Hey everybody, there’s a quick sale you need to know about. Easter isn’t until April 24, 2011, but apparently Toys R Us doesn’t know that. It’s holding a two day Easter Sale right now. Between April 15-16, 2011, you can take advantage of two good gaming deals…

Product: 4x Quad Charge Station for WiiMotesPrice: $44.99Rating: One thumb up, one thumb sideways; 80/100; B-; * * * out of five.Pros: Charges four WiiMotes at once, removable power cable, looks pretty cool and works well.Cons: No wrist strap slots, difficult to read charge status LEDs and sometimes hard to properly seat the WiiMotes.Overall: A good option for those who like to have four charged WiiMotes at the ready. Not for finicky, power-conscious gamers.

Keeping your wireless controllers ready and charged can be a problem for some gamers. You have the odd controller sitting around that invariably loses its charge mid game and you have to either plug it in and wait (and usually watch everyone else continue with the fun) or scurry around the house like a squirrel in the Spring unearthing scattered batteries.

Accessory and peripheral maker Penguin United has attempted to solve the problem for Wii owners with the 4x Quad Charge Station. It charges four WiiMotes at once, which is nice, but the setup does have a few flaws…

A couple of weeks ago a story about a boy that got injured by his PSP. The Farmington Hills, Detroit (USA), boy got second degree burns to his leg when his PSP, which was in his pants pocket, started heating and burned through his clothes. The device was given to the Farmington Hills Fire Department so that they could start an investigation to determine what had caused the PSP to overheat.

A couple of days ago the investigation came up with some clues and it turns out Sony’s device might not be the real culprit…

A 12-year-old child from Farmington Hills in Detroit, MI, (USA) has been injured by a PSP he was carrying in his pants pocket. Apparently the device overheated causing serious burns to the child’s leg after burning through two layers of clothing.

Sheilah Clay told WDIV-TV that her son Harold was at school when suddenly he felt his PSP started heating up. The PSP kept getting hotter to the point where it burned through his…

Game systems and cell phones are shrinking each year. Look at Milton-Bradley’s Microvision, the first handhled game system with removable cartridges. Released in 1979, it was about a foot tall and several inches thick. Compare that to the tiny GamBoy Micro,

A recent development by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could mean even thinner, lighter and longer-lasting handhelds. It’s a bendable battery that, according to an article by Yahoo! News, “looks like a piece of paper and can be bent or twisted, trimmed with scissors or molded into any shape needed.”

Part of the problem with batteries is…