Tag: top gear
The Stig comes to Forza Motorsport 5 on Xbox One
Microsoft have announced a new playable character in the forthcoming Forza Motorsport 5 for Xbox One… The Stig. Or perhaps more accurately, The Stig's digital cousin. Forza 5 will be launching here on November 22nd alongside the Xbox One, and…
HANDS-ON: James May "Science Stories" augmented reality Science Museum tour app
Augmented reality hits the Science Museum! No, we're not relegating AR as a dusty curio of tech gone by, but instead talking about the "Science Stories" app, which we had the privilege of trying out before the general public today….
BBC to put Top Gear on YouTube. Let's hope Richard Hammond doesn't crash your browser.
Some say that his 19th century views on environmentalism and global warming are pushing millions of viewers down the path of climate change scepticism, and some say that his incendiary views are designed to cause a stir and causes people like me to write about them… all we know is that he’s called Jeremy Clarkson.
If you’re a fan of party-political broadcasts for the Conservative party presented by ill-informed controversialists who probably do actually use the phrase “political correctness gone mad” without irony, then you’ll be delighted to hear that the BBC has launched a Top Gear YouTube channel.
Scalextric launches Powerlaps – Top Gear-themed racing
Unless you happen to be a lower league celebrity, chances are that you’ll not be invited to race a car round a track for the BBC’s Top Gear programme. But you will soon be able to do it in your living room with the Scalextric Powerlaps set.
BBC launches widgets for Radio Times, Good Food, and Top Gear web sites
The BBC is certainly keen to get their content out beyond the gogglebox in the living room. Last month, they put classic TV clips on MySpaceTV, they’ve put classic Parkinson and EastEnders on YouTube, and their iPlayer is booming, so it’s probably no surprise that they’ve now developed widgets which can be used on the desktop, on social networking sites, and popular blog platforms.
RadioTimes.com, BBCGoodFood.com, and TopGear.com, all now provide widgets which give regular feeds of the latest news and information.
PS3's Gran Turismo 5 to feature downloadable episodes of Top Gear
This is a very odd thing. But the press release appears to be genuine, so we'll do something on it.
Upcoming PlayStation3 racer Gran Turismo 5 will let gamers download episodes of the BBC's boy racer show Top Gear, thanks to a deal between Sony and the Beeb. The game will have a little section called "GT TV" where web-connected PS3s will be able to download the show, along with other content (presumably "user generated") based around the racer.
Here's what it looks like on PS3, so you can imagine it better:
