The Xbox gaming console brand was created and is owned by Microsoft. The original device was the first video console created by an American company after the Atari Jaguar stopped sales in 1996. In the United States, the Xbox holds the majority of the market shares with about 50.18% of the gaming population compared to […]
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Super Mario 64 is a Nintendo 64 platform game released in 1996. It is the first Super Mario game to incorporate 3D gameplay, mixing typical Super Mario gameplay, visual style, and characters in a wide-open environment. It was developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and released by Nintendo. But did you know that Mario
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The Nintendo Co. Ltd. is a Japanese video game company based in Kyoto, Japan. It is the world’s oldest video-game corporation that was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi and was initially called Nintendo Karuta. But did you know that Nintendo pushed consumers to use the term game console instead? Nintendo campaigned that consumers use
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A group of researchers conducted an experiment to confirm the common belief that people walk in circles when they are lost. Let’s talk about the results and the reason why people walk around in circles. According to a study conducted by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany, humans will walk
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Airconditioning can be found in almost any home. While we take them for granted nowadays, it was a luxury not many people could afford back when it was first made. But did you know how much residential air conditioning cost when they first came out? In 1914, the first residential airconditioners would cost you $10,000
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It is quite surprising that the late President of Iraq felt the need to hoard several Playstation 2 units. He event sent over secret agents to the Midwest to make the purchase. But what did he need it for? When the Playstation 2 came out in March 2000, Saddam Hussein hoarded 4,000 units. His goal
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If you’ve indulged in gaming back in the early 90s, you would have probably remembered the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). From the Super Mario series to Disney titles like Aladin and Duck Tales. But did you know that there was one Disney Game that was intentionally made to be difficult? Disney’s The Lion King
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Super Mario 64 introduced the camera as a friend and foe in video games When the Nintendo 64 launched in the United States in September of 1996, players had just two games to choose from: a flight simulator called Pilotwings 64 and the latest entry in one of the most popular series in video game
Apple fined for misleading customers in Australia AFP An Australian court has fined Apple A$9m (£5m;$6.5m) for refusing to fix iPhones and iPads that had been serviced by third parties. The nation’s consumer watchdog took the tech giant to court last year following complaints from users about faulty devices. Apple admitted that it misled 275
Audiophile Deathmatch: Monster Cables vs. a Coat Hanger Whether or not Monster Cables are worth it is a war that has raged since home theater immemorial. A poster at Audioholics was put in a room with five fellow audiophiles, and a Martin Logan SL-3 speaker set at 75Db at 1000KHz playing a mix of “smooth,
