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Leipzig Games Convention had a brochure displaying the Nintendo DS MP3 player. Is that official? Well, it was a games convention and it has Nintendo’s name on it…

Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming

As far as rumors go, this one is about as thin on the deets as they come, but Cnet Asia is reporting that Sony Ericsson senior VP of Product and Application Planning, Rikko Sakaguchi, actually alluded to plans for a game-playing phone at a recent press event in Sweden. During what was presumably the Q&A portion of a media conference in honor of the merged company’s fifth anniversary, Sakaguchi reportedly answered a question about a theoretical PSP phone (most decidedly NOT pictured above) by saying simply that Sony Ericsson “is working on something,” but that “the surprise must be kept for the future.” Yeah, we know, not too much meat here — Sakaguchi did mention that the objective was to integrate gaming and communications functions, not to create a dedicated gaming device (whatever that means) — however, after the relative success of its Walkman and Cybershot lineup of handsets, it certainly makes sense for the company to leverage the PlayStation brand in this market as well. Sony Ericsson would be wise, though, to learn from Nokia’s experience with the N-Gage, which is that, well, people don’t like the N-Gage. So, here’s to hoping that the Ericsson side of the equation can knock some sense into the Sony side of the equation, or else we may end up with a bulky, side-talkin’ handset which uses even more proprietary formats that no one is interested in.

[Via Maxconsole]

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Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming

As far as rumors go, this one is about as thin on the deets as they come, but Cnet Asia is reporting that Sony Ericsson senior VP of Product and Application Planning, Rikko Sakaguchi, actually alluded to plans for a game-playing phone at a recent press event in Sweden. During what was presumably the Q&A portion of a media conference in honor of the merged company’s fifth anniversary, Sakaguchi reportedly answered a question about a theoretical PSP phone (most decidedly NOT pictured above) by saying simply that Sony Ericsson “is working on something,” but that “the surprise must be kept for the future.” Yeah, we know, not too much meat here — Sakaguchi did mention that the objective was to integrate gaming and communications functions, not to create a dedicated gaming device (whatever that means) — however, after the relative success of its Walkman and Cybershot lineup of handsets, it certainly makes sense for the company to leverage the PlayStation brand in this market as well. Sony Ericsson would be wise, though, to learn from Nokia’s experience with the N-Gage, which is that, well, people don’t like the N-Gage. So, here’s to hoping that the Ericsson side of the equation can knock some sense into the Sony side of the equation, or else we may end up with a bulky, side-talkin’ handset which uses even more proprietary formats that no one is interested in.

[Via Maxconsole]

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Filed under: Online, Business

A new online magazine launched. Before we say something nice about it, a gripe:

What’s up with formerly usable websites deciding to bundle their content in user unfriendly PDF and chop it up in such a way that it must be printed in order to be understood and enjoyed? Instead of creating friendly layouts that are legible online, some websites instead perversely encourage readers to print out all of these web pages. What gives? It’s annoying for us, and lethal for our leafy cohabitants. Plus, those of us who rely on RSS for our news usually can’t even get at all the content once it’s been stuffed into a PDF. Argh!

Awful and abusive format choice aside, we welcome and congratulate the staff of Game Tunnel Magazine on a successful inaugural issue. There are some nice touches here: the scoring system for game reviews sports refreshing simplicity. The breadth and depth of the magazine also impress.

Still, as with all first efforts, there are some rough edges. For instance, the nifty game scoring system is grafted like a Frankenlimb to rather pedestrian, wordy game reviews. The scores would work better at the end of snappier, more pithy reviews. (Advice for fixing this issue: less IGN-style writing, more Pitchforkmedia.)

Game Tunnel’s best feature is its mere existence: more writing on and about indie games can only bring much-needed positive attention.

[Via EFYtimes]

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Presenting … the first member of the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame …

You’re With Me, Leather.

All inauguration speeches are encouraged. Obviously, many more to come.

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Lawyers for World Series of Poker winner Jamie Gold and a Los Angeles-based TV development executive agreed to a court injunction freezing $6 million, half of the top prize, in a dispute about a deal to split the winnings.

The father of murder victim Ron Goldman asked
a court Tuesday to give him the publicity rights to the name, image
and likeness of O.J. Simpson, who has failed to pay a $33.5 million
judgment in a 1997 wrongful death lawsuit.

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Secretary of State Rice compared the Iraq war with the American Civil War, telling a magazine that slavery might have lasted longer in this country if the North had decided to end the fight early. “I know there were people who said, ‘Why don’t we get out of this now, take a peace with the South, but leave the South with slaves?’” Rice said.

Ken Griffey Jr. walked slowly and carefully on Tuesday, a day after he dislocated a toe on his right foot while trying to make a catch. He was out of the Reds’ lineup, and had no guess about when he might be back.