New Fragrance Lets You Smell Like a Macbook Pro

Remember the smell that filled the air when you opened up that latest Apple product? Well soon you may be able to smell like one at home. Three Australian designers have developed a fragrance which smells just like a freshly unboxed Macbook Pro.

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Review: Kid Icarus Uprising

It’s clear Nintendo is proud of the Kid Icarus franchise. Sure, one could argue Nintendo dragged it’s feet taking more than 20 years to bring the angelic hero Pit back to life, but one look at his latest title and you’ll see just how much time and effort went into this latest production. Kid Icarus: Uprising shows just what the Nintendo 3DS is capable of while at the same time revealing the system’s Achilles heal.

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Disney Takes New Risks with Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

For a man who has made a career out of crafting stories around terrorists, spilling blood and stealing, Warren Spector has a surprisingly soft side.

“There are pictures of me at nine months wearing mouse ears. My dad bought me a Pluto plush toy when I was born” Spector admits to me as we stand inside a museum in Austin, Texas, the home of Junction Point Studios.

It’s fitting that we’re in a museum. Not only are we surrounded by countless artifacts which tell the tale of Texas, but Spector has brought in dozens of his own Disney artifacts, many never seen by the public before. This is only a small part of his huge Disney collection which ranges from watches to figurines and portraits.

“Frankly we’re not going to talk about the Disney stuff I have in my collection because it would just humiliate me.” says Spector.

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Review: Apple’s New iPad

If you own any Apple product you know the feeling; that feeling you get as you plunk down your hard-earned cash knowing in about one year’s time a newer, shiner model will hit stores shelves and you will be faced with a dilemma. Should you upgrade to the latest model? That’s the question many iPad owners are now faced with as Apple prepares to launch its latest iPad.

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Review: I Am Alive

You’re in an alley facing three armed men looking for blood. In your hands is a knife, a gun and one bullet. What do you do? Do you slash the first thug, quickly shoot the second and then hope the third gets scared and begs for mercy? Do you shoot the first, make your way to the second thug with your gun still raised, stab him and then slash the third in the throat? Or do you simply put your hands up and tell them you’re not looking for trouble and hope they don’t attack? Those are the decisions you are forced to make in I Am Alive, a game where every split decision can affect your chances at survival.

A worldwide cataclysmic event has changed the landscape of Earth as we know it. Buildings lie in ruin, tremors still shake the ground and a thick layer of toxic dust and ash lingers in the air. You were away from home when the event struck, now one year later you’ve finally made it back to the city to search for your wife and daughter. Okay, its not the most original storyline, but that’s not what gamers will remember this game for.

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Larger XBLA Gamerscores Coming?

Downloading titles from XBLA is a great way to check out some truly unique titles, but it won’t do much for your gamer score.  Microsoft currently caps the achievements for all XBLA games at 200 points. But is that about to change?

Xbox360Achievements claims sources have revealed Microsoft is in the process of altering the policy.  The site claims all games released after June 1st will have the option of having a maximum of 30 achievements maxing out at 400 points. Downloadable content for these games will now be able to offer an additional 100 GS and eight Achievements per release.

Microsoft hasn’t confirmed the change so file this one under rumours.

[G4TV]

World’s First Cupcake Vending Machine!

If you’ve ever watched Cupcake Wars on Food Network you are probably quite familiar with Sprinkles cupcakes. The World’s first cupcake bakery is often hailed as being responsible for the international cupcake craze. Well, it’s owners are about to launch another first; a cupcake vending machine.

This pink retro ATM machine has been installed outside the posh Beverly Hills bakery, ready to dispense fresh cupcakes 24 hours a day. The owners say it will be restocked day and night and will also offer apparel and Sprinkles famous cupcake dog treats.

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Apple Confirms March 7th Media Event

Apple has finally confirmed what many have been speculating; the announcement of the iPad 3.

Invites have now been sent out to media outlets letting them know about the March 7th announcement.

The tag line is simple “We have something you really have to see. And Touch”. Of course Apple won’t say what it is but once can conclude from the photo it’s the iPad 3.

Many believe the iPad 3 will have a higher resolution Retina display, already seen on the iPhone 4S, along with a quad-core processor and LTE.

We will be at the announcement next week and will share all the details.

Review: Syndicate

It’s always a risky venture resurrecting a classic franchise. Sometimes it works and sometimes the risk simply doesn’t pay off. Syndicate falls somewhere in between.

Based on the 1993 strategy game of the same name, Starbreeze Studios’ Syndicate is an attempt to breath new life and features into a game which has built a fanbase over the years. I’m not sure I would call Syndicate a reboot to the classic franchise, rather a re-imagining.

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Nokia to Launch Smartphone with 41 Megapixel Camera

And you thought you’re smartphone with an 8 megapixel camera took nice photos! Nokia is getting ready to unleash the 808 Pureview, a smartphone with a 41 megapixel camera on board.

The Carl Zeis-lensed phone, which is scheduled to be released in Europe within the next few months, will feature the Symbian Belle OS, 1.3GHz single-core chip, 512MB of RAM and 16GB of on-board storage. To make taking those pictures easier the Pureview will have a 4-inch screen nHD screen.

A 41 megapixel camera seems like a bit of an overkill. Would you make use of it?

[Nokia]