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Gaming Is 40 Years Old – Do You Feel Old Yet?

Most of today’s Xboxers, wii-meisters, Playstation players and portable video game junkies flip on their consoles and handhelds with little knowledge of the gaming legacy that came before them. This month marks the 40th anniversary of the day Ralph Baer, a German-born inventor who fled to America from fascist Germany, built and played the first home-video game. While I didn’t know much about Baer’s “Brown Box” before reading Magazine’s retrospective, Console Portraits: A 40-Year Pictorial History of Gaming, I can’t help but get a little nostalgic for the days of Atari, Nintendo and even Gameboy.

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Written by Trend Spotter on May 26, 2007 | No Comments

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Join Geeksugar’s Mii Creation Contest!

Attention, attention! It’s time to step away from your Wii’s and put down your Wii-motes. Do you happen to have a personalized Mii? Still new to the Mii world? For those of you that have not been exposed to all the Mii mania, Miis are customizable player characters that you can dress and model after yourself.

Need some assistance? Check out sites like the Online Mii Editor or Mii Flash to help you get started.

Once you create your own Mii, submit it to geeksugar’s Mii Creation Contest and tell me a bit about your Mii for your chance to win a beautiful 3 inch statuette of your Mii from Fabjectory! That’s right, Fabjectory will transform your Mii into a detailed, real life, full color Mii creation (similar to the ones shown here)! May the most creative and unique Mii win!

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Written by Trend Spotter on May 18, 2007 | No Comments

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