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Posted November 12, 2010, 8:36 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, Gaming
Usually when you think of gaming, a tiny screen and cramped controls aren't the first things that come to mind. But in the last year or so smartphone gaming has really kicked off as they get more capable hardware and developers find creative ways to use touch interfaces. So much indeed that Apple's iOS devices alone have already surpassed the Sony PSP as a gaming platform in the U.S., according to a recent survey, while closing in on the DS.
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Posted November 6, 2010, 1:15 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in WOF
There's less than two months until Christmas morning, and we know many of you are scrambling for gift ideas -- we are too. Our annual holiday gift guide is due to be published by mid-November, and while that should help you find items for your friends and family, we want to give you an opportunity to tell the world what you'd like for Christmas this year as well...
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Posted October 15, 2010, 8:15 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in WOF, Gaming
Cheat codes have been a part of gaming for years. Today we want to hear about the ones that stuck onto your memory all this time -- or maybe some that were so ridiculously complicated that you don't remember so well. I’ll mention an obvious one and a more obscure one to get the conversation started: IDDQD for Godmode in Doom II (PC) and pressing B thirteen times while rotating the D-pad 360 degrees clockwise during the match-up screen to get power dunks in NBA Jam (SNES).
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Posted September 24, 2010, 8:51 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in WOF, Hardware
You know, power supplies don't get the attention they deserve. PSUs sit dutifully behind the curtain bringing the whole show to life while processors and graphics cards hog the spotlight. There's a simple reason they're so overlooked in the enthusiast…
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Posted September 18, 2010, 2:00 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in WOF, Hardware
As I'm sure is the case with many of you, I've owned several desktop systems over the years that depending on the timing and the class of processor, I've built to run at stock speeds or from scratch with overclocking…
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Posted September 10, 2010, 9:23 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in WOF
There have been several noteworthy keyboard launches in recent weeks, including the Logitech G510 and Razer BlackWidow. We're working on a review of the former and that should be out next week, but in the meantime we thought it would…
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Posted August 20, 2010, 7:27 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in WOF
It's a cold hard fact of life: we can't all be winners. No matter how fun or unique a video game may be, the reality is, there's a chance it's destined for the eternal void that is Best Buy's bargain…
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Posted July 23, 2010, 10:55 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in WOF, Software
Without looking at any stats, I'm confident to say web browsers are in the top three most used applications by PC users. In fact, the relevance of the web browser is soon to surpass its original intent with Google developing…
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