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The Product Life of Game Controllers

August 26, 2010 By sharker

Game controllers for most game consoles of PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo have become another aspect of needing to satisfy the demand for possible damages or worn out game pads today. The wearing out process is only normal considering that with the rising addiction that most gamers employ on their time in playing, they tend to wear out the buttons and the joysticks from excessive use.

Game Controllers

It is a good thing that such game controller pads are available anywhere today. Depending on the wear and tear of such controllers, people end up trying to purchase a new one once their old ones start to loose their purpose, like delayed reactions of commands once pushed and also no response coming from moving the stick pad controllers.

While some may not be inclined to buy new ones and have their old controllers fixed, it will still come to a point where the controller would evidently have to be replaced, meaning beyond repair states. For some people, it would be best to replace now rather than wait until the time comes when controllers would become a rarity.

Filed Under: Arcade Games, Game Cube, Nintendo, Online Gaming, PC, Play Station, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, Tips Tagged With: game-controllers, Nintendo, PS2, PS3, Xbox

Playing like the Professionals

August 19, 2010 By sharker

Among the notable games that are coming out would be the off-shoot of popular sports and athletics such as the NBA, NFL and the NHL. These sporting events usually lead the headlines of the newspaper sports headlines and people are given the opportunity to be able to experience them through developed games in the various game consoles of the Playstation and Xbox series.

Each game comes with the usual updated player rosters, teams, statistics and signature moves that players are known for. Games like NBA Live and Madden Football also have the feature of a dynasty or story mode which allows controllers to be able to dictate and follow the development and evolution of their created or existing players throughout their career. Teams are also another good thing to build on since building dynasties is synonymous to planning and strategic management in a different approach and aspect from such developed games today.

Filed Under: Gameboy, New Games, PC, Play Station, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360 Tagged With: nba-live, nfl, PlayStation, PS2, PS3, Xbox

Familiarization with the Controller Keys

July 26, 2010 By sharker

Game Pad Controllers

For game consoles, the need for a gamer to be familiar with the controller buttons which corresponds to a particular command in the chosen games such as Tekken and Mortal Kombat is a need to enjoy the game and interface much easier. Such controller buttons once combined properly will produce special moves and secret effects that make the gaming experience for games a whole lot worth it.

Truth of the matter is that most games, either fighting or role playing games offer more than just graphical presentation to impress the gamers. For older people the essence of game play and hidden secrets in games is something that they would initially want to crack. A good source to find out such hidden codes and combinations would be the Internet. A lot of sites like Gamespy offers such codes and walkthroughs for gamers to practice them once they get the chance to try it out for themselves in their PlayStation, Xbox and Wii game consoles.

Filed Under: Arcade Games, Cheats, New Games, Nintendo, PC, Play Station, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, Tips, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360 Tagged With: PlayStation, ps, PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

November 10, 2007 By sharker

Ever dream of being in the marines and reaching the stage of being part of the elite Special Forces that undergo special training in the military? Well, thanks to Tom Clancy, aspiring special forces units players can have the chance with this new installment where the called upon special forces known as “Ghosts” have to face the rising rebellion threat on the borders of Mexico to stave off the probable crisis that may extend towards the United States.

Ghost Recon Tom Clancy

Such a scenario offers a realistic modern day life happening, with due reference towards the ongoing war in Iraq. Offered through game engines as the PC, PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360, people can make their own destiny and fight off the rebellion forces and make sure that they stay within their territorial bounds.

Ghost Recon offers high-end technological machinery to serve as the available weapons to fight off the rebellion forces. With the setting of the year in 2014, it will not be surprising why such new developed weapons are not possible once the real world reaches this date.

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Filed Under: Arcade Games, Kotaku, PC, Play Station, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360 Tagged With: ghost-recon, PS2, PS3, PSP, tom-clancy, Xbox

Waiting for the Right Price to Buy Game Consoles

July 28, 2007 By sharker

It has been a common tradition that game consoles would come to a point of having to engage in price drops since immediate demands of purchase for them would not be selling as forecasted. Part of this can be attributed to their outrageous prices such as that of the Playstation 3 and the Wii series. The cost for owning one is simply too much and waiting for some time for prices to be lowered has been an expected trend as can be seen from previous game console installments such as the PS2 and the Xbox offers.

Time Zone Gaming

People are simply waiting in line before the price drops hit the markets. The initial purchasers will always be there, largely composed of game addicts who go for distinction and allow their excitement to get the better of them. While these people may afford to burn the extra cash, price discounts are offered after some time since not resorting to such may leave them with a heap of game consoles that will just gather dust and eat up their inventory space.

