Category: Gaming
Wednesday interview: Maryam Bazargan of New Street Media talks in-game advertising
When you play Pro Evolution 6, you're probably thinking about working the ball out to your nippy winger, trying to organise your flat-footed back four, or wondering how much your friendship will be damaged if you slap the joypad out…
And the five best launch games on Nintendo Wii are…
Well, you'll have to find out on Tech Digest's new sibling blog WiiWii, which has launched today. They've rounded up their five most anticipated launch games on Nintendo's new console, although it's not giving away too much to say that…
Fancy a finger-lickin' KFC-themed Nintendo Wii console?
Or Burger King, 007, Animal Crossing… Someone with a working knowledge of Photoshop has put a video up on YouTube showing an array of Wii customisation ideas, including the KFC one, which turns the Wii-mote controller into a piece of…
Video games may teach kids life skills
A new study suggests that kids are being taught valuable life skills by playing video games – just as well if it's true as it also says that around 4 in 5 nine to nineteen year olds own a games…
Progressive-scan Wii gaming won't be a slog for UK gamers
Nintendo has confirmed that it'll be selling component cables for its Wii console through normal retail channels in the UK, rather than making gamers buy them online as they'll have to in the US when the console launches next month….
Sony warns Euro retailers: importing PS3 is illegal
Sony has fired a warning shot at European retailers saying that it will take action against anyone who gets involved in 'grey importing' of the new PS3 console. Given that the US and Japan will get their hands on the…
Race some cats on sleds at Brandish
If the day seems to be passing by slowly, you can rely on Shiny's top blokes blog Brandish to dig up an annoyingly addictive online game to make the hours fly by. In fact, they've done it again today…
Are MMORPGs addictive? Yes, for some
I'm a 'chipper' smoker, which means I smoke about a pack a week; go through phases of more and phases of not smoking at all. So I'm better suited than most to say that addiction is a complicated phenomenon,…
We love Wii because…
Where else can you spend a happy hour or two pulling worms out of rabbits' teeth? Click below for a bonkers clip from one of the mini-games in the upcoming Wii Rayman title. Since when did worms have teeth? Actually,…
Reuters to open a news bureau in Second Life
Reuters is the latest company clamouring to be a part of the Second Life virtual world (some say parallel universe), with an announcement that it will begin publishing text, phono and video news from the real world within Second Life…