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Grand Theft Auto III Signed By Jack Thompson

A wonderful piece of gaming irony to finish the year.

A signed copy of Grand Auto III has turned up on eBay by none other than Jack Thompson and quite honestly I’m having difficulty getting me head around this one.

My mind doesn’t want to accept this as real, it shouldn’t exist. Jack Thompson signing a copy of GTA III?

This almost impossible item came about as a result of an open panel debate about violence in video games, participated by Mr. Thompson at this year’s VGXPO in Philadelphia.

The seller has stated that he does not want to sell this, but if sold all proceeds would go to the charity Child’s Play. This would explain the overpriced $4000.00 starting bid and why no one has bid on it just yet. I can understand trying to make money for charity purposes but $4000 is a bit much and over estimates the value of its uniqueness.

eBay page

Source Game Sniped

Full Metroid Map

In my continuing quest to find pretty maps for games, I have come across a totally awesome map of Metroid on the NES.

This map is so big you can only see a couple of rooms at a time so I’ve scaled it down to fit it on Level Select, but lost all the detail (can’t win) if you want to see the original in all its glory follow the link below.

For those that missed my previous finds, you will find a complete Super Mario Bros. Map here and a partial map of Sword of Mana here, I should point out that these maps contain spoilers.

Source vgmaps

Lego + Gaming = ?

Now I love LEGO as I grew up with it and believe it is the building block of imagination (at least for me that is!) So when i saw this LEGO Gameboy (Below) creation by the Arvo brothers i was blown away!

But then when I went to these guys webpage and saw that they had not only done this Lego masterpiece but other gaming related models I just had to share it with everyone!

First up is the LEGO Gameboy

(Read on …)

How to play Super Smash Bros

Over at Wii Nintendo.net they have a cool little video on “How to play Super Smash Bros” this video reminded me of the first time i played super Smash Bros. 64 back in the day!

So i thought i would show you all where it all started with a quick video of “How to play Smash Bros. 64″

This does bring back memories (Good Times!)

Share the Love

The first time you play the Wi-Fi modes, be sure to set the Smash Service to ON. If you don’t turn this Smash Service on, you won’t receive any data! I ask that you take great care not to forget this step.

In order to receive data sent by Nintendo, you need to first choose Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection mode. (Read on …)

Designer for BBC Microcomputer Honoured

OMG this takes me back!

Steve Furber was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Years honours list.

Professor Furber of the University of Manchester has been has involved with home computing since the 70’s, when studying at Cambridge University he got involved in a club for computer hobbyists.

It was during this time when he was approached to work for British computing firm Acorn, and shortly after joining started working on the BBC Micro. The incredibly successful BBC Micro was part of an initiative by the British Broadcasting Corporation to improve computer literacy, initially it was only estimated to sell around 12,000 units but the BBC went on to sell 1.5 million and became the corner stone of computer education in Britain during the 80’s.

After working on the BBC Professor Furber went on to co design the revolutionary ARM chip, the first one was made in 1985 and amazingly they are still used today in mobile products like iPods and mobile phones.

The Professor is currently working on a computer which is intended to mimic the complex interactions of the human brain, which will be comprised of his famed ARM chip and is currently known as the Brain box.

Source BBC

Doom Bible

Every gamer knows Doom and any self respecting gamer has at least played part of Doom. It’s a game that is just as hallowed as Mario, Sonic or Street Fighter II.

Doom was originally intend to be a story driven shooter with an intricate plot, much like Half-Life was, (released six years later using a heavily modified version id’s Quake engine) the gameplay however moved towards the fast paced action shooter we know it is today.

The Doom bible was written by Tom Hall and is essentially the games design document, detailing all aspects of what the game would eventfully be. Tom conceived an Alien world known as Tei Tenga and including five playable characters, each with their own unique personalities and abilities. John Carmack disapproved of a detailed plot and conflicts surrounding it development led to the resignation of Tom Hall.

Unfortunately most of us weren’t present during the creation of Doom; we can at least take a glimpse into what Doom might have actually been like if Tom’s ideas were taken onboard. And we can only speculate on how this alternative Doom would have changed gaming as we know it today.
Doom Bible

Source Random Gnome

Shark Light Gun for Wii

How random is this?

