It’s good of Kickstarter to recognise the roll of gaming in that too. Here’s how important gaming is to them; these stats come from Kickstarter, noting how games leap from 8th to 1st. 1. Games — $50 million 2. Film — $42 million 3. Design — $40 million 4. Music — $25 million 5. Technology […]
Archives for September 2012
GamrCred forced to change name
GamrCred, the site that monitors and ranks your computer game prowess, is having to change names after another company thought the name was too close to “streetcred”. In an email to early adopters, the young site said; “After hours of deliberation with $1,000/hr lawyers who actually said we had a good case against said company […]
Borderlands 2: Play Mount Jackmore and win stuff
Mount Jackmore is a new online game, that’s not just free to play, but gives you a chance to win Borderlands 2 loot – including the Limited Edition Loot Lockers. These Loot Lockers are, like the rest of the collectible Borderlands 2 stuff, are now very rare, highly sought over and worth fighting for. The […]
Moffat does not use the Daleks as a prejudice weapon against the disabled
This post is a response and rebuttal to Alyson Macdonald’s heartfelt and well-intended Daleks and Disableism: Steven Moffat on Mental Illness. The episode being discussed is Asylum of the Daleks, which was the first episode in the new season 7. My summary; the Daleks are not a metaphor that suggests disabled people are evil or […]
Mega Post: All of today’s Wii U game trailers
Today was a big one for Nintendo. They pulled off a live stream preview of the Wii U via Nintendo UK. I was more impressed than I thought I’d be – but my expectations were pretty low. However, it was clear that there would be plenty of titles available at launch and that games like […]
Which Doctor Who actors have the lowest Bacon number?
You know the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? In it you can work out that you’re related to the actor Kevin Bacon through no more than six assocations. Google has the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game baked into its search results. To access it search for [bacon number] followed by an actor’s name. […]
A look inside: ZombiU – launching November 30th in Europe
ZombiU will be a launch title for the Wii U in Europe on November 30th. In fact, you can buy a premium pack of the game which includes a Black Wii U console and GamePad. ZombiU is an online survival horror with some nice touches. If you die while playing ZombiU then you become a […]
Wii U coming to Europe: November 30th
In today’s Wii U live stream Nintendo confirmed November 30th as the launch date for the next generation console in Europe. This seems to be before the December 8th launch date for Japan. The cost of the console will vary according to retailers. Nintendo Land will be one of the launch titles, along with Battle […]
Watch Nintendo UK’s Wii U live stream preview here
Live video from your Android device on Ustream The player above, from uStream, is for Nintendo UK’s preview of the Wii U. Airing at 3pm (UK) on September 13th this will be one of the world’s first chances to get a good look at Nintendo’s next generation console. The console comes out in December 8th […]
Warpath Wall-e and Eve
The former child friendly robots Wall-E and Eve have had a bit of a rebuild. The famous shoot of green can be see still growing from that old boot and safely held in battle Eve’s protective hand. Seems likely that both Wall-E and Eve decided to follow the war upgrade path of their character level […]
