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iKit announces NuCharge iPhone 4 case

Licensed Apple accessory manufacturer iKit announced its NuCharge iPhone 4 case today, available in a black finish for $64.95. The NuCharge features an integrated battery with 1400 mAh of power with an on/off switch to preserve battery life and a blue LED to indicate battery life. iKit expects the NuCharge to double an iPhone 4’s

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Top 5 Useless Characters in Gaming

In an effort to draw you more into the world they aim to create, developers fill the world with a cast of characters to interact with the protagonist.  Oftentimes these characters add to the world and bring a sense of life to the game.  Sometimes they even evoke powerful emotions, enjoying a fame past the

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EA Teases Unnamed FPS, Releasing This Year

EA’s CEO gave investors, and gamers, a little tease earlier today regarding a “very exciting” new first person shooter that will be released sometime by the end of this year. The yet-unannounced FPS game is something EA is hoping will topple Activision’s lead on the genre.  Check out more after the jump!

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Gaming
James Trauben

Dead Space 2 – Disaster waiting to strike

Some have said Dead Space 2 is not as frightening as its predecessor; that it is somehow less of a horror game than an action title. They are mistaken. Dead Space 2 is not short on carnage. Unspeakable things happen on-screen, unflinchingly depicted: dismemberment, murder, hideous corruption of the human body, and the destruction of

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OnLive’s $9.99/Month PlayPack Plan Launches

Today OnLive launched PlayPack, its flat-rate, pay-per-month video game plan. The plan offers 38 video games and costs $9.99 per month, with the first month offered free as a trial. Steve Perlman, founder and CEO of OnLive, and John Spinale, the VP of Games and Media, both cite enormous consumer demand for all-you-can-play plans as

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Gaming
Robert

Wizards of the Coast Announces New CCG

Wizards of the Coast has announced a new CCG to be played alongside its popular table-top RPG Dungeons and Dragons. The game — “Shadow Over Nentir Vale” — boasts booster packs that provide cards with in-game bonuses and brief power-ups for your characters in any adventure setting. As an avid player and frequent DM, I’m

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Food & Drink
Andrew Plein

Tripod – Ep.007 – LEGO Star Wars Miniland, GamerFood.com, and Meatballs

This weeks Tripod is tasty treat. With our special guests Michael and Chris from GamerFood.com. We are also joined by Technical Support Cat and an Ewok?  As we delve into our first course, with some talk on the StarCraft Chronicles. Which quickly turns into a lovely discussion on Activision vs Blizzard. Then it’s time for

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Gaming
Nelson Abalos

Tripod – Ep.006 – World of Starcraft, GameCrush and Little Big Planet 2

In this week’s episode, we talk about the now famous World of Starcraft MMO mod, get impressions of GameCrush from Andrew and James, and talk about Little Big Planet 2.  Also, starting with this episode, we’ll be doing some geek trivia.  If you know the answer, just email it to nelson[at]pixelatedgeek(dot)com and get yourself some points.

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Blog
Nelson Abalos

Notice anything different? [Pixelated Geek 4.0]

Welcome to 2011 my fellow geeks and geekettes. Hope you all had a great weekend! I know that we geeks here at Pixelated Geek did.  Now that all the holidays are behind us, it’s time to get back to business.  For this new year, we have finally come out with a new version of the

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