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For any avid PlayStation 3 users, this could be a good deal. Buy a PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller at Amazon.com for $43 and get a Frontman Wireless Guitar Free. Just add both the items to your cart and you will get the Frontman Wireless Guitar as a gift. The amount for the Frontman Wireless Guitar will be taken out at checkout. Not the best deal if you are look at the price of PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller but you will get a Frontman Guitar free of cost.

Here are a few PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller Specs:

• Pressure-sensitive buttons so that you can feel the controller vibrate with each hit, crash or explosion
• SIXAXIS™ highly sensitive motion technology. With this technology, the sensors read when a player angles, tilts, thrusts, or pulls the controller and applies those actions to the game. This technology is available in both the SisAxis wireless controller and the DualShock 3 wireless controller.
• Bluetooth technology allows the players to use the controller wirelessly
• Connects upto seven controllers multiplayer gaming.

While you are at it, why not get RealTriggers . $5 for a piece of plastic is a bit much but it will improve your gaming experience. Definitely worth it. As you can see on the image, the RealTriggers is placed on the R2 and L2 buttons for better grip. RealTriggers comes with free shipping if you use Amazon prime.

It all began with Microsoft Flight Simulator in 1983, software that allowed people to actually feel as if they were in the cockpit of an airplane, piloting it across hills and valleys, through clouds and blue skies. Now, with Flight Simulator X, Microsoft has once again topped itself. Sim X has busier, more challenging airports and new aircraft that you can fly all over a very, very realistic world.

Microsoft has outdone itself in giving the gamer an experience that feels like real life. While flying anything from jet liners to sailplanes, the user flies over a world of livestock, roads, schools, traffic, tundras and deserts. Where the first MS Flight Simulator was rather stark, this latest version has the user admiring whale pods and herds of gazelles, penguins and traffic jams as they maneuver in a very realistic and detailed pilot’s seat.

The new software lets several gamers fly together or separately from airports all over the globe. You can be an air traffic controller or talk to one as a pilot. Flight Simulator includes several different missions you can undertake such as a role in an air show or a drag race with other fliers. It has search and rescue missions as well as other favorite features from older editions, but updated and much more realistic.

Previous editions of Flight Sim required a joystick but it is now optional. You can use your keyboard, mouse or an Xbox controller to fly your aircraft. Many people like the game controller, as it feels a little more natural to them and provides better control of the aircraft.

Microsoft Flight Simulator has aircraft, cities, very detailed airports and nearly forty missions. The deluxe edition includes those features, too, but has a tower controller and a glass canopied cockpit if you want it. People interested can download a Flight Simulator trial version at no charge.
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As the name implies, FlightGear is a simulation application that can be run on Windows, Linux, UNIX, or Mac easily. This 172MB open source flight simulator is quite versatile in the fact that it has got a lot of features not found in other similar software. As it is a open source software, FlightGear Flight Simulator is free to download. FlightGear works on all the popular operating systems.

FlightGear is a downloadable flight simulator application which can take you to a whole new world of flying. Aircrafts from the first airplane by the Wright Brothers to the latest in the aviation sector is made available in this software and it boasts of excellent graphics by which you can even create airports, aircrafts etc. Navigation is very easy and can be done with a joystick or mouse. The sky is the limit and the FlightGear definitely takes your imagination to higher flights of fantasy.

There is really no need to sweat over the learning part because ample tutorials and links are available in the website which will cater to all your requirements and will clarify your doubts. In fact, all options are available on the screen itself so that the problem of searching through menus is eliminated. This application lets the pilot control various aspects of the flight like weather, and other simulated effects like dodging traffic, shadowing another plane, chase, etc.

In comparison to other similar softwares, FlightGear seems to be at par especially considering its superior graphics and general performance which is really excellent. The audio part is a bit lacking and so are the ground handling features. Another point where it scores less than its competitors is its lack of collision detection mechanism which is quite of a disadvantage.

But on the whole FlightGear is a very thrilling application which provides a whole lot of features not found in other similar products and gives a thrilling experience to its users for FREE.

Playing a Video Game is one of the best experience you can have if the game is any good. First person shooters are fun, intense and require quick reaction. One of the best first person shooters has to be call of duty . Personally I feel call of duty 4 modern warfare is the best FPS game out there. I got the Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare a few months back but haven’t played a lot because I don’t have a mouse for my laptop but now that I have one, I am playing it for many hours a day. It is best of the bunch in the Call of Duty games series. Call of Duty 2 was not the best though, the game is too short. I think I completed the whole game in a week.

