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The death of Nintendo’s DS Lite getting you down? Good news: it may have long ago been eclipsed by the DSi and 3DS, but the svelte portable system is still being made — by someone, somewhere. And you can get a pretty good price on the thing, if you don’t mind a few flaws — like the above bootleg picked up a 1UP editor who though he was getting the real deal from eBay. As soon as the thing arrived in a corrugated cardboard box with pixelated text, it was clear that he had been KIRFed — hardcore. On top of the aforementioned packaging red flags, the portable has some minor cosmetic flaws, like discoloration, a pockmarked surface, and uneven rubber pads. What’s really amazing about this DS, however, is what its manufacturers got right — it plays DS and GBA games, including, fittingly, pirated titles. The police have reportedly called Wario in for questioning.

Keepin’ it real fake: a Nintendo DS Lite that gets it (mostly) DS right originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 May 2011 22:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on February 28, 2007 by CyberNet.

There’s a PS3 shortage? Where? According to Reuters, Sony says that they’re dealing with the shortages of the Playstation 3, and they expect the situation to be resolved by May

Jack Tretton, Chief Executive of Sony Computer Entertainment America says:

April or May is when we feel like we’re going to catch up to the demand and have the product fully in stock across North America and stay there.”

Does he know something that we don’t? Every store that I’ve been in has had at least 2, but usually many more PS3’s sitting on the shelves. And they aren’t going anywhere.  Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, you name it, they all have the consoles in stock.  The shortage appears to lie in the customers who aren’t willing to pay the kind of money that Sony is charging for the system.

Another favorite quote from Tretton:

Our goal is to fill shelves across the United States.  Our goal is not to have empty shelves, it’s to have full shelves.  If we have empty shelves, that’s one less consumer who could have bought a Playstation 3.”

I think they’ve already achieved that goal, at least the part of full shelves 🙂 Sure the Playstation 3 has the great graphics among other things, but at the price of $500 or $600, it looks like consumers will take the Nintendo Wii with their unique take on a controller over the PS3 graphics.

And speaking of Wii, Gizmodo pointed out a way to get yourself into shape with Wii Weights.  Just attach them to your wrists and you’re well on your way to sculpted arms, just from playing your favorite sports games. In all reality, someone just took a typical wrist weight and Photoshopped the Wii logo on there, but hey, it’s an idea!

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Smithsonian announces titles for Art of Video Games exhibit, snubs Mario Paint originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 May 2011 08:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Look away now, Kaz, because it looks like this KIRF NGP is on track to beat the real deal to market. Known as the iReadyGo RG on Chinese forum CNGBA, this shameless rip-off is set to be a near-carbon copy of Sony’s upcoming console with the same 5-inch touchscreen, though it isn’t clear whether this will also be of OLED nature or of identical resolution. Other differences include the missing touchpad on the back, as well as the buttons’ color scheme that’s no doubt “inspired” by the Xbox 360 controller. The rest of the rumored specs include a 1GHz Cortex-A8 CPU, 720p camera, HDMI-out, and video playback compatibility for MP4, WMV, AVI, and many more. But what’s most interesting is that apparently we’ll be seeing some Android love here, and indeed, iReadyGo is currently recruiting six senior Android developers. No word on pricing or availability yet, but we’ll probably wait for Sony’s quad-core offering, thank you very much. Head past the break for a shot of the RG’s glossy back.

[Thanks, rrw]

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Keepin’ it real fake: Sony NGP with Xbox 360 livery shows up in China originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 May 2011 02:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here it is tinfoil hat gaming enthusiasts, the Alienware M18x laptop. Sure, you’ve been told it existed and even seen some photos of a purported prototype, but a savvy person such as yourself wants to see the proof with his or her own eyes. Now Dell is willing to deliver one of these 16-pound beasts to your doorstep for the starting price of $1,999. Let’s be serious though, you’re not interested in that pedestrian 2GHz Core i7 that ships with the base model. You want the intergalactic speed delivered by that Core i7 Extreme overclocked to 4GHz and dual 2GB Radeon 6970m graphics cards. Top it off with a pair of 256GB SSDs and 32GB of RAM and you’re looking at a $6,000 laptop. Nobody said this thing was gonna be cheap — besides, it’s gonna cost some serious dough to cover up the disappearance of the M15x.

[Thanks, Nicklas]

Update: It looks like you can purchase your Alienware M18x today, but it won’t actually ship until later this month. Put in an order with Dell and the company quotes a preliminary ship day of May 24th. On the plus side — your UPS man will have time to strengthen his core.

Alienware M18x shipping now, hernia threat level set to high for American delivery men originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 May 2011 13:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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