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Man Arrested for Modding Xboxs

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A college student was arrested by Homeland Security, yes those folks who are protecting us from terrorist, for modding Xbox 360s and other consoles for a fee and there by violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) . Matthew Crippen a Cal State Fullerton liberal arts student is charged with two counts of “…willfully and [...]

Happy Birthday Tetris

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Ok I’m going to date my self here but I first played Tetris on the Original GameBoy with it’s Black and Gray screen and 8-bit sound. I have most likely wasted more time on Tetris then any other puzzle game, and today it turned 25. Tetris is one of those games like Load Runner that [...]

Game Review: Lode Runner XBLA

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On the requenmedtion from the guys on the Totally Rad Show I picked up the new 25th Anniversary edition of Lode Runner for the Xbox Live Arcade. After about 6 hours of game play over the last couple of weeks I can come to one simple conclusion, I suck at Lode Runner. It can often [...]

Drum Rocker

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Durning Hak5′s coverage of CES I saw what has to be the most expensive game controller I’ve ever seen. It’s Ion Audio’s Drum Rocker custom drum controller for Rock Band. The $299.99 (MSRP) controller which is available for both Playstation3 and Xbox 360 is less of a expensive game controller as it is a low [...]