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What’s Available for SCEA’s Playstation 2, Playstation 3, and the PSP System
The Playstation Systems.
As number three in a line of Playstation products, Playstation 3 boasts new parallel processing that enables broadband multiplayer action. It’s built in Blu-Ray disc drive promises high definition gaming, tons of media storage, streaming videos, music and an online service leaving you little to desire.
It’s predecessor, system number two, sells for only $19.99 and networks as well (just not as fast as system number three). With over 1,400 games to choose from, it’s hard to argue against this bargain.
PSP is hot again ($169.99) and integrates 3D gaming on widescreen with high fidelity stereo music, full motion video, communication and wireless networking.
Playstation 2 Accessories.
If you’re still “old schooling” your Playstation, then you’ll enjoy Playstation’s Dual Shock 2 Analog Controller ($24.99), Wireless NERF controller ($29.99), or it’s 8MB memory card ($24.99). But the music doesn’t stop there. It plays on with the SingStar Pop game and accessory pack ($49.99) or the Guitar Hero II ($79.99).
Playstation 3 Accessories.
What’s required? The Playstation 3 system sports two different kinds of controllers: a standard Chillstream controller ($39.99) and a Sixaxis Wireless controller ($49.99). Combined with the Blu-ray remote control ($24.99), you can have complete domination over your system in no time.
PSP Accessories.
Never interrupt your game play again with a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo ($69.99) or 4Gb Memory Stick Pro Duo ($109.99). Carry your handheld in a Platinum Pack ($19.99) or Traveler Case ($19.99). And don’t forget a carry all for your media ($14.99). PSP’s Media Manager ($24.99) will keep you organized as well.
Playstation Games.
Looking for games? We’ve separated this part of our guide into two sections: one for children and one for adults. Use caution when purchasing Playstation games for players under 18 years of age.
Playstation 2 Games
FOR CHILDREN:
MLB 07: The Show $59.99
ATV 4: Off Road Fury $39.99
Meet the Robinsons $29.99
Dance Dance Revolution: supernova $39.99
Durnout: Dominator $39.99
NBS Street Homecourt $59.99
FOR ADULTS:
Shadow of the Colossus $19.99
God of War $19.99
Gran Turismo 4 $19.99
Socum U.S. Navy Seals Combines Assault $39.99
Rogue Galaxy $39.99
God of War II $49.99
Destroy All Humans! 2 $39.99
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories $19.99
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas $19.99
Medal of Honor: Vanguard $39.99
Dawn of Mana $39.99
Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion $59.99
Resistance: Fall of Man $59.99
MotorStorm $59.99
Playstation 3 Games
FOR CHILDREN:
MLB 07: The Show $59.99
NBS Street Homecourt $59.99
FOR ADULTS:
Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion $59.99
Resistance: Fall of Man $59.99
MotorStorm $59.99
NOTE: Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion is works with all Playstations and is a game
COMING SOON:
Lair
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
PSP Games
FOR CHILDREN:
Ultimate Board Game Collection $39.99
Street Horizon $39.99
MLB 07: The Show $39.99
Rachet & Clank: Size Matters $39.99
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition 19.99
Full Auto 2: Battlelines: $39.99
NOTE: Street Horizon brings both turn-based and real-time strategy game play.
FOR ADULTS:
300: March to Glory: $29.99
Socum U.S. Navy Seals Combines Assault $39.99
After Burner Black Falcon $39.99
Dragonball Z Shin Budokai Another Road $39.99
The Warriors $19.99
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories $29.99
Prince of Persia: Rival Swords $39.99
Rocky Balboa $39.99
COMING SOON:
Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
HEADPLAY Personal Cinema System
Delivers the next frontier in portable entertainment. Your traveling video gaming arcade; your exclusive window into the sprawling canvas of cyberspace, an easily transportable Media hub you can take anywhere and access anytime. Featuring stunning resolution and next generation 3D capability.
EA Game Store
#1 publisher of the most successful gaming titles in the world
Official Game Zone Site
The best catalog of games from all major publishers
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What’s Available for XBox 360 System
The XBox 360 System. The new Xbox 360 console brings Microsoft technology to the gaming industry like never before. This new toy sports new Internet connections to social communities and puts the gamer in ultimate control with goo-gobs of fun accessories.
This article describes some of those accessories and the games available that (almost) everyone can enjoy.
