You’ve seen the ads on Craigslist: ‘console modding service.’ A modern-day techno treasure chest for any gamer, with promises of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of pirated games from various gaming consoles stored right onto the system for an unfathomably low price. It just may be the “X” that marks the spot on the Internet treasure map. But beware, for there’s blood on those games.
Seems like the Wii board just came out, and the Wii Girl video is already at nearly four million hits. (Really?) This wacky new piece of plastic may be the world’s next Power Pad: hackers and game companies are already coming up with exciting new ways to have fun with your equilibrium. Nintendo is the leader in hacker innovation. They come out with a great idea, and people with too much free time come up with even better ideas.
That’s right. On top of being a gaming console, a Blu-ray DVD and media player and, in the future, an online virtual environment, Sony’s Playstation 3 can also be converted to a fully functional PC.
