Tag: Video games
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….
Taint your pure Nintendo DS with a smutty crossword puzzle game from The Sun
Goodness knows what kind of words would appear in a crossword puzzle in jubblies-filled newspaper The Sun, but chances are, they’d be decidedly NSFW. Or kids, who are the primary demographic for the Nintendo DS.
Chances are though, under 18s wouldn’t be interested in purchasing The Sun’s foray into the gaming world, as…
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…
Games Roundup: today's key Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 stories
From Xboxer.tv: HMV has opened first Gaming Zone arcade in Edinburgh, featuring 27 Xbox 360 consoles playing latest titles, playable in an hour-long session for £3, or £5 for three hours.
From WiiWii.tv: Silent Hill has been…
Opinion: Why Gordon Brown, Dr Tanya Byron and the Nanny State should stay out of technology
When does a Government go too far in a bid to protect its citizens? When it locks people up without a charge? When it bans people from taking to the streets and puts them under curfew? Or when it employs a TV presenter to look at how the Internet and computer games are harming the nation’s youngsters?
This week it’s been announced Dr Tanya Byron – star of such TV greats as House of Tiny Tearaways – is to preside over a review of what effect the web and console adventures are having on kids across Britain. And I for one find it not only laughable, but downright disgusting that Gordon Brown and his cohorts think they have the right to interfere in our lives which such a pointless exercise…
Sony's Slim and Lite PSP out now
Better get eBay booted up, and start deciding between .jpegs, as the new Sony PSP Slim has been released today, so there’s no good reason to hold onto your old fat model. Well, apart from the fact it costs £129.99 and you’d be lucky to get £100 on eBay for your used PSP, even if you throw in ten games.
So what’s going to encourage you to upgrade? Could it be the fact that it’s 33% lighter and 19% smaller? That it’s now made in Piano Black plastic instead of the heavier metal previously seen? That there’s additional RAM (faster loading times, zomg!), but apart from that…
Gordon Brown wants Citizen's Jury to discuss game violence
Gun-toting teenage gangs on the streets of Liverpool? You could blame Manhunt 2 and Grand Theft Auto, or you could look at the wider issues around Britain’s emerging gang culture, look at how the adults who arm these children are getting hold of drugs and guns, before tackling the socio-economic reasons why so many kids are turning to petty crime in the first place.
Anyway, Gordon Brown is plumping for Plan A…
Video Games Live returns to London, hurrah!
Keep October the 22nd clear in your diaries, London-based people, as Video Games Live is swinging our way once again.
Hosted by co-creators Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall, it’s an amazing night featuring members of the Philharmonia Orchestra playing tunes from game soundtracks such as Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Warcraft, and Halo…
Modders hack the Nintendo Wii to play DVDs
Now, although I’m a firm Wii fangirl, I’m not immune to admitting there were a few discrepancies between the features first mentioned when the Wii was announced, and what consumers were actually left with after the console hit the shelves. Every gaming manufacturer does it, although none quite as drastically as Sony with the PS3, as any avid reader of Gary’s UK Resistance knows all too well during those months when Europe was at war….
