At the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2006, Sony finally gave gamers a look at the power of the Playstation 3. The Japanese consumer electronics giant has a tough act to follow, however, as the Playstation 2 is one of the highest selling video game consoles of all time. The PS3 is a tremendou

Previously known soley for its high-end audio and video components, Asian electronics company Sony couldn't have made a better decision when it decided to jump into the world of video game systems back in 1994. The company's groundbreaking system, the Playstation, blew consumers away with its ultra-

Nintendo is a name synonymous with video games. The Japanese company went from struggling as an electronics entertainment company to becoming a true savior for an industry in peril almost overnight. All this was because of a monkey, a plumber, and a design intern. Really old schoolThough Ninten

As the holiday season approaches, gamers impatiently wait to get their hands on the new Nintendo video game console, codenamed Nintendo Wii. The company has taken a decidedly alarming approach to making games: instead of focusing on bigger and better graphics technology, they are focusing purely on

No other video game company in the world has succeeded quite as elegantly as Nintendo, which originally released the famous NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) back in 1985, forever changing the world of home entertainment. Since then, Nintendo has dominated the video game market, accounting for a m

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) was established in 1994 by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The ESRB applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles adopted by the industry. The ESRB rates over 1,000 games per year. There are six genera

Since the creation of the original NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) back in 1985, Americans have welcomed video games into our entertainment culture with open arms. Over the years, other companies have jumped on the bandwagon, most notably Sony and Microsoft. The Microsoft Xbox and Xbox360 are re

What is a USB flash drive? A USB Flash Drive is a type of storage media. Sometimes called "thumb drives" or "jump drives," these devices are very small, about the size of a pack of gum. Many come with a handle or lanyard and can be attached to a key ring. USB flash driv

CD-R MediaA CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is an offshoot of the Compact Disc digital audio disc invented by Philips and Sony in the 1980s. A CD-R has all the abilities of a standard CD but adds the functionality of allowing you to store either music or data. A standard CD-R is a 1.2-mm thick d

These days, the term blank media usually refers to recordable CDs and DVDs, although it describes older formats like floppy disks as well. Recordable CDs and DVDs can be used to back up and archive files from a computer, or to play music in a CD player or movies on a DVD player.Recordable CDs usuall