Game Talks

The PlayStation 3’s more than just a gaming machine. It’s also a Bluray player and a media server. When used as such, the DualShock is passable, but hitting pause or rewind on a remote is easier for most people than fiddling with a gamepad. Unfortunately, most remotes don’t work with the PS3 natively. You’ve got two options though – you could go out and buy a new Bluetooth remote control for about $20-$30, or you could get the $60 Logitech Harmony Adapter for the PS3, provided you already own a Harmony remote. Ultimately it’s the price of convenience. You either add that new remote to the existing stack or make the console work with a universal Harmony remote.

Setting up the Harmony Adapter didn’t take too long. A quick tap of the button on the underside of the device had it synced with our PS3 in a few seconds. The trip to the computer to setup the Harmony remote itself took a little bit longer. Logitech would do well to simply include a Harmony Adapter device setting, instead you have to add a generic game console and call it the PlayStation 3. Minor quibble, but it would make setup that much easier.

Harmony remotes are well known for their ability to build out “activities”. Activities basically give you one button macros to watch TV or play a game. In a full home theater you’d be pressing more than a few buttons on at least two or three remotes to get to where you need to be, what with all the devices and inputs. With a properly setup activity, one button press turns on the PS3, the TV and the home theater receiver, while simultaneously choosing all the appropriate inputs. If you’ve used universal remotes before it sounds like a tall order, but Logitech’s software makes setting up activities relatively painless.

Within 15 minutes we had the PlayStation 3 integrated into the home theater setup with hardly a hiccup. The Harmony Adapter for the PlayStation 3 delivers exactly what it offers. You can’t really go wrong if you can stomach the cost.

Wii Steering Wheel II has just been announced and if you want to feel what really completes a race car driving game on Wii, you better grab one of these latest add-ons for your Wiimote.

The new Wii Steering Wheel add-on will support new Wiimote + Motion Plus. It will cost you just $10, and its up to you to decide whether you just want to hold your Wiimote sideways and out this plastic holder.

Acer has just unveiled their new Predator gaming computer Aspire G. We wont be spending much on how it was brought.

Acer Predator Aspire G a.k.a ASG7710-A41 should be loved by all gamers. Who can ignore its kind offering of a Core i7-950 running 3.06GHz CPU, 6GB of DDR3 RAM up to 12GB, an Intel X58 Express Chipset, 1TB of SATA HDD @ 7200rpm, two Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 (1GB of VRAM), a Blu-ray disc drive, as well as 11 USB 2.0 ports, 2 eSATA ports, a multi-card reader, 4 DVI-D ports and finally a two Gigabit Ethernet.

In addition, Aspire G will run on 64-bit Vista and also comes along with G9 Laser mouse and G15 gaming keyboard. There are no words on its availability, but this killer will not be that cheap with $2777 USD (1660 / 1950) price tag.