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PlayStation [REWARDS] Program Not Ready for Primetime

Mar

30

2011

Seeing as I have been a PlayStation Underground member for several years now I was granted access to beta test the PlayStation Rewards Program. Well I got a notification that Sony is going to hold off on launching the program. They haven’t indicated when or if they will launch the program to the public any ...

iam8bit x GDC: Paint By Pixels Mural

Feb

28

2011

The Game Developers Conference starts today in San Fransisco and as a nice little celebration of 25 years of GDC each attendee will be receiving a 2×2 inch “pixel” to be placed on a large 20’x8′ mural wall. The art group iam8bit and artist Jude Blume have created an image that will reveal it’s self through out the week as attendees will hopefully ...

Trailer: 100Yen The Japanese Arcade Experience

Feb

26

2011

Of the many awesome things about Japan and Japanese culture is that they still have a very active arcade scene. While the closest we have to arcades here in the US are either small hole-in-the wall arcades that are going the way of the Dodo bird or Dave & Busters it seems that in Japan ...

Review: The Undergarden (PS3)

Feb

17

2011

What is ‘The Undergarden’? This is the question I’ve had some difficulty in answering myself. If I had to compare it to other kitschy, quirky games I’d say it’s a mix of ‘Flow’ & ‘Flower’ with a dash of ‘Pixel Junk-Eden’. While Undergarden is not better than any of the games I compared it to, it ...

Things We’re Diggin’ : Space Invaders Sofa!

Dec

29

2010

Gamerchicks: In it for the Games, or the Bashing?

Dec

13

2010

So, I was playing COD: MW2 one day, and there happened to be another girl in the lobby with a mic on besides myself. One of my PS3 buddies had invited me to join their party, but I was too late, so I just joined the lobby. The first game I was on their team, ...

Recap: East Coast Throwdown 2 Morristown, NJ

May

29

2010

Things We’re Diggin’: 8-Bit Starcraft

May

19

2010

What Starcraft would of been in the 1980s – [viddler id-ad3fc79 h-340 w-540]

eBoy’s FixPix [iPhone APP]

May

6

2010

eBoy was founded in 1997 by Kai Vermehr, Steffen Sauerteig and Svend Smital. “We started working with pixels because we loved the idea of making pictures only for the screen. It’s the best way to get really sharp and clean looking results. Also, handling pixels is fun and you are forced to simplify and abstract ...

UNIQLO Spring Shirts in NYC

Apr

30

2009

If you remember, I believe two months ago, I wrote about the new Spring line for Uniqlo, here. Well, they are finally here in NYC!! They were just put out today. The word must have spread pretty damn fast, cause almost all the Pacman shirts are gone. Check the list after the jump…