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    Sony Discontinues PS3 Models in Japan
    Saturday, January 12th, 2008

    Sony is discontinuing its 20GB and 60GB version of the PS3 in Japan this month, leaving only the 40GB model.

    According to PC World, similar plans are also underway in the UK. North America is the only major game territory still selling more than one model (here we have a 40GB version at $399 [...]

    Nostalgia Molestation: Gen Xers Pay Thousands to Recreate Pac-Man Fever
    Saturday, January 12th, 2008

    Ah, local newspapers: Here’s an article about a hardworking couple who launched a company that remakes 1980s arcade games.

    Their venture, Dream Arcades, builds classic full-cabinet arcade games such as Pac-Man, Asteroids and Tempest (“Avoid Spikes” – always good advice).

    Dream Arcades caters to aging Gen Xers with disposable incomes who want to spend up [...]

    CES: Microsoft Brings ABC’s Lost to Xbox Live
    Saturday, January 12th, 2008

    Not only did Microsoft not unveil the rumored HD DVD-bundled Xbox system at CES this week, but the company announced they would begin offering TV shows and movies from ABC and MGM - two companies currently aligned with Sony’s Blu-ray.

    Somewhere, a Toshiba executive is sitting in a park, watching the ducks and reassessing his life.

    The ABC/MGM [...]

    As If Guitar Solos Weren�t Masturbatory Enough
    Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

    The Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker reduces the monster hit game�s axe controller to a gawdy belt buckle. Players can frantically flick and fiddle with it, all the while looking vaguely like they�re � well � you know.

    Holiday Sales: PS2s Still Beating PS3s
    Monday, January 7th, 2008

    During the holiday season, Sony made more money selling its eight-year-old second-generation console than its year-old PlayStation 3.

    Sony announced its North American sales figures for Black Friday through the end of the year, trumpeting 1.2 million in PS3 sales.

    Buried in the news: The PS2s, the most popular video game console of all time, sold 1.3 [...]

    The Halo Effect: The Xbox Hit is Overrated
    Sunday, January 6th, 2008

    Last weekend I broke down and gave Halo 3 about four hours.

    This is about the same amount of time I gave Halo and Halo 2. Sitting there, playing solo or co-op, fighting away, trying so hard to feel it � the excitement, the passion, the compulsion to keep going deeper into a game; a feeling [...]