I can’t blame anyone for being leery about another Grand Theft Auto on a Nintendo portable. After all, the first effort, a Game Boy Color version of GTA 2 was horrible, and while 2005’s Grand Theft Auto Advance was slightly better, it still wasn’t anything to write home about. So how does The Nintendo DS entry Chinatown Wars succeed where others have failed? Simple, it combines classic GTA action with stylus driven gameplay to make a fun package that’s every bit as engaging as its console cousins.
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Posted a little later than promised, and a little later than any other game site worth their salt was finished their coverage, its our E3 reactions! The panelists of obsessives, compulsives, and couldn’t care less consists of Zac, Crazy, aDam, and Sindra.

Now, the exciting conclusion to Powetcast 36: War For Botcon!

Direct Link: Powetcast 36.5: An E3 And A Dollar Short

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Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.

Maybe you’ve heard of Apple. Maybe you’re viewing this article on Apple’s newest handheld mobile device right now.

When I first heard of Apple, I was three or four years old, and I was introduced to it as my first gaming machine. You might know about about iPhone and Macs, but do you know about the machine that made Apple a household name and carried them into the ’90s? Read on!

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26 year old actor Andrew Garfield has been cast as the “new” “young” “teenage” Spider-Man in Sony’s next film based on the hero. Marc Webb will direct from a script by James Vanderbilt.

Who cares? I mean honestly Tobey Maguire might be pushing 40 and the last flick the old guard did wasn’t great, but theres almost nothing about a new Spider-Man that could be remotely interesting now. Chalk that up to a decade of super fatigue, from when Spider-Man stood alone as one of the best to only a number in a field of more entertaining hero films.

What say you, true believers? Does this new Spidey have a shot or is this just another white kid in tights?

Press release follows.
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June was another busy month for the site! Not only did we bring you FIVE new videos and FOUR podcasts, we had more text features and news posted than any month this year so far!

We set the bar pretty high for a 30 day month, so we’ll see how we do in July, or if we’ll succumb to summer vacations and lounging by the powet pool.

Here is a run down of what you might have missed, which you’ll have plenty of time to catch up on this holiday weekend (Independence Day, Canada Day, Twlight Eclipse Day)

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PowetToys: MOTUC Battle Cat
Famicom Dojo Season 2: Sega Power Base Converter
Powet.TV: Convention Hygiene
Powet Robots: Silent Running
Powet Presents: Botcon 2010 Hall of Fame
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