Gears of War is another popular FPS games. Gears of War uses the Unreal Engine 3 and has a stunning visual effects. GEARS OF WAR 2 will set the bar for visual effects and intense gameplay experience. Gears of War 2 is still not out but the wait won’t be too long. Gears of War 2 is set to be releases on 7th November. Talking about game-play, Grand Theft Auto series one of the best games in terms of everything you can think of that should be in a game. I haven’t been able to find the newest of the Grand Theft Auto Series, Grand Theft Auto 4 but the previous one, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is great. The game is huge, a whole virtual city. I can’t even remember the maps and locations properly. Grand Theft Auto Vice City was pretty small compared to San Andreas. If this is what we have to go by, I bet Grand Theft Auto IV will be unimaginably huge. There were some points in the game where completing a mission was just to hard. If you want shortcuts, you can use cheat codes to complete it easily. Personally, I never use cheat codes as it makes it pointless for playing the game. Some people just want to complete the game with whatever means necessary, for those you can find GRAND THEFT AUTO IV CHEATS here. All the cheat codes you need for Grand Theft Auto 4 is here along with walk throughs of the missions and anything else you need for GTA4.

Games Radar is one of the best places to look for cheats, reviews, trailers, news and anything else related to video games. This applies for all platforms, like PC, Xbox, PlayStation and all the other consoles available in the market. For Xbox console users, you can get your cheat codes easily at  Games Radar.You can find all the XBOX CHEAT CODES you need here.
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Everyone who has played a game on a PC knows how important a mouse is. Before we had access to optical mouse, we used to play games using a regular mouse with a trackball inside it. It was not the best mouse as the trackball would get dirty and the response of the mouse declined due to dirty stuck in it.

The optical mouse we use (I mean the basic ones) are not the best available mouse for gaming as the there are fewer buttons in it (right, left and scroll). There are optical mouse available that are specifically designed for PC gamers. Usually, these kind of gaming mouse cost a lot of money so not everyone can afford it and only die hard PC gamers get it even if it is highly priced. Well, here is a good deal for a Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse on Buy.com, costs $21.35 after rebates (rebate form here). At the Logitech’s official store, Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse costs $50 so I think this is a pretty good deal. Ok, here are some specifications for the Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse:

• Image Processing: 5.8 megapixels/second
• Resolution: 1800-dpi native, adjustable to 400- and 800-dpi
• Acceleration: 15-g
• Throughput: 16 bit/axis USB data format, and 125/sec USB report rate

Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse is not the best gaming optical mouse available on the market but its not that bad. There are almost nothing bad about this Logitech optical mouse except that it is designed for only right handed users. Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse has 1,600dpi optical sensor with five on-the-fly sensitivity buttons which can be programmed to suite your gaming needs.

There is another bonus Buy.com deal for you here. Logitech QuickCam Deluxe Webcam for Notebooks for $10 deal is back online. Get one fast before the stock runs out at buy.com.

Here is a nice gadget for PlayStation 3 owners. Instead of using a game controller to use all the PlayStation 3 features like you can now do the job with a remote controller specially made for PlayStation 3. This will really make your PlayStation 3 home entertainment system more usable as instead of a games controller, you will be able to watch movies, browse pictures, surf the web by using a PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control. PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control is a Nyko manufactured infrared remote controller. Usually, PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control costs $20 but right now PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control is available for half the price.

GameStop is selling PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control for just $10. Shipping is free if you choose in-store pickup. If you want it delivered to you, the shipping cost is just $3. You can also get free shipping if you buy in total of $25 and use this code “SAVER “. It is real easy to use a PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control, just plug the infrared receiver to any open USB ports and you can operate the remote controller from upto 25 feet away from the console. You can control a DVD or CD’s easily and navigate through the PlayStation 3 menus and even skip chapters, play, pause, stop etc on a movie. Here are some of the features available on a PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Controller.

• Control playback of Blu-Ray movies, DVDs and CDs
• IR technology allows for control up to 25 feet away
• Easily navigate movie and system menus
• Compact USB dongle, no set up or pairing needed
• Powered by 2 AAA batteries (included)

Here are some great deals for Tom Clancy’s Games Series Fans. Get the set of three Tom Clancy’s first person shooter games for just $10 after mail-in-rebate. Tom Clancy’s Chronicles includes three separate games, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six 3. I just bought a Tom Clancy series Complete Collection DVD today and I was just about to install one of them when I saw Tom Clancy’s Chronicles (Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six 3) at Amazon.com for just $10 after $10 mail-in-rebate. Tom Clancy’s games have won awards so you won’t be disappointed at all. One of the best first person shooter game. This Tom Clancy’s Action Games Collection include Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six3: Raven Shield . All of these games have a very compelling story and extraordinary game play that will drop your jaws.

Here are other two good deals on Circuitcity. The first of them is called Crysis. I haven’t had the chance to play it yet but it looks great. You can get this futuristic first person shooter game Crysis at circuitcity for $20 after discounts. Crysis is not available for purchase online but you can buy it in circuitcity stores for the same price.

Another discount on offer at circuitcity is Portal. Portal is a the first first-person puzzle action adventure game ever created. Portal has won 40 different awards for its innovative game play, 15 of those awards were Game of the Year awards. Portal provides hours of unique game play. Portal was created by Valve. In the past, Valve have created one of the most successful game ever called Half-life and they have moved even forward with this new Portal first person shooter game. You can get Portal at Circuitcity for $10 after $10 discount. Portal was released for PC just about a month ago so the $10 price tag is very good for an innovative new game created by developers who have one of the best track record. Here is the Flash Version of Portal. All of the games I have mentioned above are for PC.

