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The PS3 Power Hog

According to this recent study and article, the PS3 can consume more energy than five refrigerators. I don’t know if the study included fridges with ice makers and/or water in the door and I’m certain it didn’t include LG’s dual equipped HD fridge.

The PlayStation 3: Blu-ray player, next-gen game machine, multimedia hub–and power guzzler. According to a report by the Australian Consumers’ Association’s Choice publication, leaving your PS3 on when you’re not gaming can cost you A$250 ($239) a year in electricity bills.

Posted by on June 10, 2008 at 11:50 am
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Infinite Mirrors

Ever take a mirror and point it at another mirror? I think we have all at one time or another tried this. Probably with your mom’s mirror in the bathroom when you were 5 or 6 years old…

The effect of the infinite mirror is much like one site linking to another and then back to the source and then back to the other and then… well you get it.

Anyway, this should be filed under Shameless Plug and/or self-promotion, vanity or “you probably think this song is about you.”

But if you want some entertaining podcast goodness go over to Commander Tim’s and take a listen. The latest episode has Tim giving GridCycle props (and they sometimes even talk about cool stuff!) Hopefully this will mean more users, creativity and general gaming goodness.


Check it out here.

Posted by on June 10, 2008 at 11:00 am
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The Real WoW – World of Wifecraft

Those of you who have dipped your foot into the pool of World of Warcraft will appreciate this more than those of us who don’t have the addiction.

When RL meets Video Game Fantasy…

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Posted by on June 10, 2008 at 8:04 am
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K2: The King, The Kong, and the Ugly

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Ok, since we’re all ridiculously geeky retro gaming types, I’m going to assume we’ve all watched King of Kong. Some of us (myself included) are probably on our 5th or 6th viewing. So, I decided to post this and share what G4TV‘s XPlay envisioned the sequel looking like. My sides haven’t ached this much since watching Felix, the wonderful cat.

Posted by on June 8, 2008 at 5:31 pm
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The Pac-Man Roomba

Now this is neat. I’ve never seen the usefulness of a Roomba, but if they partnered with Namco-Bandai and sold this model, I might be a bit more tempted.

Seen over on RetroBlast

Posted by on June 5, 2008 at 10:03 am
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