Author: Stuart Dredge
Top 10 all-new spam email subject headings
Apparently 95% of all email sent is spam, the experts say. Even my Gmail spam folder is creaking under the strain, but while going through it rescuing mis-filed CES press releases, at least there’s some spam emails that gave me a laugh. Here they are. And yes, sorry, many of them are genital-related.
Alaplaya has a manga games Christmas celebration
Playing online web games is more likely to hurt your wallet than fill it. At least, it is if you end up playing too many during work hours and get sacked. However, Alaplaya is turning the equation on its head, with a Christmas advent calendar giveaway.
Nokia N-Gage going live next week on N81 / N81 8GB
The long-awaited relaunch of Nokia’s N-Gage mobile games platform happens next week, with Nokia announcing that its new N-Gage application will be available for the N81 and N81 8GB handsets next week, with “one or more” games too.
Forget console: Facebook and OpenSocial are the real future for gaming
Stuart Dredge writes…
There’s a Facebook group called ‘You can fuck off with your fucking Zombies’ whose title alone sums up the feelings of many people about the emerging Facebook games market. They’re short-lived novelties. They’re only marginally more interactive than the poking feature. They’re annoying as hell.
But y’know what? Facebook’s vampires, pirates and ninjas say more about how gaming will evolve in the next five years than any bloated military-themed Xbox 360 first-person shooter; than any rush-job PS2-to-PSP port; than any so-so mobile game based on a movie.
Video: See Honda's Asimo robot serve coffee
This is what consumer robotics is all about: humanoid waiters that serve us hot beverages. I’ve just been writing about the new features for Honda Asimo, but there’s also a video showing the bot flaunting his new barista skills. Watch it above.
Honda Asimo gets smarter, eyes world domination
That headline’s a bit harsh: Asimo is a friendly robot really, keen to help humankind while playing the odd spot of football. So when Honda introduces new features to make him smarter, it’s not something we should worry about. Really.
Elvis Presley's gold Cadillac sold on eBay
Yes, The King’s 1965 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible has seemingly been sold on eBay for at least $119,900, having been flogged by US motorcar firm Daniel Schmitt & Co. Elvis himself co-designed the car (it says here), which until recently was the property of the Elvis Presley Museum in Las Vegas.
Dr. Kawashima dumps Nintendo for mobile game fling with Namco Bandai
Tsk, those brainy professors aren’t content to have their mugs slapped on the front of one company’s games. Japanese boffin Dr. Kawashima is famous as the face of Nintendo’s first DS brain training game, ‘Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima’. However, he’s now hopped into bed with a different publisher.
LG Video Media Talent Award: Latest entries
If you have ambitions to be a Web 2.0 star presenter or editor, there's still time to get your entry in for the LG Video Media Talent Award, which is offering six-month intern posts at Shiny Media to a pair of competition winners.
Win an iPod Touch for giving us your views
Christmas is coming, the tunes are getting phat… but what are you going to play them on? How about a brand spanking new iPod Touch? With 16GB of memory, there’s more than enough space to fit on all your Bing Crosby albums.
