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Steelseries 7H USB Gaming Headset Review |
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Written by Munk
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Friday, 30 July 2010 10:22 |
 Summer is here and there is lots to do out there, people are camping relaxing by the beach and playing sports, well that is what it was like in June and July at least now, not so much. Why? Well simply put it is to stinkin hot out there. Beaches are full; bugs are out in full force for the campers, and playing a game outside sounds like torture. That’s right my friend, you are lazy, but that’s ok, SteelSeries has heard your call. If you want to escape into your air conditioned office and not let anyone know that you are still home, SteelSeries has provided you with the answer: the beautiful Steel Series 7H USB Headset is the answer to all your summer woes. Let’s get this puppy opened up and see if it will be the best choice for your summer hermitization:
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Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 09:41 |
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Wii | uDraw GameTablet First Impressions |
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Written by Munk
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:24 |
 We inspect THQ's newly unveiled graphics tablet Wii peripheral. THQ is prepping its uDraw GameTablet, a graphics tablet Wii peripheral, for a "holiday 2010" release in North America and an early 2011 launch elsewhere. We were shown a near-final prototype of the device: a white, 9-by-7 inch pad that is an inch and a half deep into which the Wii controller (minus MotionPlus add-on) slots in on the left side. On the right is the blue-bordered drawing area, rather smaller than the full area of the tablet (6-by-4 inches) but allowing one-to-one correlation, we're told, between the movement of the stylus and what appears onscreen. The stylus handles well, though this isn't the pinpoint accuracy of a professional graphics tablet--it's got a chunkier, toylike feel and gives results accordingly.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:06 |
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PC | The Sims Medieval Impressions - First Details |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 03:00 |
 Hear ye! The next Sims game for the PC will not be The Sims 4. Nay, good lords and ladies. Twill be a tale of nobles and peasants. Who talk funny. Attain the first details here! While EA's The Sims series has seen amazing success on the PC as a continuously successful series that, every few years, gives rise to a sequel and then a bunch of expansion packs, EA's Play division, which is responsible for the Sims games, is going in a brand-new direction. Specifically, it's going backward in time to the days of old when knights were bold and modern medical technology amounted to a jar full of leeches (and really cutting-edge medical technology was a second jar of leeches). Yes, rather than purchasing a house in the suburbs outside of SimCity, in The Sims Medieval, you'll have all your little computer people living in and around a castle. And rather than play as your little virtual family members throughout the course of their entire lives until they have children of their own who eventually grow into a new generation of parents (and so on and so forth), in Medieval, you'll instead play through a single story arc with your characters and be assigned an overall score once you've completed enough of their quests, bringing your game session to an end.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:06 |
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PC | Dead Space 2 Update - Zero Gravity and HALO Jumps |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 03:37 |
 Isaac Clarke has a date with outer space here at GamesCom 2010. As we sat and watched the Dead Space 2 press demo that EA has brought to GamesCom 2010, we couldn't help but think about the name itself. Dead Space. The first game sure did focus a lot on the "Dead" part, what with its mutated alien zombies and the ever-present fear of being torn limb from limb that these enemies tended to instill in the player. But aside from the generally sci-fi setting and a few sequences in which you navigated the ravaged exterior of the USG Ishimura, the game kept you fairly safe from the boundless void of true outer space. In Dead Space 2, you're not quite so safe.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:06 |
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Xbox 360 | Kinect Sports Updated Hands-On |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 04:39 |
 We work up a sweat with a football, javelin, the long jump, and the 100-metre dash in Microsoft's sporty minigame collection. Kinect Sports is a game that demands more than just your skill and concentration. In our latest hands-on with the game at Microsoft’s Play Day in Cologne, we worked up quite a sweat running, jumping, and waving our hands manically. Though we no doubt looked a little silly pawing at thin air, the responsiveness of the controls and the pick-up-and-play nature of the games meant there was still plenty of fun to be had looking the fool.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:07 |
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Xbox 360 | Dance Central Updated Hands-On |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 05:34 |
 We break it down and battle it out with new songs in Harmonix's upcoming dance game for Kinect. It's hard not to have fun with Dance Central when you get up in front of the camera and try your best to frantically match the avatar onscreen or follow the flash cards on the side. Harmonix has had this idea for years but was only able to create the game once Microsoft announced Project Natal. Gone are the dance pads and Wii Remotes; this is the real deal. Even though there is no failing in Dance Central, which means you'll never be booed off stage or kicked out, you can't get a very good score by just winging it. Kinect detects all of your body's movement so you're going to need to put your back into it to get that gold star.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:08 |
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Xbox 360 | Kinect Joy Ride Hands-On |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 06:10 |
 We wave our hands in the air like we just don't care with Microsoft's free-to-play downloadable racing game. Fans of hardware steering wheels look away now. Microsoft's upcoming free-to-play arcade racing game Kinect Joy Ride had us waving our hands in the air, steering our car with an imaginary wheel, and shaking our booty to pull off powerslides. Though we may have looked a little silly, Kinect registered our movements with a surprising amount of accuracy, and a variety of gameplay modes kept us having fun during our hands-on time.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:08 |
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PlayStation 3 | PlayTV Live Chat Hands-On |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 11:07 |
 We played around with the latest version of Sony's free-to-air TV application to find out how it's going social. Sony's PlayTV is just one of the many ways with which Sony has broadened the appeal of its PlayStation 3 in Europe. Alongside Vidzone, the music video streaming platform, BBC iPlayer, the British broadcaster's catch-up service, and the upcoming indie cinema portal Mubi, PlayTV offers owners the chance to view and record television programmes from services such as Freeview in the UK. Now, the next step is for the makers of the device from Sony's Cambridge studio to take the software into the social space.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:09 |
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PlayStation 2 | WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 Updated Hands-On |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 19:14 |
 SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 adds Universe, Better Hell in a Cell, and a New Physics Engine. Last weekend, GameSpot descended three stories under downtown Los Angeles to get a glimpse of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011. As we sat and listened to the presentation by THQ, a Rey Mysterio mask complete with cross and double tears, presumably for all the foes he submitted, sat propped in front of us just begging to be given away on Today on the Spot.
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