Canucks Get Short End, Again

May 3, 2005 | Blackstaffer

To show that, indeed, Canadians are always behind, we get to see the unveiling of the Xbox 2 on TV one day after the Americans. Americans will be seeing it on May 12th on MTV, and we’ll be seeing it … Read More

At A Cell-ular Level

May 2, 2005 | Blackstaffer

The Cell processor is a wonderfully adept piece of hardware. Its design is meant not just for video games (it’ll be the processor in the HD-capable PS3), but also for servers, TV, mobile phones, workstations, and more. The Cell is … Read More

Cell Not Intel Killer, But So What?

April 28, 2005 | Blackstaffer

In-Stat has a new report about IBM and Sony’s Cell processor. Cell is targeted for broadband media and graphics for the next generation of applications, like in the PlayStation 3. Kevin Krewell, an analyst for In-Stat, says “Some have called … Read More

Cell Processor Decodes 48 MPEG2 Streams

April 26, 2005 | Blackstaffer

Toshiba has shown a film that shows the Cell processor simultaneously decoding 48 MPEG2 streams at the same time. I didn’t know that the cell processor was in production, even in samples, and this article doesn’t mention if this was … Read More

Next-Gen Dev Costs Quadruple?

April 26, 2005 | Blackstaffer

Evan Wilson, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities, estimates that the cost of developing a next-generation console game will quadruple because of the new devices’ HD support and other advanced capabilities. I used to work at a video game company … Read More

Xbox 360 Images

April 26, 2005 | Blackstaffer

In case you haven’t seen these images (and, like, WOW, if you haven’t) I just have to post these supposed images of the Xbox 360. Everyone’s saying they’re authentic, blah blah blah. Who knows. But in case they are, you … Read More

Next-Gen Console Summary

April 25, 2005 | Blackstaffer

1up.com has an article that summarizes what is known and conjectured about the next generation gaming consoles from Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.

Link: 1up.com – Sorting Fact From Fiction In The Next-Gen Race

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Two Versions of Xbox 2?

April 21, 2005 | Blackstaffer

There have long been rumors that Microsoft will sell two different versions of the Xbox 2, suggesting that one will have a hard drive that the other doesn’t. Now some of the speculation has reached even further:

The basic edition … Read More