Hasbro, a US multinational toy and board game company, has released an Operation board game that features R2-D2 as the patient in need of medical help.

Operation has originally been a battery operated game assessing the hand and eye coordination and other fine motor skills of the players.

The first version of Operation included the red nosed, chubby and naked character called Cavity Sam lying on an operating table and having fictional and humorously named illnesses such as Wrenched ankle Charley Horse.

Modern versions of Operation offered more complex mechanisms like a heart monitor for the patient, one which allowed the doctor player to pump oxygen to gain him more playing time.

Also, the characters no longer just include Cavity Sam, but also the characters of Buzz Light Year, Homer Simpson, Sponge Bob, Spider man and Doctor Who. The latest version again uses Star Wars R2-D2 as the sick client.

It seems crazy to have a droid as the patient, given that robots are not made up of the organs making up a human character but really, what harm can a little robot fun bring?

This is not to say the least that after all, the droid repair simply emphasizes that the world is really turning technology oriented. Soon, we might be seeing robots everywhere.

However, if we take in Star Wars characters, it shouldn’t be R2-D2 that should be on the operating table but C3PO instead.

R2′s character is a sturdy, feisty droid always giving his opinions while C3PO is the clumsy, always getting into more trouble than help robot.

What more, it seems to be always in separated parts, so it might be needing more repairs than R2. But then again, C3PO plays a small time role on the side of R2 anyway, with repairs needing to be mended in its neck.

This latest Operation version comes with the realistic sounds of the two droids, making the malady repairs done more fun.

So if you’re feeling like a little bit kid-like, or if you’re a Star Wars fanatic, you might want to add this up to your shopping cart next time. This toy costs only under $30, a great buy for a great fun!

Surgeon Wanted: To Operate on Star Wars’ R2-D2 is a post from: Tech Pinger

The most awaited Sony Playstation Vita is going to have a launch in Japan at the last month of this year.

While this news creates excitement for Playstation fans in Japan, the North Americans are just hearing the clocks ticking waiting for the Vita to finally come in their area.

Sadly, there’s no sign of Sony Vita as of yet in their area.

Apparently, it was announced that Sony will launch 26 games for the system that will include a wide array of peripherals and proprietary cards.

Basically, the system has no built-in memory that’s why you need to buy the proprietary cards in order to use the downloadable games, movies or music.

So, this is like a good strategy for Sony. On the other hand, battery life is also one that needs attention here. This may be the only downside that I can see in Sony Vita.

Imagine you should bother yourself in setting your brightness into default with Bluetooth turned off and headphones use for audio.

In order for you to have a greater picture of what I am talking about, take a look at this information provided below:

Available Memory Card System Battery Life
(Size) (Hours)

4GB -¥2,200 ($29) Game (3-5 hours approximate)
8GB -¥3,200 ($42) Video (5 hours approximate)
16GB -¥5,500 ($71) Music (9 hours approximate) stand by mode
32GB -¥9,500 ($124)

In other words, the release of Sony Vita is something that we expect, but taking into account its cost including the proprietary cards and the limited battery life are quite disappointing.

No wonder, one day we will also be required of buying a third party battery pack which I hope will not happen.

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Although it took the creators of the first Cars film five years to come up with a sequel and a follow up video game, it should not be viewed that the Cars was not at all interesting and unsuccessful.

On the contrary, the movie and the game turned out to be really something that are not just for the kids’ enjoyment, but as well as for the adults.

The video game, developed by Avalanche Software and published by Disney interactive goes beyond the normal race cars you’d see everywhere.

The game lets the player drive cars and race against the other cars. Though this may appear as simple, there is really more to the game than just racing.

Any kind and adult for that matter will probably like the game for its plot and mechanics.

But to appreciate Cars 2 video game, you have to look at things beyond the adult’s perspective for a highly complex and strategic game.

When playing something that has given kids joy from its line of Cars toys, Pyjamas, and clothes, you should leave all those childhood hesitancies and adult criticism, otherwise you won’t be able to gain fun from the whole experience.

However, you would need of course to look at the graphics and playability of the game still.

Cars 2 video game lets you start with the New Agent Training mode thereby allowing you to first get used to the basics of racing and the techniques for gaining lead positions in the race.

Perhaps it is more recommendable to watch the movie first before attempting to play the game.

Most developers of games based on movies usually have close tie-in with the movies thus the games would practically resemble the movie themselves. Although such predictability in the game can be bad for some gamers considering that there might not be any surprise plot anymore, with Cars 2, it’s just perfect.

Cars 2 video game can bring back the feel good factor that the movie gives to its viewers. This is exactly what one may really like to experience when one is playing the game for purposes of unwinding. If you have previously loved games like Mario Kart, then Cars 2 will just be as awesome for you.

Added factor to the game is the idea that the player can not only race, but can also use weapons during racing.

This is interesting because most kids would really love to have action when playing.

The specific toy weapons referred to here are guns and the graphics involved in the video game is definitely outstanding. Imagine an almost 3d like experience of shooting things through satellite lasers, missiles and other guns, all attached to the car character the player has chosen to use ion the game. A game with this quality would be something that any adult gamer should really love.

One of the races in the game is the scene for “When Life Gives You Lemons”.

This race is set on an oilrig and the movie scene this represents is the home of the “Lemons” or the cars in the movie that were considered to have problems when they were built.

What’s nice about this race is that at the start, the camera swings around your chosen car showing your car in a touch of motion blur and allowing you to take a full view of your car.

This is unlike other car races games where the player is just shown as the driver and the profile of the car is not seen at all.

The game by the way allows the player to choose from 25 car choices although majority of them would still need to be unlocked as the game goes on. Also, other than the racing, the player needs too to know ticks to gain turbo boost to win the game.

A Cars 2 fan will enjoy the game regardless of possible hitches. But there are really several reasons why a non fan will enjoy the game as well.

One of the many reasons would be the difficulty. Although it has been said earlier that the game is a no brainer, it technically gets difficult after a few stages.

The races become harder, requiring quick actions from the player. If you’re slow, you won’t be able to finish the game at all.

The additional extras in the game are drifting, energy turbos and collecting crests and badges.

Exciting actions that can be done too are driving through ten fruitstands in one of the races, drafting cars for five minutes, using fifteen turbos in a single event and hitting the chase car 25 times with the car weapons in the Survival Mode.

All these extras are an additional depth to the game, making the game a valuable rent for the hardcore adult gamers.

A hitch for the game however is it does not allow online multiplayer. Allowing the gamers to connect online would probably increase the game’s strength.

If online multiplayer is allowed, then the players will be able to compete with other gamers too.

A come on though for kid gamers is that they can play mini games like avoiding laser canons and collecting shields at the same time. This too comes from the scenes in the movie. And the gun firing may really be engaging for them.

All in all, Cars 2 video game can be an entertaining piece for both adult and kid gamer.

The hitch mentioned earlier can really be taken for granted, given that the game can give the solo player an amazing gaming experience.

If you’re a gamer and you think that Cars 2 is a blunder, you just might want to recheck your judgment and try playing the game first.

A PS3 Game Review: The Cars 2 Video Game – Not Just For Kids! is a post from: Tech Pinger

Log on to Razerzone.com and you’ll see their newest Razer Gaming Laptop Switchblade UI, dubbed to be the “World’s First True Gaming Laptop.”

While it might not necessarily be the one and only gaming laptop offered in the gaming industry, with other gaming laptops like Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q898 , MSI GT683R and Eurocom Racer out in the market, Razer’s Switchblade UI certainly takes the lead with its impressive features.

If you’re a hardcore gamer then, and you’re fed up with the idea that you can’t bring along your heavy pcs anywhere so you can continue playing, then this item will suit your needs.

Razer’s Swithcblade UI is sleek, thin and black, the perfect qualities for those in want of elegance when gaming.

Oh yes, the other gaming laptops like Alienware and XPS will do, but Switchblade offers more than the convenience of having a portable gaming device, being 2.24 inches thick only. Added to its elegant features would be its light weight, only about 7 pounds, or 6.9 pounds to be precise.

That’s about 3 pounds lighter than the top rated best gaming laptop in online computer shops, the Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q898.

Also, Switchblade UI has 10 keypad buttons that are programmable and adaptive and an LCD track pad that is not only an ultra sensitive multi-touch track pad but doubles as well as a small screen that fully displays in-game information.

Furthermore, Switchblade UI gives you a 1080p visuals with its 17.3″ LED screen and a built in HD webcam.

It’s 8GB DD3 RAM allows you to do more than playing games on it, you can actually surf the web while simultaneously playing your favourite game.

The price? Switchblade costs $2,800 (USD), which is almost the same price as a MacBook Pro 17, the latest from Apple and a MacBook that has a state of the art processor thereby making it work twice as fast, a thunderbolt I/O technology with data transfer up to 10 Gbps and game changing graphics.

Although MacBook Pro 17 is a good choice for a laptop, Switchblade still gives its user an advantage when the user merely would want something that offers first rate gaming experience.

Thus Razer’s Swichblade UI, with its revolutionary, innovative design, is a top choice for a blazing benchmarked gaming world.

New Razer Blade Gaming Laptop – Pure Power! is a post from: Tech Pinger

Super games with super hero characters are one of the most awaited gaming consoles to come this year.

And one of these games is the upcoming Batman: Arkham City. Actually, this game has been the hottest topic in the game’s forum that throws the console into controversies.

Apparently, this was being made controversial with the flaws and issues meticulously identified by the gamers themselves.

Although, the foreseen issues may not be confirmed, yet they already reacted with suggestions of some tweaks and improvements for Batman: Arkham City.

For that reason, the summary of those changes that the gamers want are the following:

1. Discreet Detecting: In the previous Batman: Arkham Asylum, the complaints were mostly on the infra-red detective mode of which there is a problem in making exit. So, they suggest that the sequel will have a discreet overlay on the main view so that they can save more time, will not miss anything and most of all to enjoy the game to the fullest.

2. Mental Agility: We became fan of Batman movies due to its detective works. He solves things with the use of geeky techy things and mental ability. However, unlike in the gaming consoles, the detective tasks are not quite satisfying for the gamers. So they recommend making some improvements on the detective mode. They want to see the sequel in a more challenging and a mind boggling game.

3. Delete Combo-Count: Another thing that theses gamers want to have in the batman game is the challenge in frequency and more special moves because they also want to feel like a superhero in playing the game.

4. More Characters: They also want to see more of the Batman’s characters to join in the game like Orpheus and Gotham’s ghettos.

5. Playable Co-op: Part of playing the detective works in Batman is the cooperation between Batman and Robin. So, they suggest for a more playable co-op where each of the players can do specific task in solving the problem.

Batman: Arkham City – 5 Recommended Tweaks And Improvements! is a post from: Tech Pinger

The 1950′s saw the creation of the first ever computer games. In 1972, Ralph H. Baer, the German pioneer of video gaming, invented the first video game console that could be connected to the television set. Fast forward to today.

Modern technology have fed the public more and more taste for video gaming, to a point that a single player may not exactly be satisfied with having only one video game console.

Furthermore, you can even find video game consoles that no longer needed to be connected to any television set.

You have had the Nintendo DS and PSPs early in the 2000 millennium. And about five years ago, the gaming world has introduced to the public Xbox 360 and PS3. But which is a better video game console between the two?

The answer doesn’t matter when you can have the best of both video game consoles in one.

Reddit user timofiend has decided to just cram up the two video game consoles into one box, and the project proved to be a masterpiece.

Timeofiend bought a new Xbox 360 slim and used his old PlayStation 3 normal for the project. He took off the parts for each console and rigged up both in one pc case.

Considering that it’s very difficult to reconnect electric power supplies for different consoles and to make them work out smoothly without overheating and firing each other up, timofiend certainly has defeated the complications that power supplies would give even those who have gone through electrical engineering.

Many technology fan however suggested to timofiend that to really prevent the two consoles from generating too much heat and thus affecting the power supply, it would be better to use liquid cooling, but timofiend has said that it was too costly for now.

Timofiend is now considering to share his achievement with those who are interested through uploading his work log and photos of his project through a blogsite and linking it with Reddit.

When told that he ought to earn money from his effort, he merely said that he’s really more than happy to share his ideas and it does not bother him if he will not be earning from the project. He said he had fun doing it anyway and that was enough.

But really, maybe timofiend should want to be in business for his impressive accomplishment, after all, his work is not an easy feat.

Should he have seconds’ thoughts regarding the idea though, perhaps he should be in contact with Ben Heck, a famous video game devices modder.

Perhaps Heck would love knowing the details of timofiend’s work.

{Source : gameinformer , imgur }

2 in 1 Video Game Console: PS3 and Xbox 360 in a Box! is a post from: Tech Pinger

Apple is one of the famous and influential multinational corporation who designs and manufactures the most popular consumer electronics, computer hardware, software and personal computers. It is known for developing the iOS, a mobile operating system and some of the devices like the iPod, iPhones and iPad.

But there is more emphasis on the iPad these days due to its increasing share on the market of the games platform.

Comparably, it has been seen that the gaming industry have seen to be previously dominated by the video gaming consoles.

But recently, the iPad gaming platform is growing fast with 80% market share, far too greater than the 40% market share of gaming consoles.

But CEO John Riccitello, cited that the declining result for consoles and increasing growth for iPad games is quite normal for we are in the cycle of casual gaming.

He further explains that we are used in buying a product every after 5 years for this is the usual time frame for making releases of new products.

Looking at it as a cycle, then he said that there is no big issue on this one. So, there is nothing much to worry about. In fact, this paves for more benefits on collaborative gaming than processing power.

In the meantime, the mobile gaming is also predicted that it will take advance over the console gaming with regards to graphics, power and performance in the very near future.

They have said that devices like the iPhone and iPad provide satisfaction to the needs of the passionate gamer.

Do you prefer to play games in your iPad than in game consoles?

iPad Games Platform: The Future Of Mobile Gaming is a post from: Tech Pinger

In today’s world of gaming, one of the loudest gaming console that is thriving in the market along with Nintendo’s Wii U and Microsoft’s Xbox, is the Sony’s Playstation.

In considering this issue, many gamers are blatantly expressing that they wanted to see new Playstation consoles, but they crave for some big titles in the current PS3 is holding them.

However, it’s really good to hear that Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Batman: Arkham City is coming to us soon.

While some passionate gamers are still hanging on with the PS3, others are now starting to save to get ready with the next gaming console of Sony’s Playstation.

The reason is that, we have seen and it has been established from the first launching of Playstations that price is really a heavy deal.

Considering this possibility, I think more PS3s users will decline in wanting to get the next gen console.

More on to that, they may cling more on PS3s than casting an eye for PS4. But this gamer’s confusion is not the only effect of PS3′s non-release. In fact, the sales of the current game consoles are stable, until the news came out the production starts to get low.

In all of these issues, there is only one authority over the video game consoles and that is Sony.

This is a wise step for them, as they can see their loss if they have tried to push on producing a technology that will become obsolete next year.

PS3 or PS4: A Gamer’s Predicament is a post from: Tech Pinger

If you think that Xbox 360 is solely for gaming, then you’re wrong.

Kinect Games that include Your Shape; Fitness Evolved, EA Sports 2.0, Get Fit with Mel B and Zumba Fitness are few to name the already boosting fitness-related video games.

But there is one that will add to this list and very surely will drive you to lose that extra and weights. The video game is called Jillian Michael’s Fitness Adventure.

Recently, it was noted at kinectaku.com by James Newton that this newest Xbox 360 Kinect game will not provide the usual gym setting, rather they are going to place themselves in a story based challenges in a jungle themed temple environment.

In other words, this game is not only about working out and losing weight, but also passing into challenges in order to shape up. The players may also gain recognition from Jillian Michaels if their performances are good.

The fitness game will also include Circuit training, Individual Fitness training and Fitness Adventure mode.

The Circuit training will involve the player in 10 exercise circuits, while the Individual Fitness training will allow the players to work out in their own stride.

The parkour style action will be featured in the Fitness Adventure mode. Aside from that, the Kinect game will also have the social integration and statistics features.

Jillian Michaels is one of the most popular personal trainers in the US. She is best known as the trainer in the Biggest Loser and Losing It With Jillian. She also has launched a video game for Nintendo Wii last 2008 and 2010.

So, are you ready to lose weight with this new Xbox 360 Kinect game?

Jillian Michael’s Fitness Adventure: Newest Xbox 360 Kinect Game This November is a post from: Tech Pinger

PlayStation has long been synonymous with technology and innovation.

On New Year’s Eve you will be able to play 3D games and watch 3D Blu-ray flicks with your PS3 without spending thousands of dollars upgrading to a 3D TV. How?

Among the new technology unveiled at E3 earlier this year is the 3D Display, which features a 24″ LCD screen with full HD 1080p 3D presentation Sony offers this good alternative which is called the PlayStation 3D Monitor Kit.

Sony targeted December 31, 2011 for it to be available in the market.

It won’t be a surprise if many gamers will have this kit under their Christmas tree, it will only cost $499.99 (USD)

So what are included in the kit? If you will have one under your Christmas tree, you will have a 24-inch screen, a pair of Active 3D glasses and a copy of the game Motorstorm Apocalypse.

You won’t have a hard time with the active type 3D glasses because they are charged through USB.

You will also experience Sony’s cool SimulView tech with the included screen, this will allow two users to see two different images on the screen at the same time, instead of using split-screen mode.

The 3D Display is remarkably boosted for gaming with a special two-player feature, offering best-in-class visuals in both 2D and 3D.

The 3D Display utilizes an exclusive feature that optimizes two-player mode by delivering individual full HD screens, giving each person their own full screen view of the action on the same display while playing co-op or head-to-head.

With an ultra-slim PlayStation inspired bezel design and built-in speakers and subwoofer, the 3D Display is big on image quality and sound and delivers all of your HD media simply by connecting to PS3, PC or cable TV box.

It’s perfect for bedrooms, dorm rooms or wherever you want to play the best 3D console games.

If you want, you can pre-order the PlayStation 3D Monitor Kit over at Amazon now. If you want Additional glasses it sells at $69.95 a pair.

Release Date of PlayStation 3D Monitor Kit Announced is a post from: Tech Pinger