Fortunately for myself and a couple of friends we had the luxury of having the precious few days off between Christmas and New Year. We decided it would be a great opportunity to get together and play some games, one of the games we played was Ghost Squad on the Wii and naturally our mood gravitated towards the Paradise mode.

The idea of running around with Dolphin water guns and shooting at bikini clad terrorists sounded like too much fun, and it was.

Anyway, Kotaku has just posted some info about a Shark shaped light gun for the Wii at Deal extreme that would make a fine addition to the crazy world of Ghost Squad’s Paradise Mode. Who knows it might make you feel like your closer to the action…

DealExtreme Pega Shark Light Gun for Wii $ 10.86

Source Kotaku

Stars Catalogue updated!

Now as I had some new games given to me (and some bought by me…) over this holiday season I thought I would go and check out the Club Nintendo section of the new Nintendo website and to my surprise and delight it looks like the big N has been listening to us bitch and moan about not getting anything cool in the Stars Catalogue and decided to do something about it!

You now can get:

• Mario Game Rack
  With Mario hats to bookend it, this exclusive Nintendo Game Rack works great…
  4500 stars
• Mario Kart Racing Collection: Wario
  The Mario Kart all-stars leap out of the game and into your palm!
  2000 stars
• DS Lite Value Pack (Super Mario)
  Get lots of DS extras in just one package with the DS Lite Value Pack.  details
  5000 stars

This is only a few of the new cool things you could spend your stars on and not only that but now you can swap your stars into Wii points so you can buy virtual console games instead!

Below are some screen shots of what the pages now look like!

So thank you Nintendo for listening to us and all I hope is that there will be many more cool things to buy in the future!

Dragoon

It is said that if you collect all three parts, you will complete the legendary Air Ride machine…

It’s broken into three parts:

1. Dragoon Part A, the nose cone…
2. Dragoon Part B, the hull…
3. and Dragoon Part C, the tail.

Of course, given the amount of preparation required, it boasts tremendous firepower! If it strikes you, consider it a one-hit KO.

The battle for this item is hot. Hit an opponent who has one of the Dragoon parts to make them drop it. You also drop the parts when you lose a life. If you want to get a part in hand, then beat up your opponent!

The same can be said for Smash Balls – those, too, are items that everyone really wants badly, so the scramble can be quite funny!

The joy of finally getting all three. Your enemies doing whatever they can to flee. It’s like we’ve added a delicious new spice, so I hope you’ll enjoy it during multiplayer matches.

Smash Bros Brawl Goes Gold

Dedicated Smash Bros. Forum has scooped that Smash Bros has finally been finished and is going into mass production.

This is obviously excellent news, it brings the game one step closer to being released (Ok, for anyone outside of Europe its one step closer).

On the down side it now means that no more work is being done on the game and if your favorite character is not in the game by now it means they might not be showing up.

The buzz surrounding Megaman is that he is not going to appear, but what of some of the past fighters?

• Luigi
• Dr. Mario
• Capt Falcon
• Falco
• Young Link
• Ganondorf
• Sheik
• Mr. Game & Watch

These aren’t all the characters listed, but a handful that haven’t been confirmed as yet. Unfortunately for most of these characters they are “clone” characters, something Masahiro Sakurai has indicated he wanted to see less of this time.

If you believe internet rumour, there was talk of a smash blow out where a lot of information was spilled at once and now the game is finished it makes sense that this is done simply because there will be no last minute changes to the game now.

It’s make or break time for these Nintendo characters, are they in or out?

Source Smashboards

Pac-Man Hoodie

Here’s one for the more mature ‘yoof’ on the street. Hang around with all of your reprebate hoodie pals in this retro Pac-Man Maze

(via I.Z. Reloaded)

Coin Launcher

In the last game, you dropped the coins you collected into a prize-dispensing machine for a chance to win trophies. That was fine and all, but the guys over at Smash HQ got to thinking that there wasn’t really any strategy involved.

