We’ve done 2/3 next generation video game systems so far and finally we complete our video game system review with the winner of the past video game generation: The Playstation 3. It’s easy to see why the Playstation system did so well before. It came out at a time when consumers were looking to purchase affordable DVD players and had easy programming for video game programmers which helped to create a large amount of high quality video game characters and franchises. Since then, the XBOX 360 has stepped in early trying to beat Sony to the punch when it comes to high end technical gaming with new technology and strong graphics based video games. Let’s start with the highs and lows as usual.

Highs:
-Blue Ray Drive.
-Backwards Compatible with old playstation games.
-High end hardware makes it future-proof.
-High end graphics with 1080p capabilities.
-HDMI Input.

Lows:
-System is massive
-Price.
-No force feedback controller.
-System smudges a lot.
-Different price structures are missing certain key elements.
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We decided to wait a bit for the Holiday Wii mania to die down a bit before writing our review on the new Nintendo gaming machine. So far, the Nintendo Wii has performed above expectations thanks to to its unique playability and attraction to the casual gamer. Let’s discuss this system’s highs and lows.

Highs:
-Cheaper than either the XBOX 360 or the PS3.(Roughly 250$)
-Device is slim and can be stacked horizontally or vertically.
-Can Play Gamecube games.
-Wireless controllers work well from a distance of up to 30 feet.
-runs quietly.
-Controller slots and media player slots are well hidden and protected
-Nintendo first party titles on launch

Lows:
-Not impressive graphically.
-Ipod style color easily scratches making it dirty.
-component cable sold separately.
-Wii-Mote and classic controllers a bit costly separately.
-Wii motion sensor not flawless.
-Too many party games and not enough 3rd party support just yet.
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Harry Houdini was a magician, escape artist and stunt performer. He’s the one magician that every rookie magician wants to imitate. His career started off slow but soon his escape acts would catch the world’s attention. He would go on to perform such great escape acts like freeing himself from jails, handcuffs, chains, ropes, and straitjackets, often while hanging from a rope in plain sight of street audiences. His acts would often involve a large degree of danger or even death and would cause large audiences to gather whenever he performed one of his acts. He also spent a large amount of his time debunking mediums or psychics and calling them out as frauds. He was a believer in science and not spirituality and believed that the mind was the most powerful asset of a human being. Here is one of his better quotes discussing the human mind.

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Many sports teams like to employ mascots to help garner more attention for their team and to help boost morale at key points during a match. Some popular mascots include the current Montreal Canadians mascot Youpi as well as the Gorilla from the Phoenix Suns organization. Unfortunately, not all mascots can have a cool name or neat costume as we shall see in a few seconds. Some organizations just have no clue what to call their mascots or have no idea how to market them with our listing of our top 10 worst sports mascots.

-Normally when you stray from tradition and decide to create a mascot that is supposed to be some type of creature living inside the Olympic Torch; you know you’re in trouble. Izzy proved to be very unpopular as the Olympic mascot and can now go and crawl back to his hiding spot underneath the torch for good.

-If you haven’t guessed it already, Stuff the Magic Dragon is supposed to be a takeoff of Puff the Magic Dragon. You would think that with a name like the Orlando Magic that they could get a magician as a mascot or at least have David Copperfield stop by every once and a while for a performance. Instead, they deliver to the public a dragon that looks like he took one too many puffs of whatever his relative dragon was smoking and became retarded. (more…)

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Members:

* Ryan Maginn (Ryu)
* Takbir Bashir (Tak)
* Colton Raisin Fisher (DJ Cheapshot),
* Vin Skully (Jason)

Styles of Beyond are an underground rap group from Los Angeles, California. The group came together in 1995 when the two aspiring MCs met and freestyled together while on a break from class at Pierce Community College in Woodland Hills, California. released their first single, “Killer Instinct,” independently on Bilawn Records in 1997. They released their first album “2000 Fold” in the summer of 1998. They are currently signed to Mike Shinoda’s (Linkin Park Vocalist) Machine Shop Recordings label. They were also heavily featured on Shinoda’s side project group called Fort Minor’s “The Rising Tied”.Ryan Maginn also provides vocals on “Name of The Game” and “Ready For Action” singles by The Crystal Method on their album Tweekend as well as the group collaborating with other artists such as Linkin Park and Awol One. Their song “Shapeshifter” was featured in the game Need For Speed: Most Wanted and another one of their songs will be featured on the soundtrack for the film “Redline”. They have released 3 albums so far and their fourth official release entitled “Rocket Surgery” will be released sometime in the summer of 2007.

-Thanks to http://www.wikipedia.org and 2006 All Media Guide for biography information.

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