Procedural Content Generation: The future of Gaming?

Graphics are often the redeemer or condemner of a game. If a game has great gameplay but sub-par graphics, it often leaves players feeling cheated, missing something they feel they were.. more

Inside Google+

A couple of days ago I finally received my invite for the long awaited and subject of much speculation, Google+. If you’re anything like me, as soon as you hear about.. more

‘Appy holidays: the weightless travel gadget comes of age

I’m such a lightweight, me. Ever since I wandered Asia a decade ago with an 85-litre backpack constantly pulling me backwards, I’ve always tried to make amends by travelling light. Micro-fleece,.. more

Top 3 Expensive and Most Outrageous Mobiles

Gresso Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot: £643,000 Shown above, only a mere 3 units of the handset were produced. Black diamonds which cost over $45,000 are laid on its front and 200-year old African Blackwood is embedded in the back. Its 12mm thin frame is made.. more

Update on Mass Effect 3

The eagerly awaited third entry for BioWare’s hit franchise, Mass Effect 3 is set to be released on the 6th of March 2012 Worldwide. But since the demonstration at E3 a month ago, only small snippets of information has been released concerning the game. So.. more

Can the Nokia brand survive?

Only three years ago Finland’s industrial giant held a world lead in mobile handset manufacture and sales that seem unassailable. Now, industry analysts are asking can Nokia even survive any longer in the mobile market? At least one industry source predicts that the brand will.. more

The evolution of motion controlled gaming

Motion controlled gaming, introduced with Eyetoy in 2003, has come a very long way in a very short time. Eyetoy was the first real hardware and game pairing to allow the player to become the avatar with on screen movement directly related to the players.. more

Geomarketing to become the internet battleground?

What do you get if you add 3 billion mobile phones, the internet and the ability to pinpoint those users within a few metres? Answer: geosystems like Groupon, Foursquare, Google Places and Facebook Places. While the headlines have been focussing on whether Google+ can take.. more

Nintendo 3DS remakes: worth the risk?

Play just a short snippet from the Nintendo 64 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time soundtrack to a 90s gamer, and stand back and watch the reaction. The short fragment will send almost all of them into a frenzy of reminiscence and a promise to.. more

Facebook vs Google – The Winner Takes it All

It’s an exciting time in the world of social networking, what with Google this week revealing Google+, their long-awaited answer to Facebook. Early reviews suggest that Google+ is an exciting project which is in no way doomed to failure – Mark Zuckerberg’s reply to this.. more