The Elements of Gadgets and Gaming
The year was 1993. It was an innocent time. The Blue Jays had won the world series, you could still buy yogurt in the large tubs, and Mike got his first console for Christmas. Thus began the passion for gaming. One sparked by a blue hedgehog and a system called Genesis. When us old school…
Playstation 4 rumours are abound. It’s no surprise considering E3 is only a couple of months away. Nintendo is already debuting the first console of the eighth generation. Many gamers are curious about what Sony and Microsoft have up their sleeves. Today’s hot and fresh PS4 rumour is brought to us by Kotaku. The gaming website…
Yes, I have a Playstation Vita in my hands. I will be doing a full review of it soon. I just haven’t decided how I want to go about it. Of course the hardware means little without the games. Here’s six capsule reviews of the ones I’ve tried out so far. Tales from Space: Mutant…
There might be a Steam console coming to a TV near you. That’s the rumour percolating this week. Sources say Valve has developed a mini computer, with the purpose of creating a stand alone console that can play PC games. Should such a thing exist? Blasphemy, so say PC gamers who have heard it all…
The Playstation Vita is a technological marvel. Though that’s only if you take its raw power into account. Sony prides itself on producing the most powerful game systems. Though the PS Vita could already be obsolete, even before it launches. When the PSP was released, it too was a fantastic piece of hardware. Not only could it…
It turns out the Xbox 3 will not be the state of the art system the original was upon its release. According to IGN, the successor to the 360 will feature Radeon HD 6670 graphics. Naturally the internet is outraged, as they tend to get over such things. The next Xbox will definitely not rival…
Modern computing turns 66 this year. It was in June 1946 that ENIAC, the first general purpose computer, was turned on. That got me thinking. If the transistor had never been invented, how large would a modern tube powered computer be? ENIAC weighed 27 tonnes for its 17,468 tubes and other components. So I Googled…
It’s pretty clear that Sony’s Cell is more powerful than the Xbox. It was designed for high performance super computing. Yet despite its power, the PS3 doesn’t look that much better than it’s contemporaries. In fact, sometimes it looks worse. Graphics can occasionally look muddy or washed. You’ve probably heard that Sony went with a…