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I'm a blogger for Joystiq.com, the games writer for the Philadelphia Weekly, a sometimes carpenter, and a self-professed autodidact.
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 18 votes / 2 sinks
Xbox Live Video Marketplace Launches
Video Games – You can now purchase and rent HD content on your Xbox 360 for anywhere between $2 and $6.
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Voted for on November 22, 2006 12:50pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 7 votes / No sinks
eBay data: next-gen auction prices fall as supplies increase
Video Games – An analysis of eBay auctions from the last week shows that the average selling prices for the Wii and PS3 have fallen precipitously from highs reached late last week, though the systems still auction for significantly more than their retail prices. At the same time, supplies of the systems on the popular auction site have skyrocketed since launch,
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Voted for on November 22, 2006 12:47pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks
Buying Zelda -- NES -- on the Wii's Virtual Console service
Video Games – First in the virtual shopping cart: The Legend of Zelda. After a brief download (with Mario waiting screen), we fired up our new Zelda channel and played what appeared to be a pixel perfect replica of the 1986 NES classic.
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Voted for on November 18, 2006 07:17pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / 1 sink
The PlayStation Network sign up, in pictures and video
Video Games – An extensive tour, in pictures and video, of the signup process for the PlayStation Network, which officially launched this morning. It's pretty simple, painless, and free!
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Voted for on November 16, 2006 06:42pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 66 votes / 1 sink
Playing Nintendo's Donkey Kong on a PS3
Video Games – Since the Wii's Virtual Console service wasn't live yet, we fired up the PlayStation 3's web browser to play some Donkey Kong in Flash ... I think we'll wait for the Virtual Console version.
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Voted for on November 11, 2006 10:10pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 36 votes / 1 sink
Opening up the PlayStation 3
Video Games – Joystiq got a retail PlayStation 3 in the mail. We open it, and check out what comes in the box.
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Voted for on November 11, 2006 07:13pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks
Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD-DVD player hands-on
Video Games – Microsoft sent us the Xbox 360 HD-DVD. We opened it up, plugged it in, installed the patch, and loaded up a disc on a 720p high-def connection.
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Voted for on November 11, 2006 01:25pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / 1 sink
Official Wal-Mart Wii, PS3 launch details
Video Games – Joystiq has been in contact with Wal-Mart corporate to get Wii and PS3 launch details. We've got something old, something new, something rumored and a bunch of stuff true.
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Voted for on November 09, 2006 08:56am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 59 votes / No sinks
Win Guitar Hero II autographed by Dave Navarro
Video Games – Record a video of yourself playing Guitar Hero 1, upload it to Netscape, tag it "GH2contest" and vote for your favorite to win a copy of Guitar Hero II, autographed by Dave Navarro (former guitarist for Jane's Addiction, whose track "Stop" is featured on Guitar Hero II).
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Voted for on November 08, 2006 01:26pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 35 votes / 2 sinks
How-to transcode & stream videos on Xbox 360
Video Games – Until Microsoft adds support for more codecs or offers up an application capable of transcoding (to WMV) and streaming on-the-fly (okay, that will never happen), we're forced to manually transcode our non-WMV files into WMVs and then, if we wish to stream, point our 360s at the WMV files (on our PCs). That's the solution. Now, we're gonna show you
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Voted for on November 07, 2006 02:59pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks
Xbox 360 Movies and Television announcement
Video Games – Peter Moore announces Xbox 360 movies and television downloads
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Voted for on November 07, 2006 02:29pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / 1 sink
Target's Wii DVD for a penny
Video Games – Target is selling an "exclusive" Wii DVD disc for only a penny. True, it contains things you can download on the web for for free ... but hey, a white DVD case for a penny! Wii-ha! Check out the kids in the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance trailer who look like they were driven over from the set of The O.C.
Voted for on November 07, 2006 01:23pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks
Comparing Wii and PS3 link love on the social web
Video Games – Japanese blogger Funaki put together a 'lil mashup of four large social websites that compares linkage of "Wii" versus "PS3." Totals are calculated daily according to the following: Digg - total of all stores from all time; Technorati - search results from all blogs with any authority in all languages; Flickr - search results fr
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Voted for on November 07, 2006 01:22pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / 2 sinks
Get Out The Vote Against Anti-Game Politicos
Video Games – Joystiq has arranged a list of some of the more outspoken opponents of video games up for re-election in various statewide races, as well as their chances of winning based on recent polls.
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Voted for on November 07, 2006 01:22pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks
Comparing the Wii's Virtual Console titles by region
Video Games – Now that we have the Virtual Console launch lists for the US, Europe, and Japan, it's time to compare and contrast how each region fared. To no one's surprise, Japan has every single game being released in the other regions and more. International licensing troubles, perhaps?
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Voted for on November 01, 2006 07:58pm
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