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Games for the gaming Mom or how to convert your non-gaming Mom to love the battlefield

So Mother’s Day is this weekend and you want to go a little outside the norm of Flowers, Chocolates, Jewelery that uses annoying radio ads. Well look no further than some idea from yours truly. My mom, who just happens to be a gamer will be enjoying the fun of Apollo Justice this year. But here are some great ideas that I had if my mom wasn’t addicted to her new pink DS.

1. PopCap Games

Here is one that you can never go wrong with giving. PopCap games are like the gateway drug to the gaming world and with choices like Peggle, Zuma, and Bejeweled 2 you really can’t go wrong. Plus for Mother’s Day Popcap is donating 30% of your purchases to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for Breast Cancer. So you get the double feel good for the occasion.

2. XBox Live Points / Gametap

Yeah I know it is like giving you mom a gift card but the Xbox Live Arcade has some of the best classic games you mom would love to play again. While my mom knows her Xbox can go online it isn’t since she would need a really long ethernet cable so I can only recommend if A. It is online already or B. you are going to visit.

But now what if your mum doesn’t have a XBox 360 or is currently down with the RRoD. So go with a Gametap subscription gift and USB controller. Thier line up has a lot of great games like Sam and Max plus all your old favorites.

3. Nintendo DS / Touch Generation Titles

You really can’t go wrong with a Nintendo DS and any of the touch generation titles. Who doesn’t enjoy playing out Court Room drama in the Ace Attorney Series or solving brain teasers with Professor Layton.

4. iPod / mp3 Player

While this isn’t so much gaming related but you know your mom likes to rock out to her REO Speedwagon or Neil Diamond in peace. So why not an iPod or an mp3 Player! I think that the new low price on the iPod Shuffles make them a great gift for anyone. If you don’t care much for the Apple Flair you can always go with a Zune or an iRiver.

5.Wii Fit

Now this one is last for a good reason. First your Mom need to have a Wii and secondly you mom would also need or want to be active. But other than that the gift of helping you mom start getting in better shape is always a good gift. Plus little fitness add-on can keep the gifting ideas alive all year.

Well I hope this help out everyone with there last minute Mother’s Day preparations and let us know what you are thinking of giving your Mum for Mother’s Day.

Will It Blend? A look at the blendability of the Wiimote into today’s smoothie society

I love these Blendtec videos…

Now if you are mad rich enough to get one… here.

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ProRemote for the Apple iPhone

While this is a little off topic for our usual news regiment this is spot on for the research that I have been doing to improve the site.

During the last week we have been researching doing video reviews and some audio spots for the DigiGamer site. I use Pro Tools LE for most of our at home audio recording and this application would solve my only Pro Tools woe. While I don’t official have an iPhone yet, I have been a little more interested in them these days. Hopefully this will be available for a public release next year!

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Apple Pippin Dev Unit

Apple Pippin Dev Unit

Here is a dev unit of the late Apple Pippin that got release in the US and Japan by Bandai. So if you are interested in getting a piece of Apple history to sit next to your Lisa and Newton the auction link is below. I am strangely drawn to get this even if I can only find about 15 titles that were released for this thing. Plus the only two games from that list that stand out is a Power Rangers Zeo titles and a Gundam game.

eBay Auction here. 

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Persona 3 Mobile Phone Prequel

Persona 3 Mobile Phone PrequelPersona 3 Mobile Phone Prequel

While I have not been to interested in mobile phone gaming.More and more of these Japanese only titles are getting my hopes up that it could actually be a solid platform for us here in North America. Persona is even getting into the act with a prequel to Persona 3 for your mobile phone called “Aigis: The First Mission”. While I’m sure that most of us would gladly pay 525 Yen($4.25) for this prequel to play on our phone. Sadly I don’t think we will see this one get a localized version ,unless Atlus USA decided to break into the mobile market.

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Android Demo

While they didn’t touch to much on the subject of games for the Android platform, you get a brief look at Quake running on it. Sure Quake came out forever and a day ago but it really shows some potential that the platform could have and its impact on the mobile gaming front. With the Android platform and the proper hardware we could see titles developed for these handsets that would give us a deep gameplay experience like the PSP and DS have already done. It is just a though but it could still happen.

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HD-DVD Xbox 360 in the Works?

Xbox 360 EliteKotaku is reporting that a rumored Toshiba made Entertainment Xbox 360 is in the works with a larger hard drive and built in HD-DVD drive. This is appears to be Microsoft’s way to combat the PS3 with its built in Blu-Ray drive, but I would guess that this is for Entertainment purposes only and wouldn’t add extra storage for games.

Here is some of the proposed specs:

- HD DVD

- 1080p w/HDMI (doesn’t sound much different)

- Wireless Networking

- Dual HD tuners with program guide - MP3 player dock

- Toshiba is also exploring a 40-inch TV that can dock the 360

- This same TV dock could allow for more hard drive or component swappability

- Expected in late 2008 or CES 2009

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Review - Canon PowerShot S5IS gets an A+

A couple months ago, Digigamer.net started a little category called Cooking with dGamer Style. It has a pathetic amount of posts since, for food, pictures are a necessity and my camera sucked. A few weeks ago, after convincing ourselves that a full piggy bank made us rich, Elmikey and I ran to the nearest Best Buy and picked up ::sings in operetta:: The Canon PowerShot S5IS.
This is my review.

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A Little More to Show on the New Kingdom Hearts Games

These new scans from Famitsu feature the new Kingdom Hearts games (KH: Birth by Sleep, KH: 358/2 Days, and KH: Coded) and, even if you can’t read it, the pictures give a pretty good idea of what was shown at the Tokyo Game Show ‘08.

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Your thumb wants to game!

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