Two good deals at the same time. If you are looking for some quality Graphics card for your PC, this is one of the best deals you will ever find. This post includes two different deals on two different Graphics Card which should be perfect for any kind of budget. Here is the first and the cheapest one on offer.

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600XT at Buy.com can be purchases at just $30 after rebates. New Google Checkout users can get an additional $10 discount which drops the price down to $20. If you have received a $25 coupon for Google Checkout, you can get Diamond Viper Radeon 256MB Graphics Card for just $5. I have published a post a deal on Diamond Viper ATI Radeon X1650 PRO Graphics Card before but this a lot better deal that that one. Here are some of the specifications for Diamond Viper Radeon Graphics Card. (BTW shipping is free)

• Radeon 2600 XT GPU, 800 MHZ Clock Frequency
• 256MB of Video Ram which has 128-bit GDDR3 memory interface
• Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
• Supports Microsoft DirectX 10 & Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.0

This deal includes two products, a XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB PCI Express Graphics Card as well as Company of Heroes Game for $150. This deal is offered by Newegg. Buy a XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB PCI Express Graphics Card and get a Company of Heroes game for free (while supplies last). The price is dropped to $150 for XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB PCI Express Video Card after a $30 mail-in-rebate. Here are some of the specifications for XFX GeForce 8800GT Graphics Card.

• Nvidia GeForce 8800GT GPU, 600MHz Clock Frequency
• 512MB Video Ram which has 256-bit GDDR3 memory interface
• Supports Microsoft DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0
• Maximum Resolution of 2560 x 1600
• 2 DVI port and 1 HDTV Out port
• PCI Express 2.0 x16 interface

I wish I had a PCI Express slot. I would have surely bought the XFX GeForce 8800GT Graphics Card for my PC. It is quite hard playing games on my Laptop which has a lot better Graphics Card than my desktop and can’t run most games on it because of that.

Here is a Sony PlayStation 3 online blog contest, courtesy of BlogOhBlog. BlogOhBlog is a blog that provides valuable information on SEO and also provide free and premium Wordpress themes. One of the best places to be if you are looking for some wordpress templates or some help for newbie webmasters. BlogOhBlog are holding a contest which will be drawn on 21st of May 2008 and a lucky winner will get a PlayStation 3 and a Game of Your Choice. It is very easy to enter in this contest, the only requirement is you need to have a blog. Just write a post (at least 200 words) including a link to their contest post, subscribe to their RSS feed and leave a comment including the link to your contest post on theirs.

PlayStation 3 is a state of the art console game anyone can buy on the market. There are three different specification available for a PlayStation 3 and the specification for PlayStation 3 (PlayStation 3 40GB System) from the contest is:

• Internal 2.5″ SATA 40GB Hard Disk Drive
• Built-in Blu-ray/DVD/CD player
• Cell Broadband Engine advanced microprocessor
• SIXAXIS wireless controller
• Screen sizes supported : 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• HDMI out - (x1 / HDMI), Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1, Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
• Memory : 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
• Two USB 2.0 Ports

A PlayStation 3 with the above features costs $400 at Amazon.com . This is actually the lowest specification PlayStation 3 console available. There are other two PlayStation 3 consoles available (PlayStation 3 60GB System and PlayStation 3 80GB System). Sony has been a leader in console gaming but with the release of Xbox Console, it has declined a bit and PlayStation 3 is the answer to Xbox. PlayStation is a big expensive than an Xbox or Nintendo Wii but the hardware on it superior than both of them. Sony was on top with their first PlayStation and then again with PlayStation 2. They were the sole superpower in console gaming. PlayStation 3 is designed to last so don’t expect a newer version (PlayStation 4??) at least for the next five years.

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What more can you ask for if you are a racing games fan. Gran Turismo is the best racing game ever made and how about playing this amazing new release of Gran Turismo Racing games series Gran Turismo 5 Prologue with a Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel. Both of these items just costs $100. If you buy it separately, it would cost a lot more. Just a Gran Turismo 5 Prologue costs $37. This is the lowest price I found for the Brand New Gran Turismo game.

At Logitech’s official site, Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel costs $130 so in total, if you buy both these products separately, it would cost you $167. At Walmart, you can get both Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for $100. A must see deal for Driving simulation games fan’s. One bad thing about this is the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue racing simulation game only works with PlayStation 3. Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel works with both PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. Here is what you will get with the box of Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel.

• Logitech Driving Force Pro (Force Feedback) Steering Wheel
• Gas and brake pedals
• Power supply
• A 1 year limited warranty

Here are the list of all the games compatible with Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel. Almost all of the racing games work with Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel. Well, if you are a driving simulation enthusiasts, you should more than likely know about Gran Turismo Driving Simulation game. If you don’t know, Gran Turismo is the best driving simulation game till today. The graphics are just stunning and the vehicle controls are as close at it can get on a console or a computer. Well, to the main reason of this post, visit the Walmart link I posted above in the second paragraph and buy both Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for $100. Shipping is free if you Ship-to-Store method but why do that when you can get it delivered right on your doorsteps for just an extra $1. Get it before it is out of stock at Walmart.