XBox 360 Accessories.
For such a powerful system, it should be no surprise that this system takes full advantage of accessorizing. We can start by saving games on the $19.99 512MB memory unit or with the $29.99 64MB memory unit.
To keep the power going, we can look at the $29.99 Quick Charge Kit or the smaller $19.99 Play & Charge Kit. On the go, you can carry and use the $11.99 Rechargeable Batter Pack while re-powering you controller with the $29.99 charge Station.
Increase connectivity with the $99.99 Wireless Network Adapter and keep your system “kewl” with the $19.99 Intercooler. But that’s enough about maintenance. Let’s look at the fun.
Get a $39.99 Wired controller or $49.99 Wireless Controller to play your games. Unless you want feel like getting behind the wheel. In that case, you can try on the $149.99 Wireless Racing Wheel for size.
Want a little multimedia action?
Get a $199.99 HD-DVD player (don’t forget the $19.99 remote) – a $39.99 Live Vision Camera or a $59.99 Wireless Headset (wired headset available for $19.99). Then jam your way onto the $89.99 Guitar Hero II.
Of course if you want to get down with your PC, check out Xbox’s $19.99 Wireless Gaming Receiver and user your Xbox 360 controller on the computer!
XBox 360 Games.
Looking for games? We’ve separated this part of our guide into two sections: one for children and one for adults. Use caution when purchasing XBox 360 games for players under 18 years of age.
FOR CHILDREN:
Xbox’s UEFA Champions League 2006-2007 $59.99
Xbox’s Viva Pinata $29.99
Xbox’s Fuzion Frenzy 2 $29.99
Meet the Robinsons $49.99 (by Disney Interactive Studios)
Xbox’s Star Trek Legacy $39.99
Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution Universe $49.99
COMING SOON:
Forza MotorSport 2
FOR ADULTS:
Xbox’s Halo 2 $29.99 (rated 10 by GameInformer)
Xbox’s Gears of War $59.99 (rated 9.5 by GameInformer)
Xbox’s Crackdown $59.99 (rated 8.5 by GameInformer)
Capcom’s Lost Planet: Extreme Condition $59.99
Bethesda Softworks’ Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion $59.99
Xbox’s Rainbow Six: Vegas $59.99 (rated 9.5 by GameInformer)
D3 Publishers’ Earth Defense Force 2017 $39.99
Activision’s Cabela’s African Safari $29.99
Activision’s Marvel: Ultimate Alliance $59.99 (rated 9.25 by GameInformer)
Activision’s History Channel: Civil War $39.99
Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 $59.99 (rated 8.75 by GameInformer)
Sega’s Armored Core 4 $59.99
NOTE: A lot of Xbox 360 games exhibit the RP warning. Please remember to follow the guidelines set by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) when buying games for children under the age of 18.
Here’s a handy reference to what the ratings mean:
C = Appropriate for Early childhood
E = Appropriate for Everyone
E 10+ = Appropriate for Everyone aged 10 and older
T = Appropriate for Teens
M = Appropriate for Mature Adults
RP = Rating Pending (NOT appropriate for children)
The following games sport ESRB’s RP rating:
Mass Effect
Shadowrun
Blue Dragon
Tenchu Z
The Drakness
Bioshock
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Hour of Victory
HEADPLAY Personal Cinema System
Delivers the next frontier in portable entertainment. Your traveling video gaming arcade; your exclusive window into the sprawling canvas of cyberspace, an easily transportable Media hub you can take anywhere and access anytime. Featuring stunning resolution and next generation 3D capability.
EA Game Store
#1 publisher of the most successful gaming titles in the world
Official Game Zone Site
The best catalog of games from all major publishers
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What Makes A Great Video Game
It’s easy to get lost in all the details of building a great video or computer game – so easy in fact, that we can forget the parts of a game that make them fun to play.
The following serves as a gentle reminder of what prompts players to play games in the first place. Refer to this reminder in the event that you get bogged down or distracted with confusing C++ syntax, or lines and lines of Visual Basic statements and DLL structures.
1. Remember the player is the main character.
Here’s a secret between you and me: People play games to gain a sense of control. If you can manage to program your game in a way that puts the player in control, then you’ve already won half the battle.