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Filed Under: Arcade Games, Game Cube, Gameboy, New Games, Nintendo, Play Station, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360 Tagged With: PS2, PS3, timezone, Wii, Xbox

The Growing Demand for Hardware Requirements

March 24, 2007 By sharker

The more advanced a gaming package the higher the need for better hardware specifications. Such has been the method adopted by PC games, PlayStation and Xbox today. The sequels to game consoles have been done for the purpose of providing better quality game play and graphics above all. It is quite obvious that the higher fine graphic turnout has become the darling of most game enthusiasts today. While it is true that preference for overall game play is important for hardcore gamers today, these are sometimes overshadowed by high resolution graphics that people get people glued to the fine graphic representations used in most games like role playing and sports games today.

Game Graphics

There have been a number of revisions on games today, a lot of where improvement in representation once the game console is in use can be significantly noticed. War games, sports and arcade games have been the sought after preferences in demands for gaming preference today.

Among the games notable for such innovations include that of Gears of War, Gran Turismo 4, NBA Live Series, and the Raw vs. Smackdown sequels. A lot of them are highly touted and rated based on actual gamers’ experience.

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Filed Under: Arcade Games, Game Cube, New Games, Nintendo, Online Gaming, PC, Play Station, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, Tips, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360 Tagged With: graphics-accelerator, Online Gaming, PlayStation, PS2, PS3, Xbox, xbox360

Film Clips from Movie Game Counterparts

March 14, 2007 By sharker

Once a good movie that has caught so much attention is about to hit the theaters, people would do anything to find out what the possible storylines, twists and character roles in the movie would be. For hit movies, there would usually be corresponding games in the playstation 2 series such as Lord of the Rings, Cars, Matrix and so on where players are given missions and tasks to take on certain levels.

Return of the King

To spice up the game, short film clips of the movie are inserted where players can somehow depict each of the scenes shown and somehow be able to analyze and get an idea of what the whole storyline is all about. Tricky as it may seem but some people can even get the gist of the movie based on factual trailers. It is these trailers which have been placed strategically for interactive purposes and to easily understand the main objective of goals to achieve per level during game play.

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Filed Under: News, Nintendo, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360 Tagged With: dvd-games, movie-games, PlayStation, playstation2, PS2

The Playstation Portable (PSP) Revolution

February 18, 2007 By sharker

It is a known fact that the gaming fever has obviously invaded the private lives of people today. The usual games like the NBA Live Series, car racing stuff and the usual role playing games are so addictive that people tend to become hooked on to their PlayStation sets and stay at home to play them vividly. But with the introduction of the PSP, another demand has been satisfied.

PSP Console

The PSP, a portable game console that can be brought anywhere a person pleases offers a totally new name towards compact and handy entertainment within their fingertips. PSP owners can have the luxury of using the various known DVD Games parallel to the PlayStation series everyone is aware of today.

Don’t get the PSP concept wrong. Many would consider it as something only for the sake of adhering towards the kids’ demand for flexibility and mobility. But anyone would be surprised that even the adult and avid gamers would really be the leading purchasers of such new portable game consoles such as the PSP.

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Filed Under: Arcade Games, Gameboy, New Games, Play Station, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, PSP, Tips Tagged With: PlayStation, PS2, PS3, PSP

Sony PlayStation Game Console Affordability

January 15, 2007 By sharker

Call them expensive and more of a necessity brought about by the growing demand for gaming in the world today, the prices for owning a brand new one is not appealing to most. Some would resort to waiting for second hand items to purchase, since in most cases, 40% will be expected to be taken out from its original purchase price.

Sony Playstation

Such can be seen in the Sony PlayStation series. Notable among the list is the PS3 that demands outrageous amounts to be shelved to own one. But there are still the past Sony consoles as the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2. Both these past devices still hold the same quality and game play, but for the technology conscious who want to be recognized as the first person to own them is surely something that can be said for chosen and financially fortunate groups.

Saving Money

Today, using money on the proper essentials today needs to be done carefully. Gaming consoles are used as a leisure and active family team building tool. But for them to be considered by families, the rate at which they can be bought needs to be re-evaluated since not all can spare money to buy one PlayStation Unit today.

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Filed Under: Arcade Games, Play Station, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, Tips Tagged With: money, PlayStation, playstation2, playstation3, PS2, PS3

Mortal Kombat Armageddon: The Tournament is Back!

January 13, 2007 By sharker

Liu Kang, Sub-Zero, Scorpion and Sonya are back! Yes another installment of the original arcade game hit Mortal Kombat is now available over the PlayStation 2 series, adding another twist and introduction of the 62 characters to take on.

Mortal Kombat Armageddon

As all games, this new installment comes with the 2 player versus mode and the story mode to which new and aspiring fighters are being trained in various modes of combat and skills to take on the best of the tournament.

If adults would have their way, this game would garner a Restricted Rating owing to the blood and violence that after each successful fight would have, especially for the trademark “Fatality” triumph to which Mortal Kombat has been known for. But nevertheless, combo fighting and skills to defeat the other characters available in the game is the main itinerary to find out who is truly the best among the best in this tournament that draw various origins of fighters with special abilities in the battle to the death.

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Filed Under: Arcade Games, New Games, PlayStation 2, Reviews, Tips Tagged With: armageddon, mortal-kombat, playstation2, PS2

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