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Pineconeattack! Presents: Pinekast! Episode #78 – Konkey Dong A-Ding-Dang-Doo!

Tenno — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:02:18 +0000

This week we tackle Donkey Kong, starring the iconic and irrepressible Donkey Kong himself and the series of games he’s starred in, made cameos in and been a part of. So if you have some love for the barrel tossing ape and his unsated lust for a carpenter’s girlfriend, join us as the PCA crew hunkers down [...]

Pinekast #77: Obsolete Physical Media

Jangofatt — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:01:44 +0000

Gather round kiddies as we circle around the digital campfire as we reminisce the ‘good old days’ of gaming when cassette tapes and 5 1/4 floppy discs were viable media for gaming and 6kb was considered a SHIT TON of memory. Do any of you remember playing games off of your VCR ? Or playing [...]

Console gaming fanatics, Please calm down

Baldy — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:31:08 +0000

It delights me that I finally wrapped my head around the outrage over Project $10. It took me a while to figure out why you console loving scamps are getting all worked up and frothy about this, but it finally hit me. While many of you are missing the endgame and others are blowing [...]

Image of the Day: Empire Strikes Back With Some Fat Beats.

Jangofatt — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:59:45 +0000

I’m sure I sounded retarded or just freaking old but this boom box just 100% pure awesomesauce! It’s obviously that this walker is homemade but that doesn’t take away from the sheer awesomness that is a Imperial Walker boombox. Mark this on my “DO WANT!” list. So this AT-AT boombox is all hack-out [...]

SEGA Megadrive Ultimate Collection Limited Edition LP. DO WANT!

Jangofatt — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:20:01 +0000

I tend to not cover internet auction but this LP is defiantly going to be the exception. The modern tech geek in me wants to ignore this clumsy obsolete flat disc of spiral vinyl yet the romantic collector wants to embrace the warm analog reverberations that flow from the petite point of the [...]

Calling All In The Pine Cone Army

Decepticreep — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:20:42 +0000

I have a personal dilemma and I need help from you guys in the internets. We all know that Street Fighter IV is coming out next month for both the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360. My question is simple; which one should I get?

There’s many pros and cons for both [...]

Epic Movie!!! Mac Vs. PC

Decepticreep — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:21:20 +0000

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Confessions of a PC gamer, part 1

Baldy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:34:48 +0000

This is leading up to a much more relevant article about my current gaming vice and possibly an actual review! But let me start by introducing myself: My gamertag is Baldy, and Iâ€™m a PC gamer.

In the olden days, while all the cool kids had their Ataris and Colecovisions, I was rocking out with [...]

ATTENTION LAS VEGAN STREET FIGHTERS!!!

Jangofatt — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:40:45 +0000

You want a chance to get a copy of Street Fighter IV early???

Well your best chance is to head over to the Sonyâ€™s blog to read the details on proving your worth in the Microsoft vs. Sony Street Fighter battle extraordinaire! It real simple, sort of.Â Hereâ€™s the skinny: head to PlayStation.Blog and [...]

Star Wars Floppy Disc

Jangofatt — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:16:57 +0000

It’s the Empire’s March but done on a floppy drive.

An interesting hack that makes the 3.5 floppy drive relevant again.

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Pioneer Laseractive CLD-A100

Jangofatt — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:53:13 +0000

The Pioneer Laseractive is probably one of the most complicated home consoles ever to grace the videogame market. The reason for its grandeur is that the Laseractive was the only console ever to play not only play laserdisc movies but also audio CD, graphic CDs, karaoke CDs & laserdiscs and play Sega Genesis carts, [...]

So begins the Fire Sale…

Jangofatt — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:53:27 +0000

Starting tomorrow, the Microsoft HD DVD drive will be reduced to $50 and I know that Iâ€™m going to pick one up for myself. While the format might be dead the fire sale deals are making HD DVDÂ hotter than ever and I expect to increase my collection at least 25% more before they dissapear from [...]

Is this the start of the HD-DVD firesale? Nope just another Amazon HD media sale…

Jangofatt — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:23:56 +0000

I just checked my email and I received a message about a few select HDDVD going for (up to) 53% off the retail price.Â The format war might be coming to an end but that doesnâ€™t mean you canâ€™t pick up someÂ Warner Brothers movies on the cheap.Â If you just want your movies in High Definition [...]

