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I don’t usually post on video games, but the trailer for Far Cry 2 looks flat out kick ass. Enjoy!

Strap on the wig and break out the toy and drum guitars, because you haven’t seen anything yet.  Rockband took the whole Guitar Hero experience a step further by adding more instruments and a singer, and now they’re set to introduce a fog and light machine to the mix.  Both devices plug into the Xbox 360 game console via USB and react to the game’s music, providing more fog and lights, or less, depending on the tempo of the music.

The Rockband Stagekit hits retailers November 11th for $99 and can be preordered here

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The time for Ghouls and Ghosts is almost upon us, but one question remains: what shall you be? I have yet to decide but I’m pretty sure the guy that crafted this home made Gears of War Lancer gun from a Nerf N-Strike Longshot CS-6 has his mind made up.

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PSP owners will be glad to know that Sony has released the latest firmware update for the portable gaming system, 5.0.  It adds the ability to download content directly to the PSP from the Sony Playstation store, a full screen keyboard, sleep timer and new XMB background designs.

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Failures aside, the Sega Dreamcast was hands down the best gaming rig at the time.  Heck, they even pioneered the open environment gaming platform with that Japanese game (the name is escaping me) that cost $20 million to make (by today’s standards that’s the norm). Hailrazer (aka John Jandron), a super hacker modder in my book, spawned this wonderfully slick creation by mashing together a Dreamcast and Sony PSP screen into what was formally a Laser Doodle.

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As of November 19th me, you and the rest of the World will enjoy the New Xbox Experience.  Expect Avatars, game to hard drive copying, a new UI and best of all Netflix streaming, although the latter part hasn’t been officially confirmed for the launch date.

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Perhaps that 120GB hard drive for the 360 is warranted after all? Huh, huh! According to a Gametrailer video, loading games onto the hard drive increases decreases load times. I’m gonna gander a guess and say it makes for smoother game play as well. As you’ll see in this video, GTA4 loads noticeably faster from the hard drive than the DVD.

Look around and I guarantee one of your friends, or friend’s friends, has purchased a Sony PS3 just for the Blu-ray drive.  Apparently, Microsoft might have gotten wind of this and decided to commission Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology Corp. to build an external Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. Yup, it’s a rumor with no official announcement yet, but seems reasonable.

Question is, would you buy an external Blu-ray player for the 360? I might, but ultimately would prefer a stand alone box like the LG BD300.

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Due out sometime this November, the PopStar Guitar title is yet another ‘rhythm’ based game to hit the market.  Fortunately, they’ve had some foresight into the turbulent economical woes ahead and have included two of these pictured AirG slip on peripherals for the Wii with the game, all for a complete price of $60.  PS2 players will have to depend on preexisting game guitars.

Official product page here, although it hasn’t launched

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Before the weekend there was a rumor flying around that Sega was getting back into the hardware market and was set to release a new handheld gaming device to compete with the PSP and DS.  We didn’t post on it because it seemed a stretch to say the least.  Turns out the rumor is only half true.  Sega, which plans to remain a software developer, licensed the rights to their name and games to a 3rd party Chinese PMP developer.  Sega Vision was just that, a vision.

Official quote from Sega:

“The Vision is primarily an MP4 video player with some basic games functionality, and not a new handheld gaming machine…the Sega Vision isn’t actually a Sega-developed device at all, and in fact a cheap Chinese iPod-style alternative.”

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