PS2 Games Overview - December 8th, 2000
In this article we give some capsule impressions of the PS2 games line-up after putzing about with the console for a couple of weeks. Not all of the titles have made it to us yet, but most of the majors are represented. Generally, it turns out there are a very few really impressive titles in the batch, (SSX and Madden perhaps would fall into that category) and a lot of good (not great) entries for most of the requisite genre categories.

Nintendo GameCube Preview - December 1st, 2000
With a projected shipping date of July 2001 in Japan and October 2001 in the United States, there is no doubt that Nintendo's project will compete against both the Playstation 2 and the XBox. Will the GameCube, as Nintendo calls it, pack a punch powerful enough to pound its competitors in overall sales and immersing game play? We won't know for another six months, but we were able to sit down with one of Nintendo's partners, ATI Technologies, to discuss some of the specifications of the GameCube and how its architecture is designed to compete.

Sony PlayStation2 as a DVD Player…and Other Matters of Cultural Consequence - November 6, 2000
Some say that mass distributing a low-end DVD player in this way to the great unwashed only threatens to dilute the hobby. It will flood the home theater world with know-nothings who lack the rarified sensibilities of the true home theater lover. Heavens, it might even invite DVD makers to include extra interactive or gaming material on disks that only play on PS2s. But worst of all, and this is the true nightmare of all aficionados, when everyone has a DVD player, we won't feel special anymore.

PS2 Conclusions - October 29, 2000
With two days of game play under my belt, and a touch of sleep, I am better able to stand back and pontificate on my first impressions.

PS2: The Play IS the Thing - October 27, 2000
In this installment, we focus on the actual PLAY experience - after all the poking and prodding, what is it really lik eot play games on this thing?

PS2: The Bootup - Illustrated - October 26, 2000
For the hundreds of thousands of loyal game nuts that Sony screwed out of their pre-ordered units today, SharkyExtreme.com feels your pain. And so let us give you a heavily illustrated tour of the out-of-box PS2 experience.

24 Hours in the Life of a PS2 Drone - October 26, 2000
For the millions of you who will be waiting past Christmas to enjoy that out-of-box experience with the PS2, we at SharkyExtreme.com will be posting this early adopter's impressions of the hardware itself and the early games in real-time throughout the day.

PS2: The Lineup - October 25, 2000
We've had a Japanese PS2 for almost a year now and as cool as that may sound, Japanese isn't our mother tongue. So just like everyone else in San Jose, admittedly not the world's most exciting place, the SE staffers took the plunge and set out on a mission to get a US PS2.

PS2: Countdown to Launch - October 25, 2000
To start things off right and proper, we are taking this opportunity to mention that SONY is LAUNCHING their PLAYSTATION 2 console THIS WEEK.

PS2: Japanese Launch Review - March 23, 2000
Sharky Extreme staffers were lucky enough to spend some quality time with a PS2 unit and as a result bring you an in-depth look at the technology and hands-on opinion of Sony's most wanted console. We've played through the best and worst of the launch titles and compare the state of affairs between the PS2, Dreamcast and the PC.

SEGA Dreamcast Review - January 21st 2000
Yes, the DreamCast is a console, and at $199, it's inexpensive for new cutting edge console technology. For less than the cost of an SDR SDRAM GeForce, it plays games with speed and graphics quality that would take an $800 computer to match. But it's more than just a console.

Sega Dreamcast Preview - December 8th, 1998
The Dreamcast launched last week in Japan with an insane amount of fanfare. Powered by Hitachi's SH-4 processor, VideoLogic's PowerVR2DC graphics chipset and Windows CE, the Dreamcast is the first system to bridge the gap between the PC and console video game industry... it even has a built-in cooling fan.