Arumi’s Blog

It was 3:45 am on a Wednesday night, the chilly December air sneaking in through an uninsulated window. I was glued to my computer screen, my noise-cancelling headset blocking out the echoing techno beat of the dorm party going on downstairs. My Counter-Strike clan was just about to take our 9th straight victory for the [...]

There are many experiences that I could cite as being incredibly influential to my development as a gamer. Building my first computer, sharing a N64 console with my brother, receiving a Gameboy Color system for Christmas, playing Diablo II obsessively throughout college – all of these experiences are valuable to me, each in their own [...]

Last year, WCG Ultimate Gamer premiered on the Sci Fi channel. The show drew thousands of viewers, as 12 specially selected gamers clashed for the title of “Ultimate Gamer”. This year, the show returns, once again being a competition to find the best representative for the World Cyber Games.
Right now, WCG is still in the [...]

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My well-loved Nintendo 64 system now sits on my bookshelf, collecting dust. With the release of so many new and exciting games, I haven’t lately had time to pay homage to my cartridge game collection. Even back when I was in college, my roommate and [...]

A genre that is becoming increasingly more popular among the gamer demographic is the “free-to-play” online gaming entertainment market. Games that offer a free social interaction experience are becoming a huge phenomenon, often surpassing some “Paid Subscription” games in number of active monthly users. As a business model, offering an interactive online game free of [...]

As time goes on, I’m becoming a bit less critical of my DSi. So far, it has withstood the test of a few months, and is still interesting. DSi – Ware is being released on a semi-regular basis, which gives me yet another game-related expense to be tempted to incur. xD I’ve actually been playing [...]

As far as the Frag Doll Casting Call, I was able to make the finalists! Ubisoft flew me out to Los Angeles, California along with the five other awesome finalists. We were responsible for helping demo specific Ubisoft games at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo). I got to demo Red Steel 2, along with a few [...]

I’m working on recording some gameplay footage for a random application that I’m working on. Finding a simple, effective program to record gameplay on my PC was fairly easy. Finding a way to record gameplay on my Xbox 360 to my PC… not so easy. Anyway, I did some research, and figured out the easiest [...]

If you’re looking for the simplified directions to convert music into AAC format that is compatible with your DSi (by using iTunes or another program) click here.

The music manipulator on the DSi really is fun to play with. :-P
Anyway, I figured I’d write a bit more of how to properly encode and convert your music [...]

Alright, go ahead and call me a n00b, but when I read that the DSi only recognizes *.aac format music files, I downloaded audio converting software, converted my *.mp3 ’s to *.aac , and copied them all to a 2GB SD card. With anticipation, I turned on my DSi, fully expecting to have a great [...]