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Future FirstPlay
Future are launching FirstPlay, a video magazine covering gaming, on the PlayStation network. FirstPlay offers HD reviews, previews and downloadable content and costs £0.99 an episode or £8.99 for a three-month subscription. FirstPlay will also include advertising with six ‘premium’ slots available per episode. Future already launched a video games mag, Qore, on the US … Continue reading
Home in on Button
If, like me, only a cruel lack of opportunity prevented you from being crowned F1 World Champion in Jenson Button’s place, then help could be at hand with Real Time Race. This is a system that allows players to drive alongside the actual drivers in real-time as you watch the race. The technology maps the … Continue reading
Top 10 posts of 2008
In a sudden rush of originality and inspiration, I’m going to share surely the first ever list of 2008′s most popular posts! 10. Gearing up for something more useful The awful pun in the title didn’t stop the traffic as this look back at Google Gears’ first year scraped into the top 10. 9. Google … Continue reading
Wii cricket is here but it’s just not cricket
After a previous post on wii cricket deploring its absence, cricket of sorts has come to the wii. Big Beach Sports includes cricket as one of its games, as you can see from the embedded video below. Although I haven’t got my hands on a version yet to test it against my expectations, as ever … Continue reading
Wii want cricket
Although I’ve long had access to one, I’ve borrowed a Wii for a long overdue extended trial of the console and am working my way through the various Wii Sports games that came with it. After initially being underwhelmed by the graphics and simplicity of the gaming, I’ve started to be pulled in by the … Continue reading
The Wii factor
Deep in TechnoCloud Towers is a room which I use to showcase consumer technology. This allows colleagues to familiarise themselves with the home entertainment gadgets that their budget or interests wouldn’t normally bring them into contact with. There’s no doubt which two gadgets excite the most interest – the Apple TV and the Wii. For … Continue reading
