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chris
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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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. 14 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. 29 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. 87 votes / 2 sinks
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. 44 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. 10 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. 61 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. 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
This story has mostly positive ratings. 32 votes / No sinks
GameTap now in Canada, other locations planned
Video Games – GameTap, the subscription, all-you-can-eat game download service is expanding into Canada and other international locations. Beginning today, Canadian gamers can pay $6.95 USD each month and are also eligible for the current $59.40 USD promotion for a full year. GameTap plans a bigger worldwide rollout in 2007 ...
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Voted for on October 17, 2006 08:44am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / No sinks
Microsoft educates parents on 20-day bus tour
Video Games – Beginning today, Microsoft, along with partners Best Buy and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, begins a 20-day bus tour to educate parents on understanding the ESRB ratings scheme and implementing the parental controls built into the Xbox 360 and accompanying Xbox Live service.
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Voted for on October 12, 2006 03:23am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 2 votes / No sinks
Wii production exceeding expectations
Video Games – According to UBS, 2 million Wii consoles were completed in Q3 (July-September) to support Nintendo's upcoming Q406 global console launch, beginning November 19th in North America. The language appears to indicate the possibility of building, if not shipping, as many as 11 million Wii consoles by the end of the calendar year!
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Voted for on October 05, 2006 12:51pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 35 votes / No sinks
Make Your Very Own Mii Before The Wii Comes Out!
Video Games – Someone has made a whole flash program to make your own Mii, which is near identical to the Mii maker on the Wii. The user took all information from videos and snapshots of the system to get all of the face parts.
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Voted for on October 02, 2006 08:40pm
This story has mostly positive ratings. 2 votes / No sinks
TGS best-in-show award: Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo all win
Video Games – After tallying votes from attendees, a committee chaired by Tokyo University Professor Emeritus Takeshi Yoro awarded 11 games from a field of 650 titles not yet in Japanese stores for best in show status.
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Voted for on September 24, 2006 03:24am
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