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The SideQuest GOTY

It’s been a long road.  The smashing year 2009 came and went, and now here we are: choosing our favorites of the year.  After a long month of arguing, fist fights, high fives, and liquor, we’ve come to the conclusion that we all have some pretty varied tastes here at the ‘Quest.  We’ve managed to…

Blip Festival 2009: Making Your Old-School GameBoy Relevant Again

A few months ago, I decided I wanted to start making electronic music. On an impulse, I went online and ordered a Theremin, an electronic instrument that creates sounds based on the manipulation of radio waves. The instrument ran me about $500. Flash forward three months later, and I’ve barely touched the thing (hidden pun there… you get it?). For all that, I could have just ordered a much cheaper instrument, like a $4.95 used classic Nintendo GameBoy.

Company Debuts Wii Remote w/ Built-in MotionPlus

One thing Wii gamers have been asking for is a Wii Remote with built-in MotionPlus.  Kinda obvious, eh?  Well, Nintendo hasn’t disclosed any possibility of that becoming a reality this generation, so leave it up to the peripheral manufacturers to take up the reins. Sunflex’s Snakebyte XL+ series of Wii peripherals simplifies our heartache for…