Sega console fans rejoice, as an extremely rare item has just appeared on Shop Goodwill. A brand new Sega Dreamcast with an extra controller are among the latest lots on the charity auction site run by Goodwill Industries. Everything was factory sealed upon arrival, and Goodwill employees at the Indianapolis store where the items are located only opened the boxes to ensure everything was inside and completely sealed. The opening price for the lot was $3, and that has since risen to $30.36.

This is a phenomenal deal. The Dreamcast was originally released in 1998, and this brand new item is not only a pristine collector’s piece, but also a fully functional console. All you need to do is then find some games. Fortunately enough, there are five different lots of Dreamcast games available on Shop Goodwill.

This is a great deal, and I wish I could bid. However I know I’d be outbid on this beauty. This collector’s item is worth far more than $30, and I’m sure some loving fan is going to scrape together the funds to procure this piece of gaming history. The auction began February 29, 2008 and is set to end on March 7, 2008.

http://www.gamertell.com/gaming/comm...ega-dreamcast/ ...

It's been more than a year since the accidental shooting of 18-year-old Peyton Strickland by Cpl. Christopher Long, a deputy of New Hanover County, N.C., during a raid of Strickland's rented home in early December, 2006. The sheriff's Emergency Response Team was serving a warrant for Strickland's arrest in connection with his suspected involvement in two PS3's being stolen from a University of North Carolina Wilmington student. Long mistook the sounds of his own team using a battering ram for gunshots, and opened fire on the unarmed teenager.

Long was not charged with a crime, but the Strickland family recently received a small amount of closure on the matter -- a $2.45 million settlement from New Hanover County, and a public apology from Sheriff Sid Causey, who admitted that Long "made a mistake as to the existence of a deadly threat".

The Strickland family will put the $2.45 million into a charitable foundation to provide need-based scholarships and other grants. "The Stricklands were not interested in money," said Strickland family representative Joyce Fitzpatrick. "That cannot bring their son back."

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/02/fa...5-mil-settlem/ ...

In a little over two weeks Armored Core For Answer will be released in Japan on both PS3 and 360. The publicity campaign the game has received has been pretty thorough, as From Software utilised the whole Web 2.0 approach by having Japanese bloggers espouse the game's virtues (something Famitsu has got in the act on with their crazy 360 blogger, Jamzy). Even the redoubtable Toshifumi Nabeshima, essentially regarded as the father of Armored Core by the Japanese fanbase, has done the rounds online pimping the game as best he can.

Features-wise, it's all a bit over the top still as For Answer comes across as being like Shadow of the Colossus but with guns and robots (traveling at 2000 km/h, obviously). A few things have fallen by the wayside though, namely the transformable AC's but other things like Dolby 5.1 in-game and full online co-op have partly made up for that (though there's always the possibility that Famitsu initially misquoted the whole transformation aspect, as a lot of the Arms Forts do transform into different modes rather than the AC's themselves).

One of the more interesting aspects of the game's production though is the use of Isaku Okabe as a military adviser (he recently did something similar for the truly excellent Gundam 00). Again, From Software didn't miss a trick and they had him put in front of a camera and explain the nitty gritty military aspects of the game.

For those that want to catch up with the deluge of materials that have been unleashed online, then the official site is a good port of call as is the Armored Core Wiki (the Next Reports are especially worth a gander). GameTrailers has also leeched the movies from the official site if you have trouble streaming them. All we need to do now is wait for the Western release and the subsequent reviews undertaken by gamers that have had their hands replaced with flippers.

http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/002257.html ...

Alright so heres a neat trick for Canadian (and mabye more) to access some features in the "Zune Marketplace" here are the steps:

1. Go to http://www.zune.net

2. Press the "Sign In" button and enter your Hotmal account (make a account at hotmail.com if you don't have one)

3. It should give you a message saying not available in your region or something like that.

4. DO NOT click "Ok", instead click the Zune logo in the top left corner of the screen.

5. This should take you back to the Zune's homepage, notice how you are logged in at the top right.

6. Click the black square box to the left of your name. (It should be your gamertag if you have one)

7. Now you should be in a sort of profile area, here you can edit your Zune Tag by adding custom backgrounds, logo, msgs, etc. While your here, you can also see who on your friends list owns a Zune and what they are currently listening too, and it tells you the last time they had listened to music via their Zune and synced their "gamercard" to the servers.

Currently I can preview a Song on my friends playlists, for those intrested he is listening to a song called "The Best of Me" by The Starting Line.

Im not sure if this will work on the Zune Marketplace itself, but Ill try later on.

I would only bother doing this if you are in Canada and plan on getting a Zune. ...

Eke-Eke just posted this fantastic news on his site and yes the first Native Genesis/Megadrive emulator for the Wii (Gamecube too) and most importantly of all the worlds first console based emulator to run Virtua Racing



DIGG THIS RELEASE




Download and Give Feedback and Compatability Reports Via Comments ...

