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Atari Hero 2600: Play Atari 2600 Games Like a Rock Star

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File this one under “Freaking Awesome”.

So over at SlipperyBrick.com, Connor Flyyn has modded an Atari 2600 and a Guitar Hero guitar controller together into an fusion of awesomeness.

“This is not my first console mod, but I think it’s the neatest. As far as I know it hasn’t been done before. I wanted to be able play Atari 2600 games like you play Guitar Hero… With a guitar,” Flyyn said.

I’m not old enough to have been around when the 2600 was out, but it’s gaming history, of which I can’t ignore, and who wouldn’t want to play a console using a guitar? Flyyn also discusses how he wanted to do the same, except instead of an Atari, a NES. Now the NES I remember, very well. Full article and pictures after the jump!

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Fighting Breast Cancer with Nintendo and a DS Lite

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So, over at 1UP, I came across an article that tells of how the game-market titan, Nintendo, with their oodles of money flopping around, will be partnering up with Amazon.com to sell a special edition “Pink Ribbon” DS Lite and for each unit sold, Nintendo will donate $5 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, an organization supporting breast cancer research. Regardless if any units are sold, Nintendo has promised a minimum of $100,000!

Now, many readers may not know, but I’m a huge supporter of the fight against breast cancer and for two years running, I’ve held an in-game event for the popular MMO, Guild Wars known as Pink Day in LA. So while I may not have breast cancer myself (And yes, guys can get breast cancer!), this hits close to home for me. I applaud Nintendo and will be interested to see if the other big companies follow suit.

Check the full 1UP article after the jump!

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SecuROM Copy Protection System Gets Lawsuit Over Spore

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Well, in the on-going battle between PC Gamers and DRM, a lawsuit seeking class-action status has been brought up against the DRM technology, SecuROM, in the US District Court for Northern California.

Despite Electronic Arts’ good-faith effort last week to relax copyright restrictions in Spore, gamers aren’t buying it — the digital constraint tactic, that is. The game, on the other hand, is selling faster than you can evolve a virtual amoeba.

Spore has already sold a million copies since hitting stores earlier this month, but critics of the game’s digital rights management have been vehement, bringing their protests to Amazon.com reviews, message boards, blogs and now federal court.

On Monday, just three days after EA apologized for the DRM controversy and increased the number of computers each game could be activated on (from three to five), a lawsuit seeking class-action status was brought against the company in the U.S. District Court for Northern California.

Full article after the jump.

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