creative riff » video games http://creativeriff.com Stuff. Blended. A blog for the age(s). Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Protect your SeXBOX from ‘truders with Master Lock http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/31/protect-your-sexbox-from-truders-with-master-lock/ http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/31/protect-your-sexbox-from-truders-with-master-lock/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:00:13 +0000 Ruth Loose88 http://creativeriff.com/?p=1013 hamburglarHow often do you find yourself staring down the barrel of a shotgun as you are forced to hand over the controller to your favorite video game system? If you answered more than once than Master has a deal for you.

A new Xbox 360 security kit enables the user to lock their TV to a nearby support post or table. Oddly enough the device does not protect the detachable hard drive or any other devices attached to said Xbox such as a Rock Band drum set or guitars. Some say money can't buy you love, but $29.95 can help you rest easy knowing your $299 purchase will be around when the forensics team is sweeping

Continue reading]]> http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/31/protect-your-sexbox-from-truders-with-master-lock/feed/ 0 My question made it on the Giant Bombcast [giantbomb.com]! http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/22/my-question-made-it-on-the-giant-bombcast/ http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/22/my-question-made-it-on-the-giant-bombcast/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:24:53 +0000 Ruth Loose88 http://creativeriff.com/?p=974 bombcast_backgroundGiant Bomb.com, for the unintiated, is a huge video game wikia that also licenses said database to companies and research firms while providing daily news and updates for surfers. The wiki part of the website just turned one yesterday and is now available as an iPhone application in the iTunes store. The site also has daily reviews, previews and content submissions by video game industry veterans Jeff Gerstmann, Vinny Caravella, Brad Shoemaker and Ryan Davis - all former Gamespot employees who left after the Eidos review bribery scandal in late 2007.

Each week the crew at Giant Bomb does a two-hour podcast wrap-up of the previous week and talks about upcoming releases, taste tests sodas and

Continue reading]]> http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/22/my-question-made-it-on-the-giant-bombcast/feed/ 0 Man spends $17.5k on a video game, not made of gold or bits of Jessica Alba http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/03/man-spends-17-5k-on-a-video-game-not-made-of-gold-or-bits-of-jessica-alba/ http://creativeriff.com/2009/07/03/man-spends-17-5k-on-a-video-game-not-made-of-gold-or-bits-of-jessica-alba/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:16:36 +0000 Ruth Loose88 http://creativeriff.com/?p=780 goldIn the world of ridiculous collector's items there are a few well-known goods that anyone who is a true collector has to have. A suped up 1966 Corvette might fetch a good deal of money or possibly even an original work by Thomas Heart Benton. In the world of video games one of the rarest items is a golden NES cartridge known as the Nintendo World Championships.

26 of these cartridges were made for a sweepstakes in Nintendo Power in the early 1990s. The prize was a gold (spray paint) edition of the grey cartridge given to winners of the actual Nintendo Championship. According to Wikipedia, the gold version is considered by game enthusiasts to be

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