Tag: games
30 last-minute tech gadget Christmas stocking fillers
While I don’t condone the fact that you’ve left Christmas shopping to the last minute and you’ve spent nearly all your cash at the work’s Christmas do, I’ve written this guide because I feel sorry for your techie relatives who might not get anything this Yuletide.
So, here we go with the Tech Digest under-a-tenner stocking filler guide.
You’ve left it far too late to order any of this stuff online, but you have a few days to run around the overcrowded stores in your home town, and hopefully you’ll find at least a couple of these items.
Just don’t expect to find them in the 24-hour petrol station.
1. DS Lite 6-in-1 Travel Pack
Charge your games console while on the road with this convenient DS Lite 6-in1 Travel Pack. The kit comprises a soft pouch, USB car adaptor, USB power cable and three game cases to protect and store your cartridges.[£4 Woolworths]
2. PC USB Controller
Ideal for racing games and other gaming control, offering four front mounted action buttons and eight-way directional thumb pad. [£4.99 Woolworths]
3. PSP Crystal Case
Offers protection from scratches without breaking the bank. [£4.99 Woolworths]
4. Chad Valley Buzz Off
All the fun of the fair with this portable buzzer wire game. [£5.99 Woolworths]
5. Spin the Bottle
Don’t waste time looking for an empty wine bottle and making up your own questions. This electronic version will do it for you. [£7.49 Woolworths]
Sno-Baller: huge tongs for making perfectly spherical snowballs
Unless you’re in the highlands of Scotland, our British winters are rubbish enough that this low-tech gadget really won’t be much use. However, if you’re anywhere that enjoys deep, crisp, even snow, these Sno-Baller “tongs” could be just what you need.
It will produce perfectly spherical snowballs, great for lobbing at your mates, though it would be fantastic if you could also use them as a catapult.
Play Guitar Hero online for free with "Super Crazy Guitar Maniac 2"
OK, now here’s a very annoying thing. Guitar Hero isn’t the best pressing buttons to music game there’s ever been by a long shot.
That would be FreQuency, as spelled out in superb detail by Chris over on our PlayStation blog PSPSPS.tv. FreQuency was made by the Guitar Hero people, only about five years ago when no one cared and when pressing buttons to music in your house wasn’t considered particularly cool…
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.
Bowbie spotlights the best web games (i.e. say goodbye to your job)
Really, you may as well tell your boss to chuck you out now, with the minimum of fuss. Why? Well, online Flash games are a notoriously addictive way to fritter away your working hours, yet the thing that stops most of us from being sacked is that there’s too many of them to choose from. It’s hard to find the good ones, so we end up getting some work done after all.
The 187-game arcade cabinet with a built-in beer pump
Games and beer. A marvellous combination, I’m sure you’ll agree. Even if your Pro Evo skills do slip after four pints or so. Sadly, Konami’s fab footy game isn’t included in the Gamerator, but everything else is right with it. Why? It’s an arcade cabinet with built-in beer storage, of course.
Games Roundup: today's key Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 stories
From WiiWii: Using GlovePIE emulation software, the Wii’s Guitar Hero III peripheral can be used on the PC clone, Frets On Fire….
Games Roundup: today's key Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 stories
From WiiWii: The Video Games Live event last night didn’t *quite* go according to plan, as the Harry Potter composer from EA got booed. But at least The Legend of Zelda sounded good! (above)
From Xboxer: Devil May Cry IV is…
MySpace announces MySpace Games casual gaming service
MySpace has revealed its next big push: into casual online games. The social network is launching MySpace Games early next year, in partnership with gaming firm Oberon Media.
It’ll let you play hundreds of web games, including multiplayer titles, while also sharing them via your MySpace profile. The games will all be free of charge, and will tie into MySpace, for example letting you play against your friends. In-game chat will also feature heavily. MySpace and Oberon are promising “further community initiatives” in early 2008 too.
Pretend you're a fashionista with these limited edition My Sims accessories from Henry Holland, Giles Deacon et al
Incase you didn’t know, the PC game you spent most of your teenage years playing, Sims, is swinging its way to the Nintendo DS, and EA is celebrating by collaborating with some of the UK’s hottest designers of the moment (or so Catwalk Queen tells us) to offer limited edition accessories for your DS or Wii.
Henry Holland, Giles Deacon, Tatty Devine and Cassette Playa have all teamed up with the gaming company, with their limited edition products going on sale from the 8th of October on the My Sims website. Henry…
