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VGN for April 8th, 2005

Video game news:

Sony Sold 500,000 PSPs in Two Days in N. America
Thu Apr 7, 8:58 PM ET   Technology - Reuters
 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Corp (SNE.N). (6758.T) sold 500,000 units of its PlayStation Portable handheld video game device in the first two days after its North American release, about half the units the company had aimed to provide retailers, Sony said on Thursday.

The $249 PSP Value Pack came out March 24 in the United States. There were mixed reactions to the early sales, with some analysts saying the device was not selling as fast as some large chains might have expected.

Mudvayne on Live
Register for your chance to play Need for Speed™ Underground 2 with the band on April 20, 2005. (You must register by April 13 to be eligible.)

One lucky Xbox Live member will win an Xbox and the chance to challenge the band online. Another 100 winners will take on the boys from Mudvayne in NFSU2, and 10 runner-ups will get the new Mudvayne CD Lost and Found.

Sony Patents "Brain Beaming"
According to the report, the technique patented by Sony essentially triggers what has been described as “sensory experiences” through (and here comes the science bit), “…a device that fires pulses of ultrasound at the head to modify firing patterns in targeted parts of the brain…[with results] ranging from moving images to tastes and sounds. This could give blind or deaf people the chance to see or hear.”

Ad campaign offering glimpse of next-gen Xbox?

Ilovebees.com-style game on ourcolony.net appears to reward visitors with glimpses of Microsoft's next-generation controller.

Last year, Microsoft intrigued some and infuriated many with a viral marketing campaign to help hype its now-multiplatinum Xbox shooter, Halo 2. The software behemoth tapped 4orty2wo Entertainment, a company that specializes in "immersive, entertainment-based alternative marketing campaigns."

PRESS RELEASE: Video Game Hero Mario Petitions For New Hollywood Walk Of Fame Category
"Video games are a huge part of the entertainment industry," explains George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Revenues from the video game industry routinely equal or top revenues from the film industry's U.S. box office. That's how big we are."
"I spent my whole life chasing stars," says Mario. "And now my fans want to give me one? Woo-hoo!"

DDR is exercise
CHARLESTON: Like many other 11-year-old boys, KD Jones loves sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight and his asthma an obstacle. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds, and he is hoping a new health study using a video dance game will help him get down to 125 by the end of summer in time to play football.

Jones is one of 85 children in an at-home study trying the popular Dance Dance Revolution video game to boost their activity. The study is being done by West Virginia’s public employees insurance group in hopes it will lead to better health and lower costs.

Beating Has Roots In Video Game
4/7/2005

By Troy Kinsey/WCJB TV 20 News
The teenager who brutally beat the two-year-old cousin he was babysitting on Sunday told Gainesville Police investigators he was motivated by a violent video game.
Police detectives believe 14-year-old Johnny Cooper threw his cousin over his shoulder and onto the floor, then broadsided the toddler in the face with a wooden stake.
'Def Jam: Fight For New York' video game.

What I've been playing.

Fight Night Round 2--Thanks Cybertron!!

Doom 3 LE for Xbox.

I've been watching:

Shin Getter Robo 2004

Con Corner:

Jacon next Week!

This Japanese Anime convention will host a full schedule of events and activities dealing with anime, manga, and other aspects of Japanese sub-culture, such as video games. JACON 2005 will be held April 15-17 in Orlando, Florida at the Sheraton World Resort.

The Wasabi Animusical
Friday @ 8:00 PM in Main Events
Take 56 costumes, 22 anime, 19 performers, 10 songs, and put it all into one show. The Wasabi Animusical is an amalgamation of anime, manga, video games, AMV elements, cosplay, dancing, comedy, and show tunes. This Broadway-style show is guaranteed to be of the most unique and entertaining events you will see this year at any anime convention. One show only... and it's not to be missed.

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