Tag: War
Tech company creates gamified mental health app for Ukrainian refugees
PREVIEW: A-Men (PS Vita)
Sony may be touting the PS Vita almost solely on its handheld power, but Polish developers Bloober are harking back to gaming's puzzle roots with their Vita launch title, A-Men. One part Lemmings, one part The Lost Vikings and…
WikiLeaks get Nobel Peace Prize nomination
WikiLeaks, and founder Julian Assange, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in light of its role in promoting transparency. Or at least that is how the politician who nominated the controversial whistleblowing group sees it. 'Wikileaks have…
UK Defence Secretary calls for Medal of Honor boycott
EA's next wartime shooter has been causing quite a stir in Westminster this week. Medal of Honor, due out on October 12th, focusses on the conflict in Afghanistan, and controversially allows gamers to take on the role of Taliban forces….
Wii outsells PS3 by three-to-one in Japan during March
Latest sales figures for March show that Nintendo sold 265k Wiis in March, compared to Sony’s rather poor 81k PS3s. And the gap is widening – just last week, Sony sold slightly over 11,000 PlayStation3s in Japan, while Nintendo shifted nearly 49k Wiis.
Poor old Sony just can’t turn things around for PS3…
The Ruffneck Zone 1 explosion proof computer is 'the bomb'
Computer Dynamics has revealed this odd-looking portable computer – odd-looking thanks to being bomb proof.
It’s operated by touchscreen, so there’s no need to worry about also carrying a USB mouse into a dangerzone and…
Vaughan Smith, English video journalist, Twittering live from Afghanistan
How many of us actually use Twitter for a worthwhile purpose – or even use it at all, these days? Most of my friends’ Twitter feeds are updated with dry accounts of whether they chose sushi or a sandwich for lunch – not the most interesting read, let me tell you!
Luckily there’s a video journalist out there who’s making all us Twitterers look good by association, and that man is Vaughan Smith…
Luckily there’s a video journalist out there who’s making all us Twitterers look good by association, and that man is Vaughan Smith…
Virtual reality – a modern day Mother Theresa
Last week we had virtual reality helping burn victims – this week it’s helping soldiers cope with post-traumatic stress.
Very dull business blog The New York Times is reporting on a VR system that’s designed to recreate war situations…