Tag: VIDEOGAME

Bad news for AMD and Intel: Microsoft has teamed up with another chip maker for its next endeavor, and that chip maker is Doritos. The two companies are running a contest in which users submit Doritos-themed video-game ideas. Submissions will be accepted through July 29th, after which Doritos and Xbox 360 developers will choose five finalists. The finalists will work with the developers to ...

FUN A PlayStation-based cell phone has been rumored to be on the way almost since the day Sony released the PSP. But instead of waiting for Sony to come around to actually producing it, one unscrupulous Chinese gadget maker just went ahead and built one -- kind of. The FUN (pronounced F-U-N, we're guessing, to sound similar to P-S-P) is like a 50 percent photocopy of the PSP that makes calls, ...

Neo Double Games So Junior wants a Nintendo DS for his birthday, but you spent all of his gift money on the ponies? Not a problem! Your bookie should have no trouble finding you a deal on this Chinese imposter. Just be aware of a few minor differences. The included hand strap and ear buds are garbage, as is the hinge that joins the two screens. And what about those screens? That's where things ...

This June, embattled Sony Computer Entertainment chairman Ken Kutaragi is finally being put out to pasture. Kutaragi is something of a legend in video game lore. He invented the original PlayStation in the early '90s and almost single-handedly put Sony on top of an industry that was previously locked up by Nintendo and Sega. But, Kutaragi's shine has worn off in recent years. With the PSP not ...

Seizures, Blood Clots and Death The condition(s): Here's a medical mystery worth at least one 'House' episode: A 14-year-old British boy is rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment on a blood clot that had developed in his leg. A teenage girl in Iowa is hospitalized after lapsing into a violent seizure. On the other side of the planet, a 28-year-old South Korean man collapses and dies ...