All the stories tagged with gaming
Sex offenders can no longer access Xbox LIVE and other game networks
04/06/2012, The state of New York is quick to the draw by implementing a newly passed law that will remove sexual predators from online gaming sites. At least, that is the theory of it, and with the project aptly called “Operation [...]
Man’s finger ends up useless after too much gaming
04/05/2012, Too much of a good thing is bad for you, and so the same applies to playing games on a touchscreen device. We have received word that a Taiwanese man actually “lost” the use of his index finger after spending [...]
Microsoft registers a bunch of “Halo Infinity” domains, what could they have planned?
04/05/2012, Those of you who have played Halo: Combat Evolved on the PC are probably familiar with the popular multiplayer map dubbed Infinity. It looks like Microsoft could have additional plans for that particular map as the company has recently registered [...]
US military wants to hack foreign game consoles
03/29/2012, The US military has a mind to hack into foreign game consoles in order to extract data that is stashed away on hard drives. Obviously, they will outsource the job to a company known as Obscure Technologies, where they will [...]
Kinect adventure game prototype powered by emotions
03/23/2012, We have seen the world of video games evolve from standard physical controllers to the novelty (which actually works quite well, actually) of motion-controlled games, with the Kinect from Microsoft spearheading the effort of using your entire body as a [...]
Mario, Zelda are hard according to mathematics
03/15/2012, Who would have thought that one could actually quantify the difficulty of a computer game based on mathematics? That is what an analysis of the computational complexity in video games revealed, touting titles from Mario and the Legend of Zelda [...]
AI Angelina creates own game: Space Station Invaders
03/07/2012, So, here we are where artificial intelligence (AI) is sentient enough to create its own game (as for the complexity of the game itself, that is a different story altogether), but don’t worry just yet – AI Angelina is not [...]
Gigabyte U2442V and U2442N Ultrabooks – Hands-on
03/07/2012, [CeBIT 2012] We reported about the two new powerful ultrabooks launched at ceBIT by Gigabytes, and I took the time to check out the devices at the Gigabyte booth. The key feature of the new laptops is to deliver good [...]
Team Facebook for European social games
02/23/2012, Facebook, the world’s largest social network, is currently looking into getting more and more people on board the Facebook bandwagon – never mind they already have more than 850 million users and counting. In fact, it is no secret that [...]
Far Cry 3: Stranded trailer released
02/15/2012, Far Cry is one of those graphically amazing games that has some sort of story to tell, and thankfully, the original in the series was not purely eye candy. Well, the latest trailer for Far Cry 3: Stranded shows off [...]
Singapore schools get gamed
02/13/2012, The city state known as Singapore is a first world country, and their efficiency is top notch, drawing investors from near and far in droves, thanks to transparency in the government and good management of the country’s resources. Well, developing [...]
Pandora handheld console to ship next month
01/25/2012, When it comes to the world of portable gaming consoles, only two names stand out in the industry at the moment – Sony with their upcoming PS Vita, and Nintendo with the 3DS. Two’s company and three’s a crowd, which [...]
Fit Freeway app helps you burn calories while you game
01/18/2012, When the Nintendo Wii was first released, many naysayers claimed that this particular “waggle controls” setup would never go anywhere, but it seems that subsequent sales of the Wii proved that very same group wrong. Since then, Sony and Microsoft [...]