This doesn’t mean to suggest that the game should be easy. It simply means that when a gamer runs home from school or drives home from work to play a video game, she wants to feel the control that she didn’t have during the hours between nine and five. The outcome of a game – whether it’s a win or a loss – should never be random, but the result of a good, controlled game play instead.
2. KISS. Remember that acronym? It stands for Keep It Simple Stupid.
We all know that programming a game is hard business, but believe us when we say we don’t want to be reminded of it. The difficulty of programming a game should never be part of the game play so when possible, make the game easy to start, easy to navigate, and of course, easy to play.
We’re not asking for pre-school strategy here, but on the other hand, we don’t want to feel as dumb as a pre-schooler either. Forget the hundred page manual. Nobody except the truly obsessed is going to read it anyway. Build your game for the average Joe and everyone will be your fan.
3. Add plenty of action. And add lots of it too.
The more action you add to your game, the more attention players will pay attention to it. And the more that players pay attention to your game, the more addictive your game gets. For every action that a player’s character makes, have the game react and then prompt the player for more.
4. Make the story a good one.
Nothing is worse than playing a game only to wonder what you’re doing and why. Purpose is and always has been a human obsession. But without it, we’re left wandering… in the darkness… wondering bizarre things like how the house would look in a coat of bright pink paint.
Don’t give your players the opportunity to waste time like that. Give them a mission and make sure your game reminds them what the mission is at opportune times and why they must complete it.
5. Give us eye candy. But make it relevant.
The graphics in a game shouldn’t be distracting, they should make our eyeballs glaze over with satisfaction upon seeing them, and then salivate for more. Graphics should contain clues and entice us further and further into the game until we’ve beaten the thing.
6. Make it real.
Fantasy games are okay, but what makes them cool is the fact that they’re realistic. It’s hard to get into something that isn’t familiar or that there’s no way we could ever experience. But if you can implement some reality into your games, players will appreciate it and relate to it on a whole new respectable level.
HEADPLAY Personal Cinema System
Delivers the next frontier in portable entertainment. Your traveling video gaming arcade; your exclusive window into the sprawling canvas of cyberspace, an easily transportable Media hub you can take anywhere and access anytime. Featuring stunning resolution and next generation 3D capability.
EA Game Store
#1 publisher of the most successful gaming titles in the world
Official Game Zone Site
The best catalog of games from all major publishers
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Your Own Virtual World
Part of the appeal of video games is the visual eye-candy that splashes across the television screen. But even the addictive imagery is only half of the equation. The remaining half is the magic bestowed upon our eyes when this imagery comes to life. Animation that’s controlled by a gamer is all it takes to escape into a different time and place – a time and place brought to you by virtual reality.
As you can imagine, virtual reality is a hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer. Players can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it.1 Some of the games that are already on the market give a pretty good idea of what virtual reality is and can do.
Video games like Zelda, Halo, or Harry Potter allow players to enter into an environment and interact with objects, but they don’t allow the player to create an environment and that’s what virtual worlds are all about.
Without a single ounce of programming experience, anyone can create a virtual world and have loads of fun doing so. All one needs is an idea.
To begin, you’ll want to construct a plan that maps your idea of the perfect world, the craziest world, or the oddest world that you can imagine. Some virtual world software will give you a template of sorts (a “starter” world) that lets you make additions and ultimately build a world that you’ve always dreamed of.
A good example of template use is inside Maxis’ SimCity or SimTown games. Both games provide pre-designed environments that provide plenty of space and opportunity to shape them into one that you prefer.
Of course, you could always start from scratch. The only problem with starting with scratch is that it takes more time and knowledge to add some of the features that virtual worlds provide. Either way (from scratch or from a template), most users build a world by adding objects and scenarios – even deleting some until they’ve reached the perfect balance.
A good place to find examples of what you could build in virtual world gaming is online. Every virtual world program available offers sample environments that players can download and install into their own system. Some manufacturers of these games even hold contests and award winners with free upgrades.
Other suitable places to find ideas are from fiction books: -historical, -fantasy, -futuristic, you name it. Science fiction movies are a good resource for ideas as well.
Just understand that virtual gaming takes time. Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither will your virtual world. There’s no rush and this is a relaxing hobby. Take your time and have fun. Don’t fret over not knowing how to build an object or lay down a map – you can learn how to do these kinds of things in due time. Your goal is to create a world of enjoyment and it won’t help if you find yourself frustrated all the time.
