Category: Gaming
One Minute Interview: XBox 360 on Windows Mobile
I speak to John Starkweather at Microsoft about the future of Xbox gaming, and how it's being developed to work with Windows Mobile. Hear about gaming on the move, and beaming your gaming creds to all and sundry when you're…
Opera for Nintendo DS finally hits Europe
Web browsing has computer to the DS in Europe, with the Opera browser making its debut on Nintendo's handheld. Available in Japan since February, the browser is available in Europe for both th DS and DS Lite. It iffers…
Online gaming: Women outnumber the men
A survey by Nielsen shows that of the 117 million active gamers in the US, 56% play games online, and of those, 64% are women. Active gamers were determined as being over 13, having at least one games device, and…
Games console workouts for kids
Apparently, sitting in front of the TV playing games doesn't have to mean piling on the pounds – a fitness and martial arts expert has developed a work out that will keep kids fit while they are glued to…
BBC launches Red Dwarf: Beat The Geek interactive DVD
There must be plenty of Red Dwarf fans around – it was the longest running, highest-rated show on BBC Two. And if you're pining for its return – well, that's unlikely, but you can console yourself with Red Dwarf:…
Fancy a Wii Watch?
Bayraider has been snuffling around eBay for promotional memorabilia around Nintendo's Wii console, and it's turned up quite a few items. Take these watches, which were produced for the European press launch of the console, and look set to…
Tuesday Top Ten: YouTube videos that'll make you want a Nintendo Wii
The headline says it all, really. Nintendo's Wii console launches here in the UK on December 8th, with a price of £179. And I for one cannot wait, having slapped my pre-order in as soon as the games retailers started…
Control over 250 trains with Hornby’s new Digital Command system
Following the lead of Scalextric, another old favourite has gone digital – Hornby – with the launch of their new Digital Command Control (DCC) system, which allows up to 254 locomotives to be ‘called up’ and controlled individually without…
Gya – memory and reflex games from a meteorite
Big in Japan and threatening to be big over here this Christmas is Gya – a meteorite-shaped gadget that test your memory and your reflexes. The story of Gya (Japanese for "scream") is typically far-fetched – "a meteorite has…
Sony adds HDMI and cuts price of 20GB PS3 console
It's debatable whether Sony's 20GB PS3 will make it the UK, but if ti does, Sony has made it slightly more attractive to buyers, adding an HDMI connector and cutting the retail price – in Japan anyway. When Sony…