Oklahoma Christian University? Sure as hell (woops) haven't heard of it either, but they must be the Cal to Abilene Christian University's Stanford (or sub your fav rivalry here) as they seem ready to pony up the cash necessary to fund the next free-gear-to-students publicity stunt. This time the offering is not only an iPod touch or iPhone, but a new MacBook as well -- and to sweeten the deal, current students can trade their machines in for a new one. Your tuition (and tithing) dollars hard at work, OCU parents, students, and alumni.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/u...ones-and-macb/ ...

michalt441 has posted in our Game Modders Forum a ton of Doom Mods for the PSP, amongst them are Duke Nukem PSP, Goldeneye, Quake 2, Quake 4, Doom64, Fistfull of Dollars and Hellraiser.

All downloads contain the files needed



Duke Nukem PSP (Doom Mod)
Quake 4 for PSP (Doom Mod)
Fistful of Dollars for PSP (Doom Mod)
Quake 2 PSP (Doom Mod)
Doom 64 PSP (Doom Mod)
Hellraiser PSP (Doom Mod)
Goldeneye PSP (Doom Mod)

Awesome set of mods for the Doom Game, remember to post your mods in our PSP Game Modding forum ...

michalt441 has posted in our Game Modders Forum a ton of Doom Mods for the PSP, amongst them are Duke Nukem PSP, Goldeneye, Quake 2, Quake 4, Doom64, Fistfull of Dollars and Hellraiser.

All downloads contain the files needed



Duke Nukem PSP (Doom Mod)
Quake 4 for PSP (Doom Mod)
Fistful of Dollars for PSP (Doom Mod)
Quake 2 PSP (Doom Mod)
Doom 64 PSP (Doom Mod)
Hellraiser PSP (Doom Mod)
Goldeneye PSP (Doom Mod)

Awesome set of mods for the Doom Game, remember to post your mods in our PSP Game Modding forum ...

By:Nikole
I'm going to do my best to leave me opinions out of this and make it as unbiased as I can, because I mostly want your opinions on the matter.
I was reading an article on bingegamer.net. The author Allison Boyer was discussing her experiences while playing XBL. She complains that she doesn't like using her mic due to the fact that she has a woman's voice, as most women do. The problem with having a woman's voice you ask? You get comments like these:

"Ooo, your voice sounds sexy, Ooo, I'll protect you baby, Ooo, you up for some fun?



She says that while playing she will either get killed non-stop by guys thinking its funny to kill a girl or be protected by players who think its chivalrous to keep her from harms way. The bottom line being: "I'm a girl. I like to play video games. STOP RUINING IT FOR ME."


There, a simple painless little article stating how this girl felt she was being harassed and treated differently on live. Hardly breaking news or any kind of oddity. But the part that strikes me is the comments she received. The article went up today and there are already 50+ comments, the majority of which being negative and involving the world kitchen and/or sammiches. [Guys get some new jokes!!!]

* "-Get back to the kitchen" x9000!!!!

* -"grow some balls "

* "Get over it. You know the nature of how online play is on xbox live and PSN. You know what to expect. All that one can do in your position is endure it. You can't change anything by writing a piece crying about how annoying people are towards you when you play online. I get irritated at the idiots who only know how to swear all day and talk over the mic just to hear themselves say something in the game. But I don't care that much to write a cry me a river style article. If I want to play online then that is what I have to expect. It is the "nature" of playing a game online."

* -"The irony in this article is amazing. The jerks pick on you because you act like a little girl, in fact you ARE a little girl (no i don't care about your real age, someone who cries about the ean people on the internet is as naive as a 8 years old). Instead of whining you should understand that xboxlive is full of morons and the fact that you're a girl is just one more reason to add to a countless list for acting like a complete idiot. I hope you're just a troll playing the old "EHI AIMMA GRRRL GAMER!!!" card for some easy baiting. In that case it was a pleasure to feed you. tl;dr Cry me a river, build a bridge and get over it."

* -"Don't wear your mic or turn on mute. Seriously, why so many words for a non-issue? And I'm really sure the fellas are waiting in lines to tap your sh--, sister"

* -"Cute arguement, but one article on the next isn't anything more then a gossip. I appologize but no ones going to look at this and change their ways for it, ethier way it was clevar and I got a few laughs out of it."

* -"WAHHH. Like any woman, all you can f------ do is bitch. Grow some f------ ovaries, and either kill the m----------- trying to kill/protect you, or, hey, tell them to f--- off. Jesus christ, do you honestly expect the internet to feel sorry for you? Why? Because you have a f------ hole between your legs? GTFO, you stupid, worthless, hypocritical c----. Seriously. Just get the f--- off the internet right now. You belong in the kitchen anyways."



I'm gonna avoid bitching about the obvious idiots she has to deal with. I don't see how this will ever change for xbl or anywhere on the internet as long as people can hide behind the anonymity of the internet.


Am I the only one that thinks this is ridiculous?

And guys, is this how you really are and how you really view girls?

Does talking about these issues actually bring about change for the better?

Is there really anything that can be done to stop stupidity on the internet?

Source: http://www.gamegirl.com/article/6487...ing-continues/ ...