62. technology does what it can for the land of the rising sun

no silly image or cheesy tagline for this one, as it can’t really apply today.  as you all probably know by now, early this morning, a devastating earthquake registering at an 8.9 on the richter scale struck the island nation…

61. … yeah this guy does not represent us

gamers in general that is.  i’m just waiting for someone to use this story to fuel the fire for a “violent gamers story.”  “this just in, guns don’t make criminals, controllers do!  story at 11.” dramatic pre-creation.  image from gamesradar i…

60. wii party games for consenting adults – ubisoft and wii dare with we dare

who DOESN’T accessorize skirts with wiimotes?  before i continue, i must express my pleasure at today’s issue, because this is the first ever of my posts that i was legitimately able to tag with the phrase “sexy party.”  moving on.…

59. when sony was in LG land, let my playstations go

in the pantheon of technology lawsuits there have recently been several worthy bouts of note involving the heavy hitters of tech.  apple, microsoft and google have all been very publicly involved with lawsuits and counter-suits and what have you, mostly…

58. kinect hack for couples? move gyroscope hack? now you’re just showing off.

kinect’s guts (image from crunchgear) i wrote a while ago about motion gaming and whether it’s just a novelty or here for the long haul and determined that the wii/kinect/move movement is just the beginning.  the kinect on its own has…

57. common damn sense – threats are taken seriously, even through xbox live

about how i felt reading about this i think i’ve done enough of these “common damn sense” segments for you all to know that what’s coming will involve technology being used by the catastrophically inept.  this one comes to us thanks to…

56. buildings aren’t the only things that need accessible design

screenshot from video on overclockers uk forums in the number of issues with the gaming arena and the digital world at large, there are certain things many other players may face that may never cross your mind.  we generally take simple…

55. hope for final fantasy versus xiii

noctis and stella from ff versus xiii (image from ff-versusxiii.net) when square-enix unveiled their ultimate plan for final fantasy xiii a while ago, it was supposed to be some sort of compendium entitled fabula nova crystalis, similar to what they…

54. facebook’s latest advertising tools – their users

you can talk about technology and science all you want to, but sadly it’s advertising that makes the world go ’round.  and every year market and ad folks come up with a new way to make a buck off of…

53. biotic gaming: gods, monsters and pac-man

biotic games, from switched its impact on gaming in general and its firmly cemented place in video game history notwithstanding, pac-man was a fairly simple and straightforward game.  you could move in four directions – up, down, left and right,…