Gadgets and Video Games

Acquire has teamed up with the Playstation C.A.M.P. project once again to produce another quirky and unique PSP game idea — the last collaboration produced Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This? In the new game, One Million Ton Barabara (“bara bara” being a Japanese word describing something breaking up or scattering), you play the leader of a town’s protection force, charged with destroying the giant airships that loom over your city Independence Day-style. To do this, you and your squad grab onto the ship and tear pieces off

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One Million Ton Barabara falling onto PSP in Japan

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Though you might think they’d welcome a break from shoot-’em-ups, members of the military are known to be a rich breeding ground for hardcore gamers. Now, just in time for Independence Day, they have their very own space in which to catch each other in the friendliest of fire: The Military Online Gaming program, a Global Gaming League-powered service that kicks off on the 4th with a Call of Duty: World at War tournament. Though support will start with the 360, a rep from the group responsible, Pro vs. GI Joe, told Shacknews that our fighting men and women will soon be able to blast one another on PC and PS3 too. Military gets its own gaming network, the MOG originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST

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Military gets its own gaming network, the MOG

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If you’ve been gaming as long as we have, you know that Columns is one of Sega’s great puzzle games. Like most puzzle games, the object is simply to line up four same-colored gems — horizontally, vertically or diagonally — and watch them explode. Whether you’re familiar with the game or not, we’ve got some good news: Sega is giving away the iPhone version of Columns for free in celebration of USA’s Independence Day. The app will be free starting midnight, Friday, July 3, all the way through Monday, July 6

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Get iPhone Columns as a free 4th of July treat from Sega

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