So this time, They have dropped the crane game. Instead, you’ll be earning your trophies in THIS kind of game!

Tilt left and right to change the angle of the launcher and press the button to roll coins out. Basically, the coins themselves are your bullets. (Read on …)

Christmas The Aftermarth

After the dust settles for another Christmas, its time to find out the results.

Gaming charts are a messy affair, you never quite know which sales chart is on the money. but general consensus is that Call of Duty 4 was the most popular game this Christmas, finally beating EA’s continual domination during this period over the past few years.

Looking at Chart Track it looks like this.

1 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
2 ASSASSIN’S CREED
3 THE SIMPSONS GAME
4 FIFA 08
5 NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET
6 MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA
7 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2008
8 DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING
9 MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC
10 WII PLAY

Amazon looks like this.

1 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2 Super Mario Galaxy
3 Wii Nunchuk Controller
4 Wii Play with Wii Remote
5 Wii Remote Controll
6 Wii Charge Station
7 Wii
8 Assassin’s Creed
9 PlayStation 3 Wireless Sixaxis Controller
10 Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training
11 PSP 2000 Console - Piano Black
12 Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
13 Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Disc Remote
14 Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party Bundle
15 Wii Points Card
16 New Super Mario Bros.
17 Halo 3
18 PlayStation 3 80GB Motorstorm Pack
19 Carnival Games
20 Time Crisis 4 (Includes Guncon 3)
21 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
22 PSP Daxter Entertainment Pack - Ice Silver
23 Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Gold Card
24 Wii Perfect Shot Gun
25 Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day

And Game looks like this.

1 Assassin’s Creed (PS3)
2 Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
3 Assassin’s Creed (XBOX 360)
4 Super Mario Galaxy
5 Mass Effect
6 Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
7 WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008
8 FIFA 08
9 Football Manager 2008
10 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Trophy Stands

Among the many trophies are some representing the enemies that appear in The Subspace Emissary.

But they cannot be acquired easily.

You must turn the enemies directly into trophies to get them! The item you need to do this is a trophy stand.

When an enemy appears, you need to significantly weaken it. (Read on …)

Virtual Console Update

Nintendo has given us a little Christmas surprise this morning in the form of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble. (Read on …)

Now your thinking with LEGO

Over at Brothers Brick.com Ive found something that i belive to be the best LEGO work ive seen this year and its theme! Yup your good old (New) video game Portal!

A member calling himself “qthering” aka (Nate Mac) has out done himself by createing an amazingly accurate vignette of the game!

Well done sir!

“Ohh and The cake is a liar!“

Sonic: Final Smash & Angel Island Zone Tune

When talking about Sonic’s Final Smash, there is no other option than Super Sonic!

Use the power of the Chaos Emeralds to transform. Race through the air at reckless speed!

He has tremendous inertia and is hard to control, but his top speed is top class!

Those who are witnessing this move should plan on dodging!

If you boost your speed recklessly, you’ll pass by people too quickly, making it easier for them to dodge.

Speed control is important with this Final Smash.

And also we are given the “Sonic the Hedgehog: Angel Island Zone” tune too!

The song used as the background music for the Sonic the Hedgehog Joins the Brawl movie is called “Live and Learn”. As you can tell by listening, it’s a pretty hot song, and it has many fans. Oh… You can, of course, enjoy the original version of the song in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as well.

And the person who created that song, Jun Senoue, has also arranged another song for Brawl!

It is “Angel Island Zone”. It’s a song from “Sonic the Hedgehog 3″, in which Knuckles first appeared.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue

Fresh details about Gran Turismo (Read on …)

Not sure what to do with your Holiday Money?

Like most people i bet you have been given hard cold cash at some point as a present this holiday season (Unlike socks like me!) and im sure you all are wondereing what to do with this money that is no doubt burning a whole in your pocket!

Well let tell you where you could spend it… Thats right just jump over to Play.com and check out there Monster Games sale! They must have gone crazy over the holiday as there are some great games there for as little as £22 and it is on all consoles to!

Check out this short list of some of the games that you could pick up: (Read on …)

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