Tag: Homebrew
Poll: Should Nintendo DS R4 "homebrew" cards be illegal?
High-fives all around at Nintendo HQ today, as the High Court has ruled that importing, advertising or selling R4 cartridges in the UK is now illegal. R4 cards can be used to download and play illegally ripped versions of Nintendo…
Misa Digital Guitar: rocking the stadiums of the future (video)
As a fervent disciple at the altar of Rock, I tend to treat any digital modification of the hallowed axe as a sacrilegious act. The immortal words of wisdom, "if it aint' broke, don't fix it" usually come to…
5 reasons why we love the Nintendo DS
Nintendo revealed today that over 10 million DS consoles have been sold in the UK so far. That staggering figure means one in six Brits now own a DS, and are happily catching Pokemon or training their brains. It makes…
Microsoft XNA competition for bedroom game developers
Once upon a time, ALL computer games were developed in people’s bedrooms, y’know. This was in the days before you needed a hundred-strong team and multimillion-pound budget to make a top game (although the downside was that instead of Lara Croft, our heroes were more likely to be cartoon eggs called Dizzy, or skiing blokes named Horace).
