The DSi is already available in Japan and will be available in the U.S. April 5th for $170.

It will not be available in white, or it would seem at launch anyway, but in black and blue. So if you arent a fan of that blue color, pre-order!

[ via MTV News ]

The new Punch-Out is  billed as a “re-introduction” of the original, and is going to be fully motion controlled, in case you wouldn’t have guessed.

[ via Joystiq ]

This thing is pretty sweet. Fans of the game Portal will appreciate this fine piece of craftsmanship. Which is made from florist’s foam, wonderflex, bondo, PVC pipe, LED lighting, roll-feed paper spindle, an old drawer pull,  and coaxial cable connectors just to name some parts. Graphics were made in photoshop and applied with decal paper.

More shots here.

[ via Engadget ]

Read for yourself and see.

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Please, don’t judge this before you read it through and think about it! I finally, after several months of extensive research have found the true secret that Diablo carries. Please bare with me.

Believe it or not but the secret of diablo 3 is within the Dol rune. By now, you are all probably thinking wtf this guy is trolling. But before you discredit me let me show to you this jaw-dropping truth. The stats of a Dol rune:

Weapons: Hit causes monster to flee 25%
Armor: Replenish Life +7
Helms: Replenish Life +7
Shield: Replenish Life +7

Some simple mathematics:
25×7x7×7 = 8575

Why Is this important you ask?

Well. In diablo 1, the lord of terror had PRECISLY 8,575 hit points. Are you getting scared? There’s more

Note the stat on the dol rune that stands out the most, “Hit causes monster to flee 25%” Now, naturally this ONLY works on regular monsters but not bosses … right?

That’s were you are wrong. In diablo II “normal” difficulty has PRECISLY 34300 Hit points ( 8575 being exactly 25% of his health!)

What does this mean to us? Well, because of some glitch in the hardcoding of d2:lod this fact somehow allows you to surpasse the boundary of “hit causes monster to flee” not affecting bosses. In otherwords, because of this fault on behalf of the blizzard programmers aslong as you have a dol socketed into a weapon you can make diablo run away from you with each successfull hit. Ironic isn’t it? The lord of terror, in TERROR. ( Some argue this was initially an intentional “easter-egg” the programmers added for a twist)

Okay… okay. After making you read all of this I won’t disappoint you. There is indeed an even greater scandal revolving around the dol rune. One that will literally make you $!@% bricks after reading this. Let’s move on!

Anagrams. Guess what? An anagram of “Dol” is Lod. Coincidence? Lod stands for Lord Of Destruction which is an expansion for diablo. An anagram of Lord Of Destruction is: consider fold trout.

Consider fold trout …

For months these words echoed in my head and it wasn’t untill tonight I realised what impact these words bare and I felt compelled to type out this thread and share it with you all.

I quote Merriam websters: Quote TROUT Middle English, from Old English trūht, from Late Latin trocta, tructa, a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek trōktēs, literally, gnawer, from trōgein to gnaw Please notice the word gnaw.

I knew I had seen this very word somewhere in the game before, but where? Gnaw Fold. It was a rare ring I had left in my stash since 1.07. According to recent databases, the prefix Gnaw and the suffix Fold no longer exist, however they did in 1.07. I was one of the lucky few to recieve this ring randomly from as far as my memory serves me, from the gidbin quest. Enough about the ring, let me explain to you all how this fits together… PERFECTLY.

Gnaw Fold - Unique ring stats:
Attack rating +25
Vitality +7
Life +7
Energy +7
Mana +7

Do you see the similarities yet? Well, if you don’t than look back at are old friend the dol rune.

Quote The stats of a Dol rune:
Weapons: Hit causes monster to flee 25%
Armor: Replenish Life +7
Helms: Replenish Life +7
Shield: Replenish Life +7

Admit it, you are scared? This is where this little discovery takes a VERY, VERY awkward and interesting turn.

