Archive - February 2006

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Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 21 2006
I have found this cool new trailer of Secret of Da Vinci. If you have JavaScript turned off or don't have the latest version of Macromedia Flash then you will have to download it. Click here and enjoy Thanks YouTube
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 21 2006
This is turning out to be a major crisis for South Korean online gamers. Almost 250,000 cases reported on identity theft of Korean online gamers. What's more, many of the stolen identities are being used in gaming 'farms' in China as part of a $1b a...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 20 2006
ps 3 breakdown
Investment firm Merrill Lynch has come up with an estimation of the cost of PS 3 by breaking down the components one by one. All the components added it would cost $800 (and not $900 as it says in the memo). In any case, that's a huge amount of money...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 20 2006
The US military has funded a computer game that it hopes will infuse some manners to its troops in Iraq by teaching them how to use and decipher body language of Iraqis. The motive behind this is to teach soldiers that using the wrong gestures that can.
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 20 2006
Joystiq has a very interesting post in which it published the letter written to it by an Indian gamer who looks like a die-hard Sony fan. He seems desperate for a PS 3 and would do anything to get it at a cheaper price and literally begs Sony to send...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 20 2006
An excellent analysis on Engadget's post by Nathan Weinberg says that the real reason why Microsoft is backing HD-DVD is to actually fuel a bloody format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray resulting in the death of the two. But why would MS do such a thing?..
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 20 2006
We missed telling you this last week. But it's better late than never. The story is that the NBA and Sony last week announced a new download initiative for All-Star weekend 2006, called 'NBA All-Star Weekend to Go'. This will feature video highlights...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 18 2006
ms xbox 360 cam
According to this report by OXM the camera that was unveiled along side the Xbox 360 in last years E3 and which wasn't heard of ever since might be launched soon by Microsoft. It follows reports by developers that this was being shown to developers and...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 18 2006
The story goes like this: The principal of Blair Elementary School, Wilmington, NC, Sharon Sand needed someone to instruct teachers in the use of PlayStations. She did what was the best option available; she turned to the experts - the...
Jayanta Bhattacharya | Feb 18 2006
IGN has a awesome guide for parents who are not sure if their children should be playing video games or if their children are playing age appropriate titles. Not only this, IGN also gives some good recommendation games for appropriate age groups....