Game Wars

The recent deployment of the blood-pumping video game “Dance Dance Revolution” (DDR) by various schools in Japan is a step contributed towards the ongoing nation’s march for reducing childhood obesity.

Unlike traditional video games, which are often criticized for the increasing weight by ‘tonnes’, the DDR concept is embraced by at least 10 states as a part of their physical education curriculum.

This 9-year-old game has its roots in Japan, but has developed its own craze among a Americans specially the teenagers. This is in accord with their personal pursuits enabled by modern technology.

A basic “DDR” system, including a television and game console, can be had for less than $500. For getting one, you can visit any DDR Store and get the game of your choice.

A physical instructor who use to find it difficult to get children to run, sprint and do warm ups was pleansantly surprised when she saw kids playing ‘DDR’. She said, “There were all these kids dancing and sweating and actually standing in line and paying money to be physically active and they were drinking water, not soda. It was a physical educator’s dream.”

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Tenchu Z for the Xbox 360 more than 50 stealth ninja missions in ancient Japan — releasing on June 12th (US).

My small chat here will not talk about video games or Xbox360, PS3 and not even piled-up game controllers.

This is to pump-in some change in your lifestyle, to make you feel relax.  Bathtub Racing. This real sport is meant for those who have space and big heart to invest this amount. But believe me, it’s worth it.  

Battery-powered modified go-kart comes with a complete shower kit. The inflatable race track makes you enjoy the thrilling experience away from this world.

Retailed at $10,000, the bathtub racer and the Inflatable Track Set offers you a rich experience, considering that you will spend minimum 30-grand (2 bathtubs +Racetrack, you need someone to race against!) on the whole set up.

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Having experienced numerous game controllers, there is something more, could be an updated version that GeekStuff4U has to offer.  This NES-inspired USB gamepad has an additional 2 buttons to complement the existing A and B buttons, our only tools to play the game.

The attached turbo button is a boon for sore thumbs. You can be comfortable which your elite game if you complement that with this $24 NES-inspired USB gamepad as I have done.

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A small and quick Xbox Spring Update. The QWERTY isn’t coming ’til summer, but its entry will make text input and live messenger chat more accessible than the present usage of onscreen keyboard.
Other updates include:

While playing games or glaring movie scenes, you can now polish your Live Messenger buddy lists.

The download mode shuts down most of the Xbox 360, just keeping the HDD, Ethernet, and some logic energetic for DLing. Once the transfers are through, the Xbox shuts down properly. Before this, the status lights keeps glowing in a fastidious way, indicating  its exhausted stage approaching mechanical down state.

Now while playing games you can connect yourself with recent happenings, share them with others and enjoy chat with friends by using Xbox 360. Yes, the addition of Windows Live Messenger to this play station giant is a blessing for all its users.

Microsoft Corp. has announced the launch of this feature on 9 April, with an aim to connect people across Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices.
With this update to Xbox 360, people can connect and chat directly from their television using Windows Live Messenger, a network of more than 20 billion relationships and more than 260 million active accounts.

The first week of May will witness the buzz of the Xbox 360 spring update in its worldwide owners, allowing an easy access to Windows Live Messenger features, broadening the communication options on the Xbox LIVE social network.

Mr. Bean, the character that was a TV character until now, is crossing the TV premises and jumped into the crowd of millions of his fanboys who want to see him as a videogame character.

The information has surfaced as the result of press release liberated by game publisher. The game will be aimed at children and involve Mr. Bean searching for Teddy with the help of his girlfriend Irma Gobb. The graphics will be pure 3D and contain lots of tricky traps that we’ll have to go through, eitherway. Don’t be surprised if there’s an area where Mr.