They’re three difficulties on d2 ‘Normal’, ‘Nightmare’ and ‘Hell’ In the “Hell” mode of diablo lod, diablo has a 0.05575% chance of dropping a Dol rune. Why Is this important? Apart from the scary number-patterns this tells us that JUST as with the dol rune glitch that allowed you to make diablo flee from you, here a very simliar glitch occurs. Once again, because of the “Sloppy Hardcoding” of D2 LOD (Mind, it was a rush job after the sky-rocketing sales of classic) whenever you kill diablo in hell with this ring in your ring slot the game crashes. I bet you all are thinking now, WOW what a waste of time! He made us read ALL of this to tell us that because of the incompetence of blizzard employee’s the game crashes if you wear some really rare ring and just HAPPEN to get a dol rune drop for you. This is wrong. As you will find out in just a sec there is something special about this error message. It returns the following value to your screen: 64 69 61 62 6c 6f 20 33 20 20 30 39 2f 30 39 2f 30 39.

At first glace 64 69 61 62 6c 6f 20 33 20 20 30 39 2f 30 39 2f 30 39 seems completly random, just some error code right? This is where you are wrong, deeply wrong.

64 69 61 62 6c 6f 20 33 20 20 30 39 2f 30 39 2f 30 39 is hex for : Diablo 3 09/09/09. Don’t believe me? Google ANY Hex translator and try it yourself.

From this ASTONISHING information I would like to conclude that based on my findings I believe (and believe all you others should acknowledge aswell) that diablo 3’s official release date is 09/09/09.

DISCLAIMER: PLEASE, BEFORE FLAMING / DISAGREEING READ THROUGH THE WHOLE THREAD! YOU WILL SEE MY FINDINGS ARE FLAWLESS. [ post edited by

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Source: http://www.battle.net/forums/thread.aspx?fn=d3-general&t=363656&p=1&;

I wouldnt be surpised that if some one from the games development team saw this and suggested to release the game on that date.  Just for funsies.

Petric argued that Halo 3 made him insane.

17 year old Daniel Petric, of Ohio, killed his mother and wounded his father in October of 07, after they took his copy of Halo 3, is what the judge has ruled.
His defense team went for the insanity plea, which the judge rejected citing that he had been planning the shooting for weeks. He had to get his fathers key to open the lock box to his 9mm.

His father Mark, who was shot in the head and survived, testified that his son came into the room and asked: “Would you guys close your eyes? I have a surprise for you.”

He said he expected a pleasant surprise. Then his head went numb from the gunshot.

The Associated Press news agency reports that Microsoft, which owns the intellectual property for the game, declined to comment beyond a statement saying: “We are aware of the situation and it is a tragic case.”

He faces life without parole as a maximum sentence.
What do you think, what implications will this have on the gaming community if this becomes a large case with media attention?

[ via BBC News ]

What you see here is an “EEG” based toy to convince either you or your offspring that the force is with you(or them). This is one of the first mass market toys to use brain to computer control. A simplified version of EEG read by the users headband will help you to raise a ping-pong ball up the tower, which rises 10 inches from the base. The technology was created by NeuroSky and should be implemented in more games before the end of the year.

Star Wars sound effects and audio clips emitted from the base unit “cue you in to progress to the next level (from Padawan to Jedi) or when to move the sphere up or down to keep challenging yourself,” Adler says.

It looks like you will be able to get your heads on this thing from Uncle Milton for about $100 this fall. Untill then may the simplified force be with you.

[ via USA Today ]

A 17-year-old Fairfield Twp. teen pretended to be suicidal when he became frustrated with an online video game, Fairfield Twp. police reported..

According to officials, the teen was arrested Monday, Dec. 29, for inducing panic after patrol officers and medics responded to the boy’s home in the 3000 block of Pimlico Court. The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor.

The panic? The teen had earlier approached a GM with threats of being suicidal if he did not receive some loot. Hoping the GM would be sympathetic, but rather he ended up calling the authorities. Serves the kid right.

So he gets no money, no weapons, just a court date instead. The full story is here.

[ via Loot Ninja ]