The Elements of Gadgets and Gaming
In case you were living under a rock, dear gamer, the new Xbox One was announced today. I must say I felt rather underwhelmed with Microsoft’s presentation. Especially after Sony’s strong showing back in March. Here’s a peak and some commentary at what’s coming up for the nextbox. It has an odd name When gamers…
More rumours for the next Xbox have come out today. This time they give as a small peak into what the console may have to offer it. Some of it is not good, at least according to IGN. VGLeaks put out several screenshots from the Durango development kit, the software used to program games for…
Well now this is interesting. Hackers have already been plodding away at SimCity and found out the game can indeed be played offline. It involves putting the game into some sort of “debug mode”. It’s fully playable though it can’t save cities or interact with other regions. By the sounds of it, the process is…
Electronic Arts once again has egg on their face. The latest fiasco has to do with SimCity 5 and its always-online functionality. EA had planned to reinvent the game as a multiplayer experience. Instead gamers were met with clogged servers and dropped connections, rendering the game unplayable. It launched without enough servers to meet demand….
So there we have it, Sony has officially unveiled the Playstation 4. We’ve had a few days for it to sink in now. Unfortunately my work schedule hasn’t allowed me to tackle the unveiling sooner than today. Here’s a complete recap of what went down, what to expect, and which rumours were true and false. It will…
Taking a look at the gaming and tech trends in 2012 If there’s one thing about Nintendo, they’ve never played a conservative game. Their innovations are small, yet have a profound impact on gaming. Take something as simple as the plus shaped D-Pad. It’s hard to believe that something so ubiquitous didn’t exist prior to…