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Check out Angus T. Jones from Two and a Half Men showing us how to Voice Your Choice using Kinect + Xbox LIVE to catch up on the nominees for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards, featuring the best in movies, TV and music. Tune in Wednesday, January 11th on CBS at 9p ET to find out who wins and look for Kinect within the show!

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[Click the "show more" button! There's important information hidden below!] Sony’s handheld has quietly had a terrific year with a bevy of hits ranging from the cute to the awesome. Patapon 3, The 3rd Birthday, and a Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy headlines our list. But that’s just the beginning: we have plenty of PSP gift suggestions at IGN! www.ign.com Gadgets & Gear Gift Guide: www.youtube.com Xbox 360 Gift Guide: www.youtube.com PS3 Gift Guide: www.youtube.com Wii Gift Guide: www.youtube.com PC Gift Guide: www.youtube.com 3DS & DS Gift Guide: www.youtube.com Mobile Gift Guide: www.youtube.com Blu-ray & DVD Gift Guide: www.youtube.com Comics Gift Guide: www.youtube.com

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Newly released “Nintendo Video” walkthrough for the 3DS from Capule Computers : www.capsulecomputers.com.au Official Notification from Nintendo We hope you are enjoying all the online services your Nintendo 3DS has to offer. Now we are pleased to announce that Nintendo Video, a new video service offering short 3D videos, is being introduced exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. The Nintendo Video Service allows you to receive assorted kinds of exciting video content via SpotPass without lifting a finger. With a broad range of 2D and 3D videos available, such as movie trailers, sports clips, music videos, cartoons and more, there is sure to be content to appeal to everyone! When you have access to a wireless internet connection, you will automatically receive videos which will be saved for a limted time on your Nintendo 3DS system. You can watch the videos repeatedly, until they are replaced by new content. Your Nintendo 3DS can also receive SportPass data, including content for Nintendo Video, automatically from supported public Wi-Fi access points. The Nintendo Video software is available to download for free from Nintendo eShop. Note that a system update might be required to access Nintendo eShop and to receive SpotPass data from supported Wi-Fi access points. Have fun with the new Nintendo Video application, and stay tuned for news of additional software and features coming to your Nintendo 3DS.

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Watch as IGN tests out the Netflix streaming movies and TV service on the new Nintendo 3DS portable console in this hands on video. IGN’s YouTube is just a taste of our content. Get more: www.ign.com Want this week’s top videos? Sign up go.ign.com

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The release of Halo 3 was fervently anticipated, as the game was the third in the original trilogy of the Halo videos. Therefore, the Halo 3 trial download was one of the most downloaded video game demos in the history of the Xbox 360. But what many people don’t realize is that the Halo 3 trial download helped make another game ie Crackdown.

But what does the Halo 3 trial download have to do with any other video game? Well, it has a great deal to do with the sale and promotional effort for a video that was originally planned for playing on the Xbox system. Microsoft had become worried that Crackdown would not sell well.

And so they employed a marketing tactic, the one of bundling Crackdown with an access code to the Halo 3 trial download. And it worked a treat because Crackdown sold 1.5 million copies within the first half year of its release. Those aren’t Halo 3 figures, which sold 8.1 million copies in slightly over a year, but for a lesser well-known game that’s absolutely terrific.

Microsoft had turned to the Halo 3 trial download tactic because of poor opinions about the game from the play testers. They thought the nonlinear nature of the game confusing, often leaving them asking themselves what they were supposed to be doing next.

As a result of this, the powers that be thought that something had to be done or the game would be a dud. It may seem dodgy practice at first to try to force sales of a game that’s expected to be unpopular, but in retrospect people love the game and it was a good thing that they were able to get the chance to play it.

In Crackdown, and that includes the one associated with the Halo 3 free download, people play as an agent who is assigned to beat the kingpins, or leaders, of various gangs. To do this they make use of various superhuman powers such as super strength and super agility. In order to obtain these powers, players have to build up experience by beating foes who then release experience orbs. The clever part of the system was that the kind of orbs released was reliant on the manner in which the agent killed the enemy. For example, a firearms orb appears if the enemy was killed with a gun.

So, although at first sight this video bundled with the Halo 3 trail download seems to be no more than a veiled marketing trick, in reality, it exposed gamers to a fascinating new gameplay world.

If you like Halo 3 and are interested in learning more about it, why not visit Halo 3 Info on our web site called Halo 3 Insider Secrets

Home theaters are very popular in the West now for many reasons, but partly due to the recession. However, I predict that after the recession is over, home theaters will take off like a rocket. In my estimation, this is because, the slump has forced people to examine their spending, which usually means cutting back. Going out, eating out and movies are all in the front line of these cuts. However, the slump is upsetting and people have to get some enjoyment from somewhere.

In the medium to long term, it is cheaper to build a home theater for a family than take them to a proper movie theater every week. Taking a family of four to the movies costs $50-$100, whereas a modest home theater might cost $1,000. It does not take long to recoup those costs. And it saves you the hassle of travelling there and back, the noise and mobile phones during the film and high prices for candy and snacks.

OK, perhaps people at the moment are buying cheap packages of home theaters, but one of the first things they will replace when they get a bit of money again will be the speakers, I bet. Obviously, you need a good quality, large screen, but after that, it is the sound and the barrier to good sound is usually poor speakers.

The most important consideration in the design of your home theater is the dimensions of your room. If the room is small, you will not require so many speakers. Perhaps three speakers will be enough, if the room is small. However, if you only need three speakers and a sub-woofer, get good ones.

If you have a bigger room however, the basic three home theater speakers may not be enough. You may need to put up to six speakers and a sub-woofer around the room. The position of these speakers is up to you and can depend on the shape or and size of the room anyway, but typical layouts are:

3.1 system: one speaker to the left of the screen, one to the right and one below it. You can put the sub-woofer on top of the central speaker or at the back of the room. Try it and see.

5.1 system: as 3.1, but with two speakers at the back of the room too.

6.1 system: as 5.1, but with another speaker between the rear speakers, as in the front.

7.1 system: as 6.1, but with two speakers central rear, slightly away from each other. You can move the existing rear speakers around to the sides too.

This set-up requires a lot of wires as you can imagine. Now, you could staple the wires to the skirting board, but you should only do that after you are dead certain that you have the speakers in the right places. Or you could hang the speakers on the walls. However, although that sounds good for music, it does not always sound good for a movie.

The best choice is wireless speakers. Wireless speakers can be moved around to suit the number of people watching the movie or moved out for cleaning or redecorating purposes. You do not want to bash your nice, new, expensive speakers with the vacuum cleaner, do you?

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many topics, but is currently involved with wireless home theater systems. If you are interested in a Home Movie Theatre, please click through to our site now.