Gizmodude

Oh dear dear, I hope this doesn’t pass off as another rumor. But Sony seem to be cooking up something soon enough. According to Peter Ahnegard it seems that it’s more than just a rumor. A site quoted him saying, “Up until today we haven’t felt we could launch a PlayStation phone because it wouldn’t be recognized as a true continuation of that brand of products. It’s obviously something that we’re looking at but right now I can’t really comment. Before Christmas, certainly… but exactly which Christmas I can’t confirm!” that’s a very diplomatic way of putting it. We can probably expect a gaming phone or a gaming console from which you can make calls. Gosh! This is so confusing!

Oh Wow! I've been waiting for this news. The demo version of the third rendition of the very coveted Guitar Hero III is round about the corner. It is expected to show up with Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground. I wanted to get myself a little close with my idols and here’s my chance. Activision, the brains behind the wonder shall be shelling out five song demos along with their newest offering. These include Lay Down by Priestess, Even Flow by Pearl Jam, The Metal by Tenacious D, Hit Me with your Best Shot by Pat Benatar and Rock You like a Hurricane by Scorpions. Now if it’s these three songs that you have on your set-list a day before the gig, then it’s all done. You don’t even need the full version.

The PlayStation EYE is all set to look you deep in the eye and say, “BUY ME”. For those who are wondering what this may possibly be needed for, there’s this PlayStation game called “Eye of Judgement”. This game uses a camera to control the game play. A perfect supplement one would say. And hey! You have pre-orders already being accepted by amazon.com. The design seems pretty good to tone with your PlayStation console.

Sony has slimmed down the PSP in their latest version, a.k.a. the Sony PSP 2000. So if you were a victim of my-PSP-is-too large-for-my-cabinet, then here’s some solace. Sony PSP Daxter Entertainment Pack comes with a silver colored, icy PSP 2000 with a Daxter game whereas the Sony Playstation 2000 System comes with a slim, black body. Finally we have the Sony PSP Star Wars Battlefront Renegade Squadron Entertainment Pack Bundle. All PSP 2000 models come with TV Out, quicker loading of games and USB charging.

I love gizmos that come as a complete package with loads of other gizmo’s features stuffed into them. It doesn’t prove only economical but can also save space on your shelf. This one’s more than just a media player. Along with support for playing video and audio files, it also proves to be a pretty slick gaming control. It has a three inch wide screen for all the media and gaming visuals that require a greater display surface than a cellphone’s. It comes with 2GB on board memory that can be scaled up to 6GB. There’s also a 4GB SD card for those who simply want more space. It comes with support for gaming consoles like NES, Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Sega Genesis. And if you do not wish to rack your brains on ancient games anymore then you can enjoy the ebook feature. The player can actually read aloud books in Chinese and English languages using text to speech.

PS3 and X-Box have been blessed by a piece of ingenious gaming by Electronic Arts and Harmonix. The Rock Band Special Edition is a band music game that has three accessories that go with it. There’s a pretty cool drums set with four skins (hard to tell from the images which of these are snares and which are toms). Then comes a Stratocaster simile, in the form of a wireless guitar. And of course, last of all we have a mic for the hearty crooners. The microphone comes for $30 (Xbox and PS3), the electric guitar costs $80 for Xbox 360 and just $60 for PS3 and the drum kit for both gaming portals comes for $80.

If mommy feels that Jet-Skiing is a viciously dangerous sport, then fear not. With the Jet Ski Simulator Video Game, you can simulate your Jet Ski experience at home. It comes with a 52 inch inflatable Jet Ski simulator seat and some cool 16-bit graphics for the 6 included arcade games. The games can also be played without sitting on the Jet Ski Simulator and I’m thankful that it is so since the simulator has a 110 lbs weight limit. 8 AA batteries are all that are needed to get this one working. The tilt sensors sensationalize your experience all the more be providing realistic turns and sensitivity.

Just to keep those smart heads who manage to successfully complete every level in the ever popular Warcraft game a little busy, we have another expansion for World of Warcraft. Titled as the Wrath of the Lich King, the expansion will give you the ability to play as a Death Knight, quest as a Hero (I’m so glad to hear this), craft spells, fully-customize the characters (so that they don’t disappoint you in anyway) and perform many other actions which the game wasn’t all ready to pack into the previous versions. You can now step into level 80 and I’m not at all saying that life’s going to be any easier after that happens.

With the European soccer season nearly upon us, its time we get a bit charged up a bit. For all those who do wish that they shared the field with their inspirations, here’s something a little more realistic. The League Football Card Game has each player being dealt 8 cards and you have to strategize your move on goal using passes, dribbles and other trickery needed to survive in the beautiful game. However, you can also expect tackles from your opponent and hey, it isn’t all that bad, since u require good presence of mind here to nip his attack in the bud. With everything from 30-yard shots (remember Roberto Carlos?) to amazing goals on the cards (literally), you are bound to have a ball of a time.

The Guitar Heronoid makes playing the PS2 rendition of Guitar Hero so much easier and needing you to barely strain your precious fingers on the fret board. It is basically divided in to two parts: the brain and the body. Just like in the human body, the brain sends instructions to the body on receiving feeds in the form of PS2 video signals. These are later sent as commands and control the movements of digits, thus hitting the right note at the right time. It indeed is thrilling to watch a robot do something that you find hard, with so much ease.

It’s all about style when it comes to the Voodoo Envy H:171. Empowered by a Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor, the Envy gracefully speeds along just about any gaming monster that comes your way with the help of a dashing NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 graphic card. The 17” WUXGA display delivers some spacious resolutions of up to 1920 x 1200 so that you don’t miss a missile from the Nazis while attempting a level in Call of Duty 2. There are three 200 GB hard drives stuffed into this one so that you cannot run out of place unless you really intend to. With dimensions of 15.6” x 11.7” x 2.4”, the H:171 is comfortable to carry along. You are also blessed with a 1.3 Megapixel Video Camera, Bluetooth, the ability to paint and tattoo your notebook and a built-in microphone.