When ready, you can add characters with their own unique histories, habits, strengths and weaknesses. You can even give them goals or small tasks to perform throughout the game. Giving your characters goals and tasks will help you give the game a plot.
To get started, look for RAD (Rapid Application Development) Tools. RAD tools will help you bang a virtual reality game together in no time and with little difficulty.
HEADPLAY Personal Cinema System
Delivers the next frontier in portable entertainment. Your traveling video gaming arcade; your exclusive window into the sprawling canvas of cyberspace, an easily transportable Media hub you can take anywhere and access anytime. Featuring stunning resolution and next generation 3D capability.
EA Game Store
#1 publisher of the most successful gaming titles in the world
Official Game Zone Site
The best catalog of games from all major publishers
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Nintendo DS System
If you’re looking for a game system that comes with a butt-load of inexpensive games, you come to the right place. No other gaming system on the market today hosts as many games at such low prices as the handheld Nintendo DS System. Nor does any other gaming system on the market cater to such a young audience.
More appropriate for young gamers than teens or adults, NintendoDS games bring back the SuperMario flavor that we’ve all come to love. Pokemon is still as strong as ever with this system as well, however we’ve noticed a few new games (and types of games) thrown into the mix too.
This article describes some of the accessories and games available for this particular system that everyone can enjoy.
The NintendoDS System
This isn’t your regular GameBoy system of yesteryear. The new Nintendo DS System has a high-powered flat, folding handheld gaming device complete with bright color touch screen technology – all available for only $129.99.
Nintendo DS Accessories
Like the games that this system plays, its accessories are just as plentiful – fully appreciated by the serious gamer on the go. You can get a $14.99 headset for those quiet moments, and sport your system in a small $9.99 Duo game case, $9.99 ultimate leather case, or $17.99 G-Pak for quick trips or for storage.
For $29.99, you can stock up on a multitude of accessories encased in a convenient player pack or settle for quick emergency fixes with the $14.99 value kit. Recharging is a breeze on a $9.99 glow deck.
NintendoDS Games. Looking for games?
We’ve separated this part of our guide into two sections: one for children and one for adults. Use caution when purchasing Nintendo DS games for players under 18 years of age.
FOR CHILDREN:
Pokemon: Perls $34.99
Pokemon: Diamond $34.99
Pokemon: leaf Green $19.99
Pokemon: Fire Red: $19.99
Pokemon: Emerald: $34.99
Pokemon Ranger $34.99
Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon Blue $34.99
Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon Red $34.99
Yoshie’s Island DS $34.99
Wario: master of Disguise $34.99
Big Brain Academy $19.99
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day $19.99
Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends $34.99
Custom Robo Arena $34.99
Diddy Kong Racing DS $ 34.99
Kirby Squeak Squad $4.99
Mario Hoops 3 on 3 $34.99
Mario Kart DS $34.99
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis $34.99
New Super Mario Bros. $34.99
Cats $29.99
Horsez $29.99
Dogz $29.99
Settlers II $29.99
Lost in Blue 2 $29.99
Spectrobes $ 29.99
SNK vs. Capcon Card Fighters $29.99
Purr Pals $29.99
Cooking Mama $19.99
COMING SOON:
Diner Dash
Pony Friends
Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru
Super Collapse 3
NOTE: Harukanaru’s fighting style in the new version of Dragon Ball Z for NintendoDS differs from the style in its 2005 predecessor. In Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru, players battle using the turn-base action formula.
FOR ADULTS:
COMING SOON:
Touch the Dead
NOTE: Touch of the Dead is rated M for Mature Audiences, and exhibits the arcade shooter style. Please remember to follow the guidelines set by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) when buying games for children under the age of 18.
Here’s a handy reference to what the ratings mean:
C = Appropriate for Early childhood
E = Appropriate for Everyone
E 10+ = Appropriate for Everyone aged 10 and older
T = Appropriate for Teens
M = Appropriate for Mature Adults
HEADPLAY Personal Cinema System
Delivers the next frontier in portable entertainment. Your traveling video gaming arcade; your exclusive window into the sprawling canvas of cyberspace, an easily transportable Media hub you can take anywhere and access anytime. Featuring stunning resolution and next generation 3D capability.
EA Game Store
#1 publisher of the most successful gaming titles in the world
Official Game Zone Site
The best catalog of games from all major publishers
Filed under video games
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