Spent a good couple of days now with Gears of War Judgment and I am impressed. There is a lot of thought in what has evolved from past titles and so far it seems each change has been for the better. Will write more soon but have to […]
I know it’s been out for some time now, but I finally plucked up the courage to watch the 3D version of James Cameron’s Avatar, that little known movie about blue aliens that rips off Dances with Wolves. You might be asking why I would need convincing to […]
A spur of the moment purchase has now meant I have an Atari 130XE computer as part of my retro collection. This one is in great condition compared to my 800XL and has an adapter that lets it run brilliantly on modern televisions. Spent a couple of hours […]
Who in their right mind would have imagined the biggest franchise in mobile gaming being mashed up with one of the biggest entertainment franchises for the last thirty years would actually work? I certainly didn’t but I think what Angry Birds Star Wars shows is that even a […]
From the moment businesses could see websites being more than hobbyist curiosities and started their own, there developed a need for administrating the massive amounts of information that these sites could possess. Not everyone was a web developer either so the simpler this could be made the better. […]
My wife picked up a DVD not long ago which happened to be the original Ghost Adventures documentary; taking place long before Zak Bagans discovered the gym. It was impressive to see that their film-making style was very much evident back then and certainly helps in creating the […]
Windows Phone has not had an easy time of it. After the arrival of iPhone and Android it’s predecessor, Windows Mobile, had its market share evaporate so quickly that Microsoft’s relevance in the market followed suit. Two years ago, Windows Phone 7 was unveiled to much fanfare. It […]
A couple of days ago I accidentally left my Fitbit attached to a shirt that went into the wash. It was only there for a couple of minutes but it was enough to soak the device, which rapidly began to fail. Taking advice from my father in law […]
When Bethesda released their first game in its recently acquired Fallout franchise, I was amazed that not only did my addiction to their previous game (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion) carry over but it developed into an ever deeper attachment to a universe that I had only recently […]
There’s a great article on Kotaku by Dyad (PS3) developer Shawn McGrath about his experience and admiration for the Doom 3 codebase which was just made publicly available. It’s quite cool to read of game developers having such public admiration for the quality of a peers work at […]