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The Price is Right Decades celebrates over 40 years of one of the most beloved game shows of all time. As a tribute to the source material it’s a resounding success; as an actual piece of entertainment software it has a few problems that unfortunately hinder the rest of the experience.

The one-player mode of Decades breaks the experience down into different ‘VHS tapes’ — remember those? — that each represent a year of the show’s history and a particular game that is played by actual contestants. The set, logo and intro text change to accurately reflect how the show actually looked that year; while Avatars are used, their modern clothing clashing with the aesthetic, it’s still a hoot to see how it has evolved over the years. Sadly, Bob Barker and Drew Carey are both absent in the game proper, instead relegated to bonus videos that are unlocked by beating different VHS tapes.

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I’ve been using Google+ for a few weeks now and I gotta say, I really like it. It combines most of the good things about Twitter and Facebook without a lot of the bullshit that comes along with either. You have the “follow” system of Twitter combined with the comment system of Facebook, and no one’s mom is on it yet!

With yet ANOTHER social media outlet in my utility belt (that I use to keep from having to ever ACTUALLY socialize) I had to think about how I would use Google+. I use Twitter for my random thoughts and to follow people I think are interesting. Facebook is how I keep in contact with friends and family that are scattered all over the place. I decided that I’d use Google+ would be something I’d use as a way to keep in contact with you guys more.

Yes, I know we already have a message board for that. Shhhhhhh.

The long wait is over and the 3DS has finally arrived at the PK Bloggin’! tower (and by that, I mean Christina and I went and bought them yesterday). We got some brief hands-on time with the handheld a few weeks ago at PAX East, but now we’ve been able to put it through its paces and really see what it can do.

This will be a review of the machine itself as it is right out of the box; game reviews will follow later (and we picked up five of the 18 launch games).

Why is it that in video games, eating a turkey will completely refill your energy, but in real life eating a turkey makes you sluggish and tired?

Anyway, I said I’d give away two copies of Poker Night at the Inventory to two people on my Steam friends list today, so the winners are the only two people on my friends list who DIDN’T have the game, my good friends Syphon and Gavin! Congrats guys, I hope you enjoy the game!

I hope everyone has a great day today, eating too much and hanging out with your loved ones. Enjoy today, it’s the last day of sanity before everyone starts going buck wild for Christmas!

So when we hooked the Wii up to our new TV, we get this weird, yellowish noise in the form of horizontal lines appearing across the screen. It’s not constant; sometimes it’s a few lines, sometimes it takes up the whole screen. It’s similar to a TV with bad reception. We’ve tried two component cables (set to 480i and 480p), both component inputs on the TV, and both our Wiis… no matter what, we can’t get a picture without the noise.

Does anyone have ANY idea what could be causing it? The Wii is unplayable as it is.

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