Entries in 'Gaming'

Keep on rollin’ rollin’, Rolando…

July 21st, 2008 by Iain MacMillan · 1 Comment

Not just an excuse for a Limp Bizkit lyrical reference, Rolando is the forthcoming iPhone game from our very good friends at Handcircus. Fresh from their coverage in the Guardian, their YouTube views are now over 88k.
New phone, new app store, new games…the amount of buzz around many things iphone-related is increasing rapidly.

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Jackass + Web 2.0 = Bragster

February 14th, 2008 by Matt Rebeiro · 3 Comments

Bragster is the latest must-use social networking site… Well, no, it isn’t. Allow me to explain what it is and then you might see why…
Bragster is a social networking site (based in London) that allows friends to make bets and dares with each other. However, these dares and bets aren’t for money, no siree, they’re [...]

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Nintendo: Subtle like the fox…

December 8th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · No Comments

Legend has it that, “six months before the Balmoral building in Manhattan was to open in 1909, the owner announced that all but two of the apartments were already met. The announcement was pure invention, but it was believed, and therefore within three weeks it was so.”
And from the BBC now:
Nintendo is considering pulling [...]

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It’s only a game, till someone gets hurt.

December 5th, 2007 by Rob · 2 Comments

Hello, I’m Rob.
I have very slightly long hair, but it’s not vertical. I’m not a punk. I play an online multi-player computer game called Battlefield 2142, from which “punks” (cheats) get kicked every day. This sort of punk is not interested in swearing on TV though.
The software Electronic Arts use to detect cheaters is called [...]

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Oh, Nintendo, you are cunning. Cunning like the fox.

November 14th, 2007 by Dan O'Connor · 2 Comments

Apparently, this Christmas, there will be a shortage of Nintendo Wii (Whatt he hell is the plural of Wii, anyway? Wiis? We?). This is in no way an attempt on the part of Nintendo to increase demand. Certainly not. Why ever would anyone think such a thing? In fact, suggesting that Nintendo are deliberately [...]

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