Archive for February, 2008
Learn Video Game Design and Programming by Attending a Summer Camp
GamingThe industry of video game design is an extraordinarily creative industry and very similar to the Hollywood movie making industry. A diverse group of people with a lot of different skills work together as a team to create a movie, and the same thing happens in the creation of a video game.
The Industry needs, and […]
Why is playing Final Fantasy XI online so popular?
GamingPlaying massive multi-player online games (mmpog) is very popular these days. While there are a lot of these games you can choose from only a few stand out in the online world. For every genre of game there is an online equivalent. One of those games that really stand out is Final Fantasy XI. There […]
The Easiest Ways to Save Money when Buying Video Games
GamingIt doesn’t matter where you play video games or which ones you prefer, buying a new game is a very expensive purchase. Most of the newer releases will run you about fifty dollars or more. Take Guitar Hero III for example with its price tags of ninety dollars for the game and guitar. There are […]
Mobile Games: The Next Popular Game After Video Games And Online Games
GamingMobile gaming is one of the fastest growing industries. If you are wondering what to do while you are waiting in a queue or you are having an hour to kill, stop wasting your time, just take out your mobile phone and start playing your favourite game.In fact, some of the most popular advertising strategies […]
Grand Theft Auto Helps Shape New Game About Immigrants In America
Gaming‘ICED’ players perform good deeds, answer immigration questions, try not to get deported.
There were times in the last two years that Heidi Boisvert wasn’t sure if the game she was teaching herself to make should be fun. It’s a game about immigration that puts players in the virtual bodies of one of four fictional people […]
How To Repair An Xbox 360
GamingHaving trouble with your Xbox 360? Don’t worry, you are not alone. The most common problem is the ‘dreaded red ring of death’, so-named by gaming enthusiasts because the usually green lights on the front of the console turn to flashing red lights. These errors can usually be tracked back to an overheating issue which, […]
Final Fantasy XIII powered by Crystal Tools
GamingSquare Enix renames the White Engine underpinning all its upcoming console efforts, suggests a Wii version and external licensing could happen in the future.
One of Friday’s best-attended Game Developers Conference sessions was actually a dry technical recap of how a third-party publisher went about creating a new game engine that it would share among all […]
Mind control? Gaming headset will do just that
GamingSensors can detect emotions, facial expressions and cognitive actions
Hands cramping up from too many video games?
How about controlling games with your thoughts instead? Later this year, Emotiv Systems Inc. plans to start selling the $299 EPOC neuroheadset to let you do just that.
The headset’s sensors are designed to detect conscious thoughts and expressions as well […]
Play Arcade Games Online
GamingIt all started with Galaxy Game, the first known arcade video game back in 1971. Then in 1972 out came Pong. It’s been all uphill from there. Gaming has gotten so big it is no longer confined by walls of an arcade. Playing an arcade game is as easy as turning on your computer.
The world […]
Aliens: Colonial Marines Due Late 2008
GamingContrary to earlier indications, Aliens: Colonial Marines will come to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC late in 2008
When SEGA’s Alien FPS got a title last week early indications were that the game would get a 2009 release. In a welcome anomaly for the games industry, where releases are constantly being delayed, official word from […]