins of the Blizzard property, and when I say comprehensive I mean they go back to the original real-time strategy game, Don Daglow's 1982 game Utopia for the Intellivision, through Warcraft 1 & 2, and even feature footage from the abandoned Warcraft Adventures game. So entertaining and informative that I almost forgot to ...
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The Warcraft Retrospective - From Utopia To Adventures [History Lessons] (1)
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Gametrailers has just launched part one of their in-depth look at everything Warcraft, The Warcraft Retrospective. It's a comprehensive look at the origins of the Blizzard property, and when I say comprehensive I mean they go back to the original real-time strategy game, Don Daglow's 1982 game Utopia for the Intellivision, through Warcraft 1 & 2, and even feature footage from the abandoned Warcraft Adventures game. So entertaining and informative that I almost forgot to ...
The MMO Is 30 Years Old [Mud] (4)
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If,on your way to work/school this morning, you saw a bunch of hung-over warriors and bedraggled mages blearily waking up in a shop doorway they were probably just on their way home from the 30th birthday pub crawl they organized for the Massively Multiplayer genre. On October 20th 1978, Roy Trubshaw of Essex University threw the switch on MUD - the original Multi User Dungeon. This simple game was the first to let users experience ...
The MMO Is 30 Years Old [Mud] (1)
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If,on your way to work/school this morning, you saw a bunch of hung-over warriors and bedraggled mages blearily waking up in a shop doorway they were probably just on their way home from the 30th birthday pub crawl they organized for the Massively Multiplayer genre. On October 20th 1978, Roy Trubshaw of Essex University threw the switch on MUD - the original Multi User Dungeon. This simple game was the first to let users experience ...
How to Get an Official Nintendo Seal of Quality [The Name Goes On Before The Quality Goes In] (2)
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There's no joke I can add to this that wouldn't just get in the way. Spot on, SomethingAwful. The full list covers NES through Wii. They did it as a longass .jpg, so the full size version is on the jump. How to Get a Nintendo Seal of Quality [SomethingAwful via GoNintendo]
