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Halo 3 Laser Command Gets Priced, Photographed

Remember laser tag? Some of you may be too young. But with the coming of Halo 3, laser tag has been reinvigorated with licensing dollars. Last week, Jasman Toys announced new Laser Command toys co-branded with Microsoft/Bungie. This week, we have pictures of the glorious weaponry as it goes on sale at ThinkGeek (along with a few other retailers we're sure). The guns are actually pretty slick, with as much attention to detail as stickered plastic can achieve.

Hit the jump for a video of the guns in action. They are far more impressive when you see...
1. Their absurd sizes.
2. Their absurd firing kickback.

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10:40 AM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Mark Wilson
19,414 views, 107 comments

Latest by JDavis: @Erwin: I actually love the needler as well, but my point was more that they should make a laser tag gun out of the gun that's actually a laser. more »

manufacture

Sony Shrinks Blu-ray Laser, Sharks To Follow

Sony has to be in a pretty good mood lately. Not only is their Blu-ray format winning the war, but the company has managed to shrink the Blu-ray laser to a size just shy of 3mm thick. What's that mean? The technology is finally small enough for 9.5mm laptop drives (which could lead to a smaller PS3 design), but maybe even more importantly, the lasers are cheaper and easier to produce (whether or not this cost savings was included in Sony's recent $400 PS3 manufacturing estimate is unknown). Oh, and for film buffs, the new lasers can read organic dye, allowing current DVD plants to more easily retool for Blu-ray production. All in all, this is nothing but good news for everyone.

For Blu-ray, optical disk drive recording playback slimline design [Sony via Gizmodo]

11:40 AM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Mark Wilson
5,282 views, 92 comments

Latest by n/a: @equin0x: you are correct more »

gameboy

Clip: Gameboy Commercial

It seems to be Nintendo video day today so I have one last one for you. This time it's a GameBoy commercial featuring a giant armoured robot thing that shooots blue lasers out of it's fingers. Apparently the blue laser has the power to transport human boys into the misty land of the GameBoy nebula. When used by humans, however, the blue finger laser can be used to destroy your robot enemies. More »

7:00 PM on Sat May 19 2007
By fdemarco
2,110 views, 30 comments

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The Halo 3 Beta To-Do List

When Halo 3 beta testers get their sweaty hands on the beta test version this week, all hell will break loose online. Bungie's Frank O'Connor tells MTV News-man Stephen Totilo a handful of things every beta tester simply must do during the three-week trial. No, sleep's not on the list. More »

5:40 PM on Mon May 14 2007
By Michael McWhertor
4,171 views, 39 comments

dragon lair

Oh Goody, Dragon Lair Hitting Blu-ray

One of my earliest arcade memories involves shoving an endless supply of quarters into Dragon's Lair and getting really really honked off. Nobody could figure the game out! And, from what I remember, there was actually an episode of "That's Incredible" in which someone cleared the game. More »

4:00 AM on Wed Mar 21 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,445 views, 24 comments

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Check Out the Fancy PS3 We're Giving Away

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Halo 3 Laser Command!

One problem I've always had with the Halo franchise is the difficulty involved in translating it into an entertaining and believable LARP event. Thankfully that problem will be a thing of the past later this year, when toy manufacturer Jasman Toys releases their officially licensed Halo 3 Laser Command game. Laser Command is to Laser Tag as RC Cola is to Coke, but that all could change with this announcement. Planned weapons include the Covenant Plasma Rifle, Plasma Pistol, and Energy Sword, which is of course going to be tremendously overpowered and able to take off a child's head with two swings. Okay, probably not, but I'm hoping it at least has the ability to launch them over long distances at opposing players, mainly because there is something inexplicably beautiful about the thought of surprised children arching gracefully through the sky attached to glowing blue blades. More »

10:20 AM on Thu Feb 22 2007
By Mike Fahey
15,805 views, 15 comments

Latest by Gunhaver: Control of the franchise is slipping through Bungie's fingers like sand through a large hollow cylinder. Looking forward to Pimps at Sea though ;) more »

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Sony Hoarding Blue Lasers for PS3

Ee hee hee! I like the headline "Shortage of Blue Lasers". It makes me feel like I'm living in the neon-grit future that I crave, instead of this obese, mooing present. More »

8:50 PM on Wed Aug 30 2006
By egauger
366 views, 19 comments

humor

SNL Laser Cats Includes Xbox 360 Headset

Microsoft's sharp-eyed John Porcaro points us to the seemingly non-game related Saturday Night Live Digital Short entitled Laser Cats. The skit is about a world where cats have mutated to shoot lasers from their mouths and are used as weapons. More »

5:00 AM on Tue Apr 18 2006
By Brian Crecente
514 views, 2 comments

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Pocket UFO: X-Com for Pocket PCs!

We love X-Com. Ten years after release and no one's been able to top it as the definitive government forces versus alien invasion strategy game. Oh sure, there've been pale imitations: the execrable UFO, for one. And the Gollop Brothers — the geniuses who gave us X-Com to begin with — have made a couple of similar games, like the amazing PBEM strategy game Laser Squad Nemesis and their X-Com for Retards title on the GBA, Rebelstar: Tactical Command. More »

7:40 AM on Tue Mar 21 2006
By brownlee
1,385 views, 3 comments

Latest by Apreche: The world needs a GOOD version of X-COM multiplayer in a bad way. The DS is definitely the platform of choice. I know there are a few PC versions out there, but they mostly suck. more »