Getting two 2GB modules (for a total of 4GB) would be about $40-50. But if I wanted to bump it to 5 or 6GB... the 4GB DDR2 modules are $70-$85 each . At this point, just do the 4GB. The 6GB might be nice depending on what you are doing, but considering you've survived this long on 2GB, the 6 isn't ...

I'm impressed, actually, and it's partially because almost every single negative rumor leading up to this launch has been completely debunked. They confirmed that, despite the focus on social connectivity, you can use the console completely offline if you want . They confirmed that it will play used...

My wife is a traditional person and likes to write thank you cards to people for Christmas gifts. So she has asked me to do the same with the gifts I have received. The problem comes from the gift my brother-in-law gave me. He gave me a $25 Amazon gift card, but my wife insists I thank him for the i...

But see, my post isn't talking about me or you as a kid. It's talking about kids right now. You say that it's basic enough for a beginner, but by the time my child would even need a 'beginner' computer, he will be reading text books on an iPad. I'm having trouble imagining my child finding value in ...

Schoolgirl Tears IX was okay, I liked how they paid homage to the originals by bringing back the crystal dildos. But VII was the one that got everyone hooked on Schoolgirl Tears. It had it's faults, sure. It was too far of a departure from it's schoolgirl roots, there were people complaining it was ...

I don't think my kids would share my fondness for the obsolete, as I don't remember being particularly fond of it in my youth. I agree with that. Computers before the mid-90's were just such a pain to work with that I really never got an interest in them until Windows 95-98 came along. And now even...

One of my favorite toys as a kid was my grandmother's Remington No. 12 typewriter. I wish we still had it; my dad put it in storage when I was a teenager, and I think it was donated to charity when I went off to college. It may not be the best introduction to technology as it currently stands, but ...

See, at first I would come to the same conclusion that Cube_B3 has come to, in that the more digital versions of classic games appear on modern machines, the less likely someone would be willing to purchase the original. And while Jeeba's argument that presenting classic titles on modern systems to ...

and its comparatively limited nature would make it a good "first computer" for kids when that day comes. As a father with a child that has been using an iPad since he was 18 months old, and got his first iPod for Christmas when he was 2, this sentence makes me laugh. I had enough trouble ...

Well, for one you are listening to music on a computer. That already puts you in a rapidly dying trend. People are moving to smartphones, where YouTube exists, but is not exactly a viable music service when data usage and streaming quality is concerned. No, either they are using Pandora/Spotify/othe...

Well you have valid points about Vevo, and Psy becoming an American pop phenomenon. But how many artists are on VEVO? Also I read somewhere you need to have like a 100,000 hits in order to make money. From what I understand chances off making money on YouTube are as good as chances for indie develo...

Anyway my point was YouTube being counter productive. Actually, you are completely wrong. YouTube is another source of revenue for the music industry. Let's take, for example, the explosive YouTube success of PSY's Gangnam Style. Between the time of the song's release on YouTube and July of this ye...

There was an episode of Planet Money on NPR last year that covered this very topic. Basically, when a new artist is 'discovered', they go into a record label and sign a package deal that encompasses everything that they could possibly make money on. iTunes sales, CD sales, tour sales, merchandise sa...

And while I'm on the subject, I have come to realize that a backlog is becoming more and more useless to have. With every passing game I have bought, I have built a backlog of games that I keep saying 'oh, I'll play this Y game when I'm done with X game.' But yet, by the time I'm done with X game, a...

If he has a game now and is going to play it now, it doesn't matter what version he's playing. So what if it's 480p, it's still a great game with great graphics. Waiting for the PS3 version just because it's eye candy won't do him any good if it's stuck in a backlog that he will never get to. I had ...

Beat Journey at 11:58pm. Just in time to watch guys make out in Times Square when the ball dropped. And I would call it game of the year had it not been for the random people that would appear and completely rip me out of the experience. I would be aimlessly wandering around when suddenly a cutscen...

Beat Journey at 11:58pm. Just in time to watch guys make out in Times Square when the ball dropped. And I would call it game of the year had it not been for the random people that would appear and completely rip me out of the experience. I would be aimlessly wandering around when suddenly a cutscene...

So I decided I still have time to remedy this lack of 2012 games that I've played. I heard Journey is a short game, and it was on sale on PSN, so I'm going to do it. I am going to be stuck at home on New Year's Eve anyway, so that should give me the time I need to play through that game from front t...

Huh. So I'm sitting here, thinking back on the last year of video games trying to come up with a top 5 game list...and I've realized that I have literally only played 5 games that have come out in 2012. I played Asura's Wrath, Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, Mass Effect 3, Nintendoland and Profe...

I said direct port because when I originally read the announcement, it said they were preserving the original graphics of the Genesis version for the Dreamcast version. Whether they changed their minds later or just mis-spoke, they now are saying the Dreamcast version will be the HD version scaled d...