PlayStation 3 Stress Tested, Found Virtually Unbreakable

Gizmodo has a report that claims the PS3 is almost unbreakable.

 
With all the coverage of how the Xbox 360s are failing left and right in the past few months, there hasn’t been much coverage of how sturdy the PS3 is. PS3 Vault took a PS3 into harsh environments, continuously using it for 108 hours with [...]

Wii about to surpass xBox360 worldwide sales

The Wii is quickly catching up to the 360, and in a week or two should surpass it. Which will put Nintendo on top of the pack for the first time in a very long time.
There are still two more games that the hardcore gamers might be holding out for; Metroid Prime 3 and Super [...]

Xbox 360s serious heating problems revealed

Face it: the Xbox 360 isn’t quite up to snuff. The design is flawed, leading to an abnormal number of machines konking out. Since Microsoft won’t reveal the details of what exactly is causing the problems, Japanese news source Nikkei had a thermal design expert analyze the 360’s heat radiation system. Two Xbox 360’s [...]

GTA IV Delayed Until Spring 2008!!

This just in… Take-Two has announced that Grand Theft Auto IV is being delayed until Spring of 2008 due to “additional development time required to complete the title.” Read on for further explanations that came with today’s announcement as well as links to stories related to this news.
“With Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar is [...]

Jesuits say take word of God to Second Life

Catholic missionaries have always trekked to dangerous parts of the Earth to spread the word of God — now they are being encouraged to go into the virtual realm of Second Life to save virtual souls.
In an article in Rome-based Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica, academic Antonio Spadaro urged fellow Catholics not to be scared [...]

Mystery Smash Bros. mode revealed

 
Super Smash Bros. Brawl has plenty of surprises in store it seems, and this is one of them: a new mystery gameplay mode that appears to allow you to fight with trophies.
Fans of the previous game will remember the several dozens of trophies that were awarded for completing certain tasks in the game. But [...]

Sony expected to lower 80GB PS3 to $499

News that the newly discounted PS3 would be discontinued in the coming months left many gamers slightly frustrated on Friday, but Sony will likely stick with its $499 price point when 60GB inventory depletes says analyst Micheal Pachter.
“Although we think that Sony’s public relations gaffe was unfortunate, we do not believe that the company has [...]

LucasArts Leaks New SIXAXIS?

On the LucasArts website promoting their new Star Wars game, publicity shots show images of an unseen controller with the Sony branding. In this redesign, the left analog stick has been swapped with the D-pad (in a similar fashion to the 360 and Gamecube controllers). So is it real? At E3, Kotaku received confirmation [...]

Sony Confirms PS3 Price Cut

Confirming Internet reports from late last week, Sony Computer Entertainment America has officially confirmed the company will be dropping the price of the 60GB PlayStation 3 SKU to $499, effective Tuesday. Additionally, Sony will be introducing an 80GB SKU in August for $599 bundled with a copy of MotorStorm.
So far, the price drop is only [...]

Pac-man’s skull

PacMan’s skeleton, conceived by Le Gentil Garçon, in collaboration with François Escuilié, palaeontologist, from the comparative observation of human and various predatory animal skulls. 2004, Resin, diameter: 65 cm.
This is a pretty awesome concept, I didn’t even know Pac-Man had a skull! I figured he was just a soft gel like creature. Today, I was [...]