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Thursday, March 06, 2008 - Posts

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    Mario and Sonic: a Winning Combination

    Sales figures released today show that Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has broken through the 5 million barrier in global sales on the Nintendo Wii. This is proving what a lot pundits already knew that putting together in one game two of the most recognised characters in modern day video gaming will lead to record sales!! The game reached the massive milestone in just 3 short months showing that Sega still has the goods when it comes to developing massive hits. Presdient and COO of Sega America...
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    Game On in Melbourne

    Late post for those of you in Melbourne, Australia, head on over to Federation Square in the city and check out the exhibition at ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image). Game On have an exhibition outlining the history of video games which looks to be the goods. I'll be heading over there sometime tomorrow or the weekend. I'll be sure to post some pics of what I see. Details as follows: Thursday 6 March 2008 - Sunday 13 July 2008 Open daily 10am - 6pm, Late night Thursdays until 9pm...
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    Top 20 VC downloads

    Below you'll find the top 20 Nintendo Wii Virtual Console downloads for the period from Feb 28th - March 5th 1 Super Mario Bros 3 2 Super Mario Bros 3 Mario Kart 64 4 Super Street Fighter 2 5 Super Mario World 6 Super Mario 64 7 The legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time 8 Bomberman 93 9 Super Mario Bros 2 10 1080 Snowboarding 11 Pac-Man 12 The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past 13 Sonic 3 14 Paper Mario 15 The Legend of Zelda 16 Sonic 17 Adventure Island 18 Bubble Bobble 19 Donkey Kong Country...
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    The Z camera

    Ign have a cool video feature on the Z camera. This camera can be utilised with any hardware and enables wireless interaction with the screen content. Dead cool. Thanks to Jaymz for poiting me to this video!