Why the R4 Revolution is the Perfect Companion for Your DS (Lite)

My nephew’s really lucky. It’s his birthday this Sunday and my parents decided to get him a Nintendo DS Lite. Aside from kiddy games like Pokemon Diamond and Mario Kart—none of that gory stuff—an R4 was of course included in the package.
The reason why the R4 is such a great companion for the Nintendo DS is because it lets you place all of your games in one microSD card. A 1GB microSD card was part of the bundle, which means I can put tens, if not hundreds, of games on it. Placing all your games into the microSD and plugging it into the R4 has benefits.
Bioshock - Welcome to Rapture
It looks like Bioshock is another classic in the making for developer Irrational games, as major media outlets scoring it in the high 90’s in terms of review percentage scores. It is also a swan song for Irrational in a way since they will be assimilated by 2K Games as the more corporately named 2k Boston and 2k Australia.
NBA Live 2008 is Too Real
Take a look at NBA.com’s new NBA Live ‘08 screenshot gallery. The tendency for publishers to spice up ad materials aside, the graphics are the most photorealistic I’ve ever seen. More excuse for video game addicts to avoid real exercise, since they’ll be busy living their hoop dreams through buttons and the D-Pad.
Did your jaw drop because of NBA 2k7’s luscious HD graphics? Let’s see how NBA Live ‘08 will affect virtual ballers.


