Archive for Video Games

  • 13
  • May

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Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Nintendo
List Price : $49.99
Amazon Price : $47.76
Used Price : $47.76
Average customer review : 4.5

Features

  • Wii Wheel must be used with a Wii Remote (Remote not included)

Product Description

Start your engines and race with Mario and his friends with their finely tuned racing machines in Mario Kart Wii. Use 3 different control styles with the Wii Wheel included in the box. The worldwide race is on with a whole new set of tricks, tracks, and ways to play. Mario Kart Wii draws on courses and battle arenas from every game in the series - not to mention tons of new ones. The true king of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuits will finally be crowned. Experience new tracks, enhanced Wii graphics, extraordinary gameplay and much more. Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions to open up increasingly difficult and thrilling circuits. You can have multiplayer races on any open courses or battle in arenas. Now you can feel like you are Mario and steering to avoid obstacles and doing incredible stunts.

Special Powers/Weapons/Moves/Features - Shake the Wii Remote to pull off a trick that will temporarily boost your speed. When riding a bike, gain additional speed by flicking the Wii Remote up and popping a wheelie Up to 12 people via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or up to 10 people via Wi-Fi Connection with 2 people playing locally

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  • 03
  • May

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Grand Theft Auto IV Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Rockstar Games
List Price : $59.99
Amazon Price : $54.99
Used Price : $54.99
Average customer review : 4.5

Features

  • Carry on the Grand Theft Auto tradition playing through the single player campaign as Niko Bellic
  • Get cars and other modes of transportation anyway you can
  • Interact with various colorful characters who give you various missions to engage in
  • Explore Liberty City with its high level of detail
  • Engage in multiplayer challenges ranging from cover matches to shoot-outs

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What does the American Dream mean today?
For Niko Bellic, fresh off the boat from Europe, it is the hope he can escape his past. For his cousin, Roman, it is the vision that together they can find fortune in Liberty City, gateway to the land of opportunity. As they slip into debt and are dragged into a criminal underworld by a series of shysters, thieves and sociopaths, they discover that the reality is very different from the dream in a city that worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don’t.
Beginning with the 1997 release of the original Grand Theft Auto, the GTA series has been one of the most prolific, controversial and down right entertaining franchises in video games history. This pedigree of success guarantees that the highly anticipated eleventh game in the series, Grand Theft Auto IV, will garner at least as much attention if not more.
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Return to Liberty City. Niko's Dream as it should have been
The dream as Niko expected it.
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Niko and Roman
There’s always a catch.
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Niko with gun
But some skills are international.
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The Plot
Grand Theft Auto IV is a brand new adventure in the GTA universe following the experiences of Nikolai “Niko” Bellic, a new immigrant from an undisclosed eastern European country whose troubled past and the persuasion of his cousin Roman have brought him to the fictional Liberty City. Unfortunately, Niko’s search for the American Dream and a much needed fresh start, hits an immediate snag when the rags to riches story Roman spun to pique Niko’s interest is exposed as not only a complete fabrication, but a ploy to enlist Niko’s well-known skills as a tough guy against the ample list of enemies clamoring for Roman’s debt-ridden blood.
Because Roman is the only person Niko knows in Liberty City he begrudgingly accepts his role as Roman’s protector despite the deception. But as time goes on Niko comes into his own, and his experience on the wrong side of the tracks proves more valuable than he could have ever imagined as he fights for survival and later supremacy on the crime ridden streets of Liberty City.
Game Environments
Based on several of the boroughs of New York City and parts of New Jersey, Liberty City, familiar to players of previous games in the series, has been entirely redesigned for GTA IV. Players can expect visible detail down to the weeds growing in the cracks in the sidewalk, cars and buildings of visibly different ages and a much greater level if verticality in the buildings and bridges that they are able to explore as Niko moves through the city streets. In addition, pedestrians in GTA IV are much more realistic. No longer simply moving cardboard cutouts, these NPCs are intelligent, modern, human representations that laugh, cry, eat, drink, use cell phones and ATMs, and talking amongst themselves regardless of Niko’s interaction with them.
Gameplay
Historically GTA games have focused heavily on mission-based play, requiring successful completion of fixed tasks in order for players to progress through the game, but this has changed to a great extent in GTA IV. Players will experience an entirely new and exciting emphasis centered on the blending of on-mission and off-mission play, resulting not only in an increased sense of realism, but more interesting and unrestricted gameplay.
Features
Official features for GTA IV have yet to be released. Stay tuned for more information as the game’s release in early ’08 draws nearer.
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  • 24
  • Apr

