2008 has been a great year for Alex and myself. This year I was married in March and Alex found a spoon in his couch! So it has been filled with a lot of happiness. We hope you are enjoying the holidays as well. Spending time with family and friends (and maybe a game or two). Thanks to everyone who joined our little community this year and we look forward to a bright 2009.

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Famicom Dojo: Twin Famicoms @ Powet.TV

The Season 1 Finale is upon us! Were you ready? We warned you to be ready!

In this episode, we bring to front and center the console that has been lurking in the background all season, the Sharp Twin Famicom!

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Sorry folks, but 3DO To Go is taking the week off for the Holidays… which may include next week as well depending on how the roads are this upcoming weekend (as I will be doing some travelling). Instead, we present to you this special Holiday greeting brought to you by myself, a Guitar Hero controller rigged up as a MIDI instrument, and a lot of ripping off the late, great Walt Kelly. There’s a second video after the jump as well…

Our forum’s own mobiusclimber has written a great guide to import gaming. We’re looking forward to a wonderful series of these!

    It takes a special hybrid to actually get into importing games, a cross between a rabid collector and a hardcore gamer. Of course, either one could get their toes wet, so to speak: the collector might pick up the Square Millennium Collection games because of all the extras that come packaged with them; the hardcore gamer might realize that they just can’t live their whole life without playing Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo on the actual system it was designed for.

While this is certainly true, neither camp would venture very far into import gaming. The collector likely wouldn’t even play any of the games purchased for their collection, while the hardcore gaming crowd might want to play a few things that were never released in North America, they probably wouldn’t go out of their way to experience anything more than the one or two games that initially got them interested in the first place. This is why the first lesson on importing games is probably the most important. I’m going to give you a cheap and easy way of figuring out if getting into the import “scene” is really for you. Hit the jump to find out how.

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When I received this game I originally intended to do a quick “impressions” post and then do a full review later. However, when playing those first few hours to get a general idea of the controls, story, etc., I found that I couldn’t stop playing it. After completing 40% of the game I decided that I might as well just keep playing and do a full review. That alone speaks volumes about the addictive quality of No More Heroes.

I have heard No More Heroes described as being like a cross between Killer 7 and Grand Theft Auto. I can see how people could make those connections. Like Killer 7, it has very unique and stylistic artwork reflecting a comic book-like quality, and like Grand Theft Auto, it has a large overworld for the player to explore and at times interact with. But the similarities really end there. No More Heroes can only be accurately compared to itself, because it has a style all its own.

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This installment we look at “Zhadnost: The People’s Party.” It is a 2-4 player party game released in 1995 by Studio 3DO. Zhadnost is a game show with an ironic sense of humor with a Cold War twist.

It’s been a hard year for a lot of industries. Major layoffs have been an almost daily occurrence over the past few months as companies grasp to regain balance in a troubled market. The paltry value of the dollar is a somber reflection of this.

In contrast, Japan, despite a troubled economy itself has seen the value of its currency, the yen, gain value over every single major currency. Investors bringing funds home from overseas and Japan’s culture of conservative investment strategies have worked to Japan’s advantage by minimizing potentially shattering losses. The yen has increased in value nearly 25% over the dollar, 35% over the euro, and a startling 66% against Brazil’s real.

But… What does this mean for gamers? Simply, it means just about anything coming from the Land of the Rising Sun is going to cost more. To be precise, up to about 25% more in America and 35% more in Europe; the same amount the yen increased over each currency.

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I’m sure you’ve noticed the articles have been a little sparse over the last week. We’ve been really busy packing up and sending out Christmas gifts. We just got out the last batch today and are finally stopping to take a breath! Phew!

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Hello again game buyers and sellers! We’ve been working on this one for awhile now. hehe. For those of you who always wanted to get into the Japanese PC-Engine market, things just got a lot easier. Hop on over to our forums and check out the PC-Engine price guide today!