N-Control Avenger Xbox 360 controller attachment now shipping

Posted in Xbox 360 by Conner Flynn on February 3rd, 2011

Fancy making your Xbox 360 controller look like a Borg? The attachment gives your Xbox controller a complete overhaul and it is now shipping. It’s basically a shell full of levers that wraps around the gamepad to provide simultaneous control over a bunch of inputs at once.

With this, you won’t need to take your thumbs off the analog sticks to swap weapons or reload etc. It will cost you $39.99 and might improve your game.

Blaze PS3 Move Gun attachment

Posted in PS3 by Conner Flynn on January 21st, 2011

Guns are fun to use with your favorite shooter game, but not when they are capped with a glowing ball. You will look silly more than tough while wielding this baby. It’s like somebody put chewing gum in the chamber and it blew a bubble.

This alternative to the $20 Sony PS3 Move gun attachment comes from Blaze and will cost you £9.99 (about $16) when it ships at the end of February, not to mention your dignity.

Gmail introduces Drag And Drop Attachment Saving

Posted in Google by Conner Flynn on August 4th, 2010

GMail has got to be one of the most useful email services around and that’s because they are always working to improve your experience. Now Google has made another tiny, but extremely useful improvement to its Gmail service.

Those using Google Chrome will be able to drag attachments out of messages to save the attachment directly to your computer. Just click and drag the file that you want to your desktop, and it will be saved. They had previously introduced drag and drop as a method to attach files to Gmail.

Sure Shot Wii Rifle is three weapons in one

Posted in Wii Accessories by Conner Flynn on January 11th, 2009

Sure Shot Wii Rifle is three weapons in oneWe’ve covered our share of Wii guns here at the brick. Machine guns, Pistols, even the Wiimote assassination kit, but I believe this is the first rifle that is actually three weapons in one.

The Sure Shot Wii Rifle was unveiled at CES 2009. It’s from CTA Digital and features a removable stock and barrel, three modes, and is compatible with nearly all shooting games on the Wii. That last bit is a big plus. You can hit the link below to check out a video.

Hands on: The Force Unleashed + Dual Glow Sabers = Extreme Geekery

Posted in Wii Accessories by Conner Flynn on September 25th, 2008

Hands on: The Force Unleashed + Dual Glow Sabers = Extreme GeekeryWe got a chance to see how the geek half plays The Force Unleashed by going hands on with the Dual Glow Sabers from Dreamgear. As usual, just pop your Wiimote in the holster and start hacking and slashing. These come in Jedi blue and Sith red and each take 2 AAA batteries to light up. These are about 2 feet long, so as long as you give yourself some space the furniture should be safe. These are definitely better designed then some of the other saber attachments that we’ve seen.

They won’t improve your game, but they do make you embrace your dork side and they are pretty fun to swing around for awhile. Kids and hardcore dorks will get the most use out of them. I was slashing up wookies and Jedis with ease, but I kept thinking how much cooler it would have been to have a sound effect. The attachment doesn’t hinder game play as far as I could tell. Still, at the end of the day swinging these sabers while playing the game is a great way to get some exercise and have some fun. The dreamGear Dual Glow Sabers will be avalable soon for about $20.