From Finalfantasy14players: On this day, Final Fantasy 14 opens its doors to the world. Not coincidentally, we’ve opened up a new site: FinalFantasy14Players.com - a community dedicated to all things Final Fantasy 14. We’re going to be delivering a lot of news, a lot of updates, and a lot of screenshots. Oh and expect a ton of giveaways in the coming weeks. If you’re planning to play this game, you need to follow this new site. While you’re at it, why don’t you let us know your in-game name and come play with us! More »

Slip your original iPhone into the “Game Pad” by CP Design, and your device becomes a portable gaming machine. Running emulators and SNES ROM games has never been as doable on the iPhone. We have seen something similar for the Motorola Droid. More »

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Fermi is NVIDIA’s answer to ATI’s top dogs, but what about gamers on a tight budget? Should we be cast aside like yesterday’s trash? NVIDIA’s crippled Fermi GeForce GTX 465 was a waste of $300. The GTX 460 is priced accordingly and unlike the 465 (which is a stripped down GF100), it is based off a brand new core, the efficient and muscular GF104. More »

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ThinkGeek’s iCade April Fool’s joke has given rise to the FreeKade and various DIY projects. “Linkreincarnate” has put together an elaborate iPad arcade set-up that is running Playstation emulator PSX4all. More »

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In an interview with the Studio Ghibli owned magazine, Neppuu, renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki discussed his distaste towards, well, just about everything tech related. His newest device to hate on is the iPad, or as he call it, the “game machine-like thing.” More »

I must preface the following article by noting that the prices are in Canadian funds, that a few of the key components purchased are pre-owned, and that an operating system is not included. The used gear that I obtained are fairly common deals that can be sourced locally through Craigslist or even eBay. I think that almost anyone in North America can build something similar for roughly $600. More »

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Technology sure moves along at breakneck pace. I remember when I was just a wee lad and could barely achieve playable frame rates with Quake 2 on Windows ‘98. In 2010, advanced smartphones like the Android 2.1 HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy S allow a 13-year-old landmark shooter to be played in the palm of one’s hand. More »

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ThinkGeek was the originator of the iPad arcade cabinet idea, but others are using a similar concept for real. Arcade cabinet maker Freekade (UK) is apparently planning to release a model for the iPad. More »

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On April Fool’s Day, ThinkGeek owned us when it teased everyone with the fake iCade, which is an arcade cabinet into which an iPad slides. A Japanese gamers has constructed a rough prototype - from cardboard! - of the same concept. While the contraption looks unseemly, it demonstrates that ThinkGeek was onto something with the iCade. More »

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As this emulator set-up proves, the iPad is not just a blown up iPhone without talk. SNES (HD) is a Super Nintendo emulator that put a jailbroken iPad and a jailbroken iPhone to complementary use: the iPad becomes the gaming screen, and the iPhone or iPod Touch is a wireless controller. More »

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Alienware’s M11x is the most powerful ultra-portable gaming laptop there is. It is almost shocking what Alienware has packed into the 11-inch screen notebook: an Intel Core i7-640UM processor and a 1Gb GeForce GT 335M with NVIDIA Optimus technology. Add on some optional upgrades, and the $949 starting price balloons to $2,572.99. More »

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Borderlands is a game that demands a pretty powerful PC and the abilities of the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 to run properly. However, OnLive shows what its cloud gaming service is capable of when it demoed the game running on Apple’s modestly spec’d iPad. More »

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The mid-range Fermi graphics card GTX 465 that was benchmarked a few weeks ago is official. At $279 for the GTX 465 ($70 less than the GTX 470), NVIDIA puts Fermi into the hands of more PC gamers. More »

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Using a modified Omnia HD, Samsung’s Windows Phone 7 prototype shows off its stuff with beat ‘em up fighting game Twin Blades. Android and iPhone, do not underestimate Microsoft’s WP7. More »

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Intel (silly, leave graphics to the big boys) is abandoning its “Larrabee” GPU and will channel its efforts into furthering the mediocre integrated graphics on its chipsets, but NVIDIA wants to put Fermi in a laptop by June. OEM laptop manufacturer Clevo is the first to receive the GeForce GTX 480M, which comes with up to 2Gb of GDDR5 256-bit memory. More »

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