Monthly Archives: March 2008

Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board Accessory and Bundled Games

About the Wii Fit The Wii Fit Balance Board is a new accessory from Nintendo, which, following almost two years of intensive development by a full-scale Nintendo team, is now available on the shelves in Japan, with the European release date scheduled for 25 April 2008. Australian and North American release dates are set for [...]

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Creative and Original Games Need More Mainstream Publicity to Improve the Image of Gaming

It’s not that I think people who play or create shooter games are stupid (although the Publishers are lacking in vision for the future). It’s just that I generally get tired of repetition. Some people find this comforting, indeed there are many people who choose to play just one game for years. I don’t just [...]

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Google is Black – Energy Awareness – Earth Hour

Today, in case you hadn’t already noticed, Google is black. Black Google, symbolising Earth Hour 2008 This is to symbolise ‘Earth Hour’, which aims to help make people more aware of the energy they use on a daily basis, by asking them to turn out their lights between 8pm and 9pm (in their time-zone) tonight, [...]

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XBLA, XNA and PSN Rescue us from First Person Shooters. Time for something new.

After yet another onslaught of ‘Shooters’ in 2007, including Halo 3, Crysis, Unreal Tournament III, Quake Wars, Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect… OK there was Portal (bundled with Half Life 2 – but essentially wasn’t it just reiterating what Prey had innovated, albeit in a much slicker, more puzzlesque way. I for one am [...]

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Colossal Squid, Bigger than the Giant Squid. Largest Eyes in the Animal Kingdom

Colossal Squids (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) are larger than the more well-known Giant Squid. The species was first discovered in 1925, realised from tentacles found in the stomach of a Sperm Whale. There have only been eight specimens of Colossal Squid recovered since their discovery.

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Adobe Software Costs 60% More in the UK. Director 11 is $640 Cheaper in the US.

Adobe’s multimedia authoring environment, Adobe® Director® 11 software has been over four years in development. However, despite the extra years that they have had over Adobe’s Flash development team to update and improve it’s features, it is unfortunately looking like just a patch

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