Weekly Review 3: Heroes of StarCraft
Get an inside look at what’s happened from Defense of the Ancients to Heroes of Newerth with host Matt Ryan. Plus a fun iPhone scrabble-like game, Starcraft 2, Words With Friends and more.
Posts Tagged ‘Gaming’
The Daily PWN 83: Geo-Defense
Today we’re discussing Geo-Defense for iPod Touch and the iPhone. This app is a tower defense game with a lot in common with hundreds of other games in the genre. The goal is to set up turrets and towers to protect your base at the end of a winding road. Enemies head down the road [...]
Jonathin Takiff Tackles Video Games this Holiday Season
Wow, are there choices for the video gamer on your shopping list, from the most serious of shooters to the most casual of kiddie diversions, all begging, “Take me home.” Here are some that caught (and held) my eye. Read the entire article here.
Apple Hiring Gaming Engineer for iPhone Team
The iPhone Blog reports that Apple is hiring gaming engineers for their iPhone team. They’re looking for someone with experience including having actually shipped a game recently. This could be a great opportunity for someone that is in the iPhone game making business to step up and work directly with the platform.
Aion Online: Enemies in Our Land
Aion Online features an ongoing battle between three major factions (two playable) vying for control of the Abyss and areas connected through rifts that open between spaces. A more detailed look at this world and how it is shaped by events and regions will come later in this series including an article dedicated entirely to [...]
Osmos is Relaxed and Fun
It happens from time to time that the best game is also the most casual. Some serious gamers frowned on Spore in its simplicity and overall appeal to non-gamers more than hardcore gamers while others may have jumped at the chance to enjoy something less intense and more laid back than normal. Spore is a [...]
OnLive Rethinks Gaming
When OnLive announced their plan to create a new system for gaming that could make it possible to play some of the most processor-hungry games on even the slowest of systems we were immediately interested in just how this is possible. It appears the world of technology has been extremely preoccupied with being “in the [...]
Apple iPhone and iPod Touch Competition for Nintendo and Sony?
Checking the news this morning I was surprised to see that the top gaming news so far during research are opinion articles and reports that the iPhone is poised to take on the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. There is no question that with 25,000 applications now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch (most [...]
Microsoft Study Finds Parents Think Computer Games are Good for Kids
Microsoft commissioned a survey in the UK to ask the simple question of whether or not parents believed that computer games are good for their children. The results show that an overwhelming 75% believe that they do. The 2500 member survey, intended to help quell the fear that games lead to violence and sex, showed [...]
New PSP-4000 Rumors Spread
In the tradition of the PSP, just when you thought the portable gaming device was about to throw in the towel it faces another redesign by Sony. In 2007, the PSP was made slimmer and sales increased despite a lackluster developer interest in the face of bad 2006 sales. The PSP has had a rocky [...]
