Tag: PlayStation
Shiny Video Review: In2Games "Wii-like" wireless PS2 controllers
In this video, Zara takes a look at some motion sensitive WiFi controllers for the PS2 which aim to give players a more…
Games Roundup: today's key Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 stories
From PSPSPS: Trailer for The Club is exclusively …
PlayStation implicated as boy hires hitman to off his mum
A particularly awful episode of Jerry Springer is being played out in American court rooms right now, with 16-year-old Cory Ryder charged with the attempted murder of his mum.
His insane spiral of anger was triggered, in part, by his mum banning him from watching TV and confiscating his “PlayStation” – perfectly normal behaviour…
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: Nintendo is launching a 1seg tuner for the DS next week in Japan, allowing TV to be picked up when on the go.
From PSPSPS: Legal loophole in the UK could mean the banned Manhunt 2 could be sold via download through the PlayStation network….
Opinion: Why it's now COOL to be a GEEK
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
This is possibly the most important techno story I’ve seen all week, it’s officially ok to be geeky. A new list of the UK’s most coolest brands has been released and the top 10 contains SEVEN firms related to gadgets, gaming and the internet. So if that’s not a reason to embrace your virtual friends and give thanks I don’t know what is.
The iPod was only pipped into second place in the CoolBrands 2007 by James Bond’s favourite car, the Aston Martin, and you could argue there’s something geeky about being a fan of that motor. No longer is it nerdy to be geeky – because both are different…
Shiny Video Review: Logic 3 Soundstation 3 speakers for PS3
These speakers were released last week by Logic3, who have designed them with the PS3 in mind (although they will connect to any sound source with a standard audio jack). They sport a PS3 style paint job, and are pretty reasonably priced….
Rumour: Sony Ericsson to unveil mobile gaming phone in February
Rumours that Sony Ericsson was planning to launch a PlayStationPhone have been bubbling for several months, fuelled by a recent interview in which the company confirmed that the idea was “something that we’re looking at”.
Well, it seems the looking may have gone well, because Mobile Entertainment is reporting that Sony Ericsson will unveil a dedicated gaming phone next February at the Mobile World Congress trade show.
PS2 game Okami now playable as online mini-game, even on Wii
Okami, the game which pleased the Japanese and North Americans immensely in 2006, and us Europeans and Australians even more so in 2007, has finally been lovingly transformed into a short online version by a fan. Available officially only on the PS2, the fan-created browser version can even be played on the Wii using Opera…
Survey reveals 7-year-old girls hooked on Nintendo DS, not Barbie
A new survey by the kids gift wish list web site Gogoblin.co.uk shows that a lot of young girls are no longer interested in the likes of Barbie – gaming technology is definitely the way to go if you want to remain a popular parent with your little darlings.
Boys tend to develop an interest in Gameboys and other hand held consoles from the age of four onwards, with girls latching onto the Nintendo DS by age seven.
From there on in, games consoles rule their lives until the teenage years, when technology had better consist of iPods, mobile phones, and computers, so that they can keep up with their hectic 21st century social life.
