Circuit City Bonanza!

I did a little shopping this evening after work… this what I bought for less than $81… Thanks to CheapAssGamer.com for the tip!

2 comments June 22nd, 2006

The best DS game case

At a cost of less than $2.00 per case, I find that these Altoids chewing gum cases are the best thing for storing my precious Nintendo DS games. I currently have two cases, both of them full of 8 games each. I have a “must have games case” and a “keep in the game drawer case”. Go on, head on down to your local mini-cart and buy some cases!

8 comments June 14th, 2006

Rekindling with the DS Lite

The DS Lite is everything I hoped it would be. The screen is stunning and the feel of the machine is much lighter and comfortable than the previous design.

I’ve been neglecting my Nintendo DS lately, I’ll admit it. With the advent of the Xbox 360 I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on Xbox Live. But since getting my DS Lite yesterday morning I’ve been playing it a lot. Seeing the beautiful colors of the graphics brought out by the brightness of the screen has been amazing.

Add comment June 12th, 2006

The Musical Power of the Xbox 360

One of the handy dandy features of the Xbox 360 is being able to play music while playing any game. Be it an Xbox Live Arcade game or a regular game, you can always pick your own music to play with which automagically replaces the in game music.

So one day I’m playing with my custom music which I’ve either added via ripping my own CDs onto the console or via streaming from my Mac. Yes, I said streaming music from my Mac to my Xbox 360, I’ll talk about that in a second. Anyway, so I decided to listen to some of the free tunes that is given with every Xbox 360 hard drive. I happen upon this song Happens All The Time from Cold. I’d never heard the song nor have I ever heard of the band. So, I hop on iTunes and check them out. I wind of spending $20~ on new music all because of my 360. Ironic I know. And of course, I now ripped that music back to my 360 for later enjoyment.

Mac to Xbox 360 music streaming. There is a great shareware product out there called Connect360. Turn this puppy on and you’ve got instant access to all your music and photos stored on your Mac (limited to 100 songs/photos before you register) as well as the ability to stream internet radio. There is one small problem of course, you can’t play purchased music from the iTunes store due to the DRM (Digital Rights Management). So, the fix for that is to burn a CD with the songs and rip them directly to the 360.

Add to this that the Xbox 360 supports playing music from any attached USB storage device, I think I’ve found my new music playing device for the home theater.

Add comment June 1st, 2006