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While most of us may have never dreamt of delving into turntablism, most of us also would never have dreamed of pretending to play guitar and drums on our home consoles.
So, put your expectations and opinions aside and get psyched about Activision’s long awaited turntable-based game, DJ Hero. With over one hundred complete tracks, and playable characters such as Jay-Z, Eminem, and Daft Punk, DJ Hero will have you cross-fading top forty hits into ear-kicking electronica and rap while, again, investing time into a plastic instrument instead of “the real thing.”
But who am I kidding, fake skills are better anyway.
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This is the last and only handheld emulator you will ever need. The GP2X Wiz MAME/Amiga/Console Emulator (nice name, marketing team) does it all to the point where you’ll only need this and a toaster for the rest of your life. Wait, yep, it’s a toaster too. It’s been confirmed, readers, it’s also a toaster*.
This compact supermachine can emulate the Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, SNES, Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, NeoGeo, and flash games. Not ridiculous enough? Well then, you’ll be delighted to know that the GP2X Wiz-thing has a built-in e-book reader, calendar, and voice recorder. You know, just in case we lose the master blueprint for every smartphone.
But seriously, this thing is pretty incredible. All you need is to know how to Google and the, um, “Handheld Emulator” and you’ll own every arcade game known to man. And then some.
*Not actually a toaster. Duh.
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Just days after the heavily lauded Kindle Wireless, Barnes & Noble has released their own kind of e-reader, the Nook. Let’s just say things are going to get difficult for Amazon.
The Nook’s slim body houses a 3.5″ color touchscreen LCD, to find your favorite titles, as well as a 6″ e-ink display screen to read them. Sharing some specs with the Kindle Wireless, such as Wi-Fi & 3G purchasing and 2GB of internal memory, the Nook trumps with the ability to load & read PDFs, borrow friend’s e-books, customize the rear cover and expand the memory up to 16GB. The Nook has a tizzy of features that will make the choice of which e-reader to buy pretty simple. Hint: It starts with an ‘n’ and doesn’t rhyme with ’spindle’.
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From Photoshop to Final Cut, the Keyboard Shortcut Skins for the Mac has every little hidden shortcut you would ever need to know. Fits any Macbook on the market and makes typing look intelligent. Man, I love cheating.
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As Jony Ive confidently said it, “There’s not a detail there that doesn’t need to be there. There are no interruptions…everything is about the display. Therefore, everything is about your content.” So as you may have imagined, the new iMac is the fastest, cleanest, and most minimal iMac (and Mac) that has ever existed. From the stunning 21.5″ to 27″ LED screen to the world’s first multi-touch mouse, this quad-core processing premium computer has revolutionized the desktop computer as we know it.
So, let’s go over some specs, shall we? Wireless mouse and keyboard as a standard? Check. Firewire 800 and SD card slot? Double check. Up to 2TB of hard drive space and 16GB of memory?
Um, yeah. We’re buying this one.
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Slimmer, stylish, and more robust than previous entries, the latest Kindle from Amazon is shaping up to be the powerhouse it was always meant to be. As “thin as most magazines” and weighing in at 10.2 ounces, the 3G wireless-enabled Kindle holds up to 1,500 of your favorite books and can last up to 4 days on a single charge. If you were waiting for the right Kindle for you, than wait no longer. The perfect model has arrived.
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Refuse to be content with the bevy of Xbox 360 controller options currently available? Slap down $30 and you’ll be one step closer to being envied by all. The Blue Blood Xbox 360 controller kit enables you to mod your bland controller into a glossy blue shell wrapped in a glowing light show sure to make anybody jealous. As cheesy as a controller outfitted like a Lite-Brite may sound, this mod boldly proves us wrong. Now if only FPS skills could be purchased at such a low rate. Oh, yeah. Headshot.
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Starck designed and dtrndr approved, the French product designer’s latest foray into technology is possibly his finest. The 2TB Lacie hard drive by Starck has arrived and looks better than we could have imagined. The outstanding features are the subtle design cues provided by the programmable touch-sensitive surface encased in a sturdy 3mm aluminum casing with a Starck signature LED. Readers, is it official? Is this the greatest external hard drive available or is it just a fancy toaster?
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ColorWare, the people that paint everything, are making the already cool PS3 Slim look even snazzier. This is going to be a must purchase for frenzied sports fans and color theory nerds alike. Providing an impressive palette and character, ColorWare’s PS3 Slim is the best way to merge great design and pure style without relying on your friend’s inept spray painting skills.
