One of the biggest challenges gamer parents face is finding good ways to distract their kids successfully enough so that they can find time to game. Step forward Pokemon TV. This is a free app which provides free episodes of all the Pokemon TV shows and movies – but not at once. There’s a library […]
The art of Hadrion: Inside Running Shadow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BsrzKKI93Y Running Shadow is one of the new breed of mobile games that are sometimes (perhaps incorrectly) described as an action RPG and sometimes (perhaps more accurately) simply as a running game. Running Shadow describes itself as a hybrid of the two. In the game; you run. You run through the city of Hadrion, a […]
10 must read Flipboard magazines for geeks
Flipboard is not only very pretty but it is a fantastic way to follow news, people and social media. It presents stories to you as visual summaries that you can flip through easily, skip, skim or pause to read. It’s one of those apps that you should add to the Android tablet or iPad right […]
Razer crosses the PC-Android divide
This video features a guy holding a giraffe. It also showcases Razer’s latest piece of tech – which is software not hardware. The Android app allows gamers to use their smartphone to talk to any of their pals who are in-game with the Razer Comms PC client. The same app also allows gamers to reply […]
Reasons to like the PadFone approach
ASUS have launched the PadFone Mini in Taiwan. It’s not a common concept in Europe nor does it appear to be so in the States but I like it. This is a 4.3 inch phone that slides into a 7 inch tablet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEHxq4Hs-pM The video touches on some of the reasons why I like the […]
Marvel: War of Heroes prizes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miF2IQRSHrE Marvel: War of Heroes is a year old. It’s a free-to-play mobile card battle game you can download for iOS at Apple’s store or for Android at Google Play. There’s an easy way to win some Marvel loot (which include Infinity comics, character figures, signed posters and subscriptions) by registering at the site, playing […]
Hi-tech, easy and awesome Halloween costumes
An easy and clever way to turn your smartphone into a Halloween costume. You can buy the prepared shirts over at Morph Suits and there’s an app to download for the effects. Mark was able to quit his job at NASA to support this seasonal business. Best of luck to him!
Golem Arcana attempts a whole new board game genre
[Back this Campaign] There’s an impressive pedigree of talent on this project. We’ve got Jordan Weisman at the helm. He’s already help create BattleTech, Shadowrun, Earthdawn as well as the click base concept you see for MageKnight and Heroclix. Harebrained Schemes have had some serious Kickstarter success in the past. Is Golem Arcana a step […]
Is KitKat a chocolate bar or a phone?
What’s going on? