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Mario of the Month for April. Found here.

OnLive gaming service comes to the Mac

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These are good times for gaming on the Mac: Following Steam's recent arrival, OnLive has now arrived for the Mac. From the site's own description: "The OnLive® Game Service is a revolutionary, on-demand video game platform that delivers the latest and most advanced games instantly over a broadband connection on virtually any PC or Mac®, via a small browser download, or HDTV, via OnLive's MicroConsole™ TV Adapter (coming soon). OnLive enables an entirely new way to discover, explore, purchase and experience the hottest video games from the world's leading publishers."

Steam for Mac is now available.

"Steam for Mac is officially available, along with a sizeable trove of games—including Portal, which is now free for everybody."

Gizmodo's headline says it all: "Real Gaming for Macs Is Finally Here". (I stole the line above from Gizmodo too.) Steam is an online gaming platform that has heretofore been limited to Windows.

Tuper Tario Tros.

Tuper Tario Tros. is a mixture between Super Mario Bros. and Tetris.

Funny picture

 

PlayStation Move motion controller is official

"Sony’s motion controller for the PS3 first unveiled at E3 in 2009 now has a final design along with an official name." [read more at www.gizmag.com] Release date is Fall, 2010.

Chain Factor

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I am addicted to this game Chain Factor.

Video game proverbs

GamerPaper.com has a whole set of proverbs re-configured for video games, like this version of 'A penny saved is a penny earned'. I didn't like it as much but also check out their series on 'What if Mario wasn't a plumber?'

Man in Japan weds anime game character

Strange but true: a man in Japan married a Nintendo DS video game character.

I don't recommend this as a dating/marriage approach myself.

I enjoyed some of the comments on BoingBoing. One person wrote "I don't give this marriage another year. He'll leave her for the PSP version...".

Via: BoingBoing

Control your Mac with a Wiimote

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Check out these instructions for controlling your Mac with a Wii remote. I'm not totally sure why you'd want to, but you can! (You could control iTunes from a distance, which could be handy.)

I enjoy the instructions: "Once you have the Wii Remote, be sure to take it out of the package and put the batteries in it. "

Hands-on PSPGo review

Gizmodo has a good hands-on review of the PSPGo, due to be released this week. Their reviewer was not greatly impressed by it.

Smokescreen game

Smokescreen "is a cutting-edge game about life online. We all use Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and MSN to keep up with our mates - and we've all heard the stories about parties on Facebook being mobbed, or people getting stalked on MSN. The question is, what would you do if it happened to you?"

Mario Kart: The Movie