GDC ’09 Keynote: Nintendo’s Iwata details new Wii & DS titles, new Zelda game

The new Zelda game is coming to your DS this year

Today’s keynote address at the Game Developers Conference in San Fransisco was delivered by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and after gloating over the fact that the Wii has sold through 50 million consoles worldwide, he detailed some of the new games in the pipe for Nintendo’s consoles. What could they be???

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Nintendo solves storage problem

Nintendo announces SD Card Channel

Nintendo has announced the availability of System Menu 4.0 for the Wii today. A number of improvements have been made including a solution to the dreaded “storage problem”.

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Capcom confirms release date for Bionic Commando

We now know when Capcom will unleash its latest version of Bionic Commando on the world. The company announced this morning the highly anticipated title will be on store shelves May 19, 2009 for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Hard to believe the original was released 20 years ago on the NES! If you want to go down memory lane and refresh your memory you can download an updated version of the classic on Xbox live, PS3 and the PC.

Capcom also announced a PC version of Bionic Commando will ship shortly after the console release.

We sure hope this title lives up to the hype!

Keep your wine tasting fine

PlatyPreserve keeps unfinished wine from oxidizing

Any wine drinker will tell you it doesn’t take long for Vino to go bad once the bottle has been opened. The moment air enters, the wine begins to oxidize, which can dramatically change the flavour within hours. Now you can protect the taste of your unfinished wine.

PlatyPreserve is an air tight wine skin that claims to keep your wine tasting like you just opened the bottle. Just pour your leftover wine into the leak free sac, squeeze out the air and screw the cap on tight. It’s light and durable so you can take it where ever you go! And hey, it’s BPA free!

Expect to pay about $13 for the convenience of taking your preserved wine with you!

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TiVo teams up with Blockbuster

TiVo will soon allow users to download Blockbuster On Demand movies

TiVo has announced it will soon be offering Blockbuster’s On Demand content through Series2, Series3, HD and HD XL boxes. Not a lot of details have been released yet but it looks fairly straight forward. Download the movies you want to see to your TiVo…for a price of course.

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Review: MonsterPod

MonsterPod, the gravity defying tripod

Getting that perfect picture requires a steady hand, sometimes even a tripod. But have you ever tried carrying a tripod up the side of a mountain when you go rock climbing? Uh, ya…not ideal is it?  That’s where MonsterPod comes into the picture. This portable “gravity defying tripod” was developed to go where ever you go, to help you get that perfect shot.

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Relief for your fat fingered friends

Finally, play games on your cell without the finger cramps

Mobile gaming on cell phones may be taking off, but we haven’t seen any major advances in the way we control those tiny little characters on those tiny little screen. Until now.

Enter the JS1 Zeemote controller. You could think of it as a Wii-mote for your cell phone. The ergonomically designed device sports a  thumbstick and four assignable action buttons and is supposed to give hours of play on just two AA batteries.

So far the device works with Nokia’s Series 60 phones as well as Blackberry. A complete list of compatible games is listed on the company’s website.

The JS1 Zeemote is  already available in Germany, Sweden and Spain. Still no word on release in the U.S. or Canada.

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A coffee table that is "more than meets the eye"

Table transforms from coffee table to dining room table in seconds

Living in an apartment or condo can sometimes mean dealing with a small space. So what happens when the family calls to say they’re stopping over for dinner? Time to unfold the coffee table!

Italy’s Ozzio has put together a fabulous little collection of transformable couch tables that go from coffee table to dining room table in a blink.  Simply pull up the top and Voila!

Ozzio has a number of styles and designs to choose from. Prices aren’t listed on the site. We’re guessing they don’t come cheap!

[Via Ozzio]

Teen paints giant penis on roof of parents' house

A picture is worth a thousand words

It’s 60 feet long. No really. We’re not exaggerating about the size! A teen in the U.K. has painted a picture of a rather long dong on the roof of his parents’ house. Why? Well so it could be seen by Google Earth’s cameras of course.

Now here’s the best part of the story…the parents had no idea it was there until reporters came knocking on the door to ask why there was a giant penis on the roof!

Unfortunately the penis can not be seen on Google Earth. The image seen online shows the house with a pristine rooftop, meaning the image was snapped some time ago. Chances are it will never make it online as the parents have ordered the boy to wash it off once he gets home from Brazil where he is spending a year off school.

You can’t even make this stuff up!

[Via Telegraph]

Sony bends over backwards for developers

Sony cuts the price of its PS3 dev kit

Sony is making it more enticing for developers to create games for the PlayStation 3. The company announced it is drastically cutting the price of its PlayStation dev kit.

Right now developers are shelling out $10, 250 for a kit. The new price will bring it closer to $2,000. That’s quite a fire sale! The new kit will also look a lot more like an actual PS3 than the previous kit.

Sony is also saying it will offer “enhanced technical support for developers, an optimized PS3 compiler (SNC PPU) to improve efficiency, and better documentation for PhyreEngine.”

Sure, it’s great news for developers but where is the price cut for consumers?

[Via Ars Technica]