Buy One Get One Free HD Definition HD DVD & Blu-Ray through Amazon

Jangofatt — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:06:34 +0000

A deal too damn good to pass up.Â The BOGO deal for Blu-ray owners is no shocker since this kind of a sale has been going on for about a year now but this is big news to HD DVD owners.Â Iâ€™ve taken advantage of this deal a few weeks ago and increased my Blu-Ray collection [...]

PLAYSTATION 3: Don’t know why you would care but, Jango has one…

Jangofatt — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:16:30 +0000

I am now an owner of Sonyâ€™s money leech. Iâ€˜ve purchased my gargantuan monstrosity from Seanâ€™s Game Repair @ Nellis and it wasÂ a deal that I couldnâ€™t pass up so no hating. A PS3 with 2 controllers and a bunch of preloaded games is a pretty good freaking deal. Iâ€™ve always wanted a Blu-RAY [...]

Get a Phaser Remote when You Spend a Grip Load of Money!

Jangofatt — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:48:18 +0000

To celebrate the new partnership between CBS and Toshiba, Toshiba will be releasing the much anticipated Star Trek: the Original Series Remastered on HDDVD this November.Â In the spirit of celebration, when you purchase a new HD DVD player and the first season of Star Trek: The Original series on HDDVD then you will [...]

I Didnâ€™t See This Coming: Paramount and DreamWorks just went HD DVD Exclusive!

Jangofatt — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:11:24 +0000

Iâ€™m on a movie kick and I been buying tons of movies like there no tomorrow. Since I only can afford one player Iâ€˜ve chosen HD DVD since the players are much cheaper and the movies (for the most part) are getting better reviews over their Blu Ray counterpart. I’ve imported “The Machinist” from [...]

Fuck it…

Jangofatt — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:25:05 +0000

Keeping up with Tenno’s obsessive Transformers posts, I bring you “Soundwave: The Touch” a Youtube skit about an out of work Transformers hoping to get back into the spot light.

If it wasnâ€™t for the rejection that Soundwave received from Michael Bayâ€™s rendition of Transformers, then maybe Soundwave would never have had ran for VP [...]

HD DVD Review of Rambo: First Blood

Jangofatt — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:31:45 +0000

So I finally watched Rambo: First Blood for the first time this week and what can I say, shame on me for waiting 25 years to watch this bad ass action flick.Â I knew I would probably like Rambo but I just never got around to watching this movie.Â The sad part is, I have played [...]

My Complaints & Excitement about the Transformers in General: A Response Too Big For Normal Comment on Baldyâ€™s Post or Daytime TV.

Jangofatt — Fri, 18 May 2007 23:34:09 +0000

Complaints:

1) Transformers the Movie â€™07 will not keep true to any of the Transformerâ€™s original vehicles forms. While I love the fact that Optimus Prime is still a Semi Truck and that I really didnâ€™t care that heâ€™s not the â€œoriginal styleâ€ truck, though I freaking love that heâ€™s a Peterbuilt, [...]

Could Wal-Mart’s Deal Undermine Blu Ray?

Jangofatt — Thu, 03 May 2007 17:38:06 +0000

An interesting read over at Audioholics about Fuh Yuan, a Chinese manufacturer of cheap HD DVD players, supposedly selling 2 million players to global empire and ruler of all things cheap, Wal-Mart.Â The weird thing is shortly after Fuh Yuanâ€™s claim they â€œquickly responded to the rumors by posting a disclaimer on their site [...]

I Want a New HD DVD Player or Why I’m Starting to Hate This Stupid Format War…

Jangofatt — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:04:43 +0000

So was in the market to upgrade my 1st Generation Toshiba HD DVD player due to some playback issues with some import HD DVD movies, like Stalingrad (the French title to: Enemy at the Gates). This wouldnâ€™t have been an issue to me, but Mrs. Jango was begging me to get Stalingrad. [...]

What the hell?

Tenno — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:59:52 +0000

Today must be Bizarro Day. The magical day when everything you thought you knew, is completely and utterly destroyed!

Case in point:

Rumor 01 “Potential Irritation @ MS” – XBL has been hacked and users are stealing accounts, information and buying shit with other user’s points. Seriously MS, after all this love I really hope [...]

Film Review: Total Recall HD-DVD

Jangofatt — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:08:06 +0000

Importing movies, for me, can be such a pain sometimes. I have to verify that my player was able to first: play the disc, and second: if my TV is able to display the video signal. When you have a player that does play the disc, you have to make sure your TV is able to [...]