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Ubisoft
List Price : $59.99
Amazon Price : $39.99
Used Price : $38.99
Average customer review : 3.5

Features

  • Explore Vegas hot spots as the environment changes from dusk to bright daylight to dawn
  • Multiplayer includes 11 smaller maps that force more intense face-offs, 2 adversarial modes, more rewards, and easier access to matches using the improved and intuitive matchmaking system
  • Create your own identity that stays the same in both single player and multiplayer modes and progresses as you do
  • Turn single player mode into co-op mode at any time, just by jumping into the game
  • AI is more challenging than ever

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  • 15
  • Apr

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Playstation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Sony
List Price : $54.99
Amazon Price : $46.51
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Average customer review : 5

Features

  • Pressure sensors that rumble with each action making every impact feel like you’re right in the game
  • Sixaxis highly sensitive motion technology senses your every move
  • Features Bluetooth technology for wireless game play
  • The PlayStation 3 system can support up to seven wireless controllers at one time
  • Can be charged at any time through the PlayStation 3 system using the controller’s USB cable

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The Dualshock 3 wireless controller for the PlayStation 3 system provides the most intuitive game play experience with pressure sensors in each action button and the inclusion of the highly sensitive SIXAXISâ„¢ motion sensing technology. Each hit, crash and explosion is more realistic when the user feels the rumble right in the palm of their hand. It can even detect natural movements for real-time and high precision interactive play, acting as a natural extension of the userÂ’s body. Dualshock 3 wireless controller utilizes Bluetooth technology for wireless game play and the controllerÂ’s USB cable to seamlessly and automatically charge the controller through the PlayStation 3 system at anytime.
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Key Features:

  • Pressure sensors that rumble with each action making every impact feel like youÂ’re right in the game.
  • SIXAXISâ„¢ highly sensitive motion control system senses your every move
  • Features Bluetooth technology for wireless game play; the PlayStation 3 system can support up to seven wireless controllers at one time.
  • Can be charged at any time through the PlayStation 3 system using the controllerÂ’s USB cable

Initial PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Compatibility Chart

  • Formula One Championship Edition - PS3
  • MotorStorm - PS3
  • PAIN - PSN
  • High Velocity Bowling - PSN
  • MLB 08: The Show - PS3
  • Uncharted: DrakeÂ’s Fortune - PS3
  • Resistance: Fall of Man - PS3
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - PS3
  • Go! Sports Ski - PSN
  • Folklore - PS3
  • Heavenly Sword - PS3
  • Warhawk - PSN/PS3
  • Super Stardust HD - PSN
  • Snakeball - PSN
  • Toy Home - PS
  • PSOne Emulation - PSN
  • Piyotama - PSN
  • PixelJunk Monsters - PSN
  • Blast Factor - PSN
  • Condemned 2: Bloodshot - PS3
  • LOST: Via Domus - PS3
  • Tom ClancyÂ’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - PS3
  • Burnout Paradise - PS3
  • Dynasty Warriors 6 - PS3
  • Devil May Cry 4 - PS3
  • DragonBall Z Burst Limit - PS3
  • Turok - PS3

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  • 24
  • Mar

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Playstation 3 40GB Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Sony
List Price : $399.99
Amazon Price : $395.00
Used Price : $359.99
Average customer review : 4.5

Features

  • Internal 40GB HDD for storing your games, music, and photos
  • Built-in Blu-ray player
  • Cell Broadband Engine advanced microprocessor
  • SIXAXIS wireless controller

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  • 03
  • Mar

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Professor Layton and the Curious Village Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Nintendo
List Price : $29.99
Amazon Price : $28.00
Used Price : $28.14
Average customer review : 5

Features

  • 130 puzzles
  • Touch Screen controls
  • New puzzles are available weekly for download via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
  • Fully voiced animated scenes

Product Description

Professor Layton and the Curious Village DS

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  • 01
  • Mar

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Super Paper Mario Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Nintendo
List Price : $49.99
Amazon Price : $38.50
Used Price : $36.00
Average customer review : 4

Features

  • Run through vibrant 2D worlds, stomping on enemies and breaking blocks
  • With the press of a button, flip into 3D and find hidden paths, battle foes and uncover secrets hidden from 2D eyes
  • Hold the Wii Remote sideways and control the game in classic Super Mario Bros. style
  • Play as Peach and Bowser, both with their own sets of essential skills

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  • 07
  • Feb

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Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Microsoft
List Price : $179.99
Amazon Price : $135.99
Used Price : $99.95
Average customer review : 4.5

Features

  • Stunning video and immersive surround-sound audio with up to six times higher resolution than standard DVD
  • Innovative interactive content enables PIP commentary, scene selection, and menu access, all while the movie is playing!
  • Only HD DVD offers a ‘combo’ disk: DVD on one side allows playback on all your existing DVD players in your home or car
  • Enjoy hundreds of great HD DVD movies this holiday from major studios such as Universal, Warner, Paramount, Studio Canal, and more

Product Description

Add High Definition HD-DVD Video Playback to your Xbox 360! / Plays current generation DVDs / 7.1 Digital Surround Sound / Includes Universal Media Remote

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  • 28
  • Jan

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Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Disney
List Price : $49.99
Amazon Price : $38.88
Used Price : $34.99
Average customer review : 4

Features

  • Tour the world as the pop princess herself and live the dream of rock stardom
  • Practice and perform Hannah’s hit songs using the Wii controller
  • Travel the world performing for sold out crowds in London, Tokyo, Sydney, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Cairo, New York, Paris and more
  • Create new fashions for Hannah using her wardrobe and accessories. Add to her wardrobe by shopping in famous districts around the world.
  • Unlock songs, dance moves and more.

Product Description

Take the stage as Hannah Montana while continuing to develop your musical and fashion skills. By using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk you and Hannahwill dance together in order to gain more fans. Off stage, you can create concert wardrobes by shopping all over the world. You aren’t alone as Lilly, Oliver, Jackson and Robbie give you help where they can! Tour the world as the pop princess herself and live the dream of rock stardom Practice and perform Hannah’s hit songs using the Wii controller Earn new fans by interacting with your dancers and the crowd Plan out your tour schedule and head to places like London, Paris, and Tokyo Shop for clothes and accessories to create a great image for Hannah Control lighting and stage effects for an unforgettable concert Share photos of fashion designs and record dances to share with friends ESRB Rated E for Everyone

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  • 21
  • Jan

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Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Disc Remote Buy this product from Amazon
Company : Sony
List Price : $24.99
Amazon Price : $17.99
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Average customer review : 4

Features

  • DVD playback
  • Program and shuffle play
  • 3-speed scan
  • Repeat and slow motion
  • Time search

Product Description

Playstation 3’s Blu-Ray Disc Remote is an elegant, sleekly designed controller for enjoying Blu-Ray discs on your PS3. The ergonomic design feels good in your hand and the Bluetooth connection lets you operate with no lag time. Features all the standard DVD remote functions: Chapter display/select A-B Repeat One-Touch Menu Control

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