Markus Lai

Editor-in Chief at Broken Fuse VG Blog. Former chef turned Civil Engineer/Thermal Imaging tech. Can be found outdoors canoeing/biking, doing photography or playing video games in his free time. Follow him on twitter at twitter.com/verius

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Youtube Tuesday: Real Life Mario Kart


Someone actually took to the streets and started throwing bananas and stuff! Its kinda hilarious that he did this!

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/15/youtube-tuesday-real-life-mario-kart/

Internet Explorer 9 Now Available

The final version of Internet Explorer 9 is finally ready after months of beta testing and was officially launched at SXSW in Austin, Texas. It is a much needed update to the Internet Explorer line as it’s speed and graphical improvements were boosted alongside with its UI improvements and HTML5 support. With these updates, Microsoft is back in the game to compete with the likes of Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

(via Mashable)

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/15/internet-explorer-9-now-available/

RIP Microsoft Zune

Microsoft finally decided to pull the plug on their Zune MP3 players and work on Zune integration with WP7. Its been a good run for Microsoft for its standalone MP3 player in an iPod/iPhone dominated MP3 player market. At least the Zune HD is futureproof since there won’t be a Zune HD 2 coming in the foreseeable future unless the line is somehow revived in the future.

(via Crunch Gear)

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/15/rip-microsoft-zune/

Happy Pi Day!

March 14 (03/14) is known as Pi Day! From Broken Fuse VG Blog, Happy Pi Day to all! Hope you have time to geek/nerd out on video games and the whole nine yards!

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/14/happy-pi-day/

Voting For 2011 The Eagle Awards

For all you comic book and manga fans, the Eagle Awards have been around since 1976 and celebrates US and UK comic writers. You can vote for your favourite nominations here!

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/14/voting-for-2011-the-eagle-awards/

What’s Your Favourite DS Game?

So what are your favourite DS games? Mine include The World Ends With You, Pokemon HeartGold and Mario Kart DS!

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/12/whats-your-favourite-ds-game/

Pokemon Black & White Makes It To 1 Million!

Pokemon Black & White is now out in North America and is officially the fastest selling Pokemon game ever! Just on opening day, it has sold over 1 million copies! Thats like selling 694 copies of Pokemon Black and White every minute on launch day!

(via 1UP)

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/10/pokemon-black-white-sales/

Youtube Tuesday: Student vs Homework Pokemon Battle


There’s nothing like getting rid of those problematic homework assignments.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/08/youtube-tuesday-student-vs-homework-pokemon-battle/

Broken Fuse Podcast Episode 19

We’re going to be taking on what happened at GDC 2011 and also new MacBook Pro hardware, new computers and also new games this week. Join me this Wednesday night at 9PM Eastern here at our live stream!

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/07/broken-fuse-podcast-episode-19/

Lord Of The Rings Limited Extended Edition Is Now Available For Pre-Order On Blu Ray

If you’re a fan of fantasy movies or a JRR Tolkien fan, you’ll already have watched Lord Of The Rings in theatres when it came out in theatres and probably have the DVD box set for it too. Now the extended version, like its theatrical version has gone Blu Ray! If you want to check it out, Amazon has it for pre-order here! And you’ll be sure that I’ll be having a LOTR marathon once that Blu Ray box set arrives in the mail!

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2011/03/07/lotr-ltd-extended-edition-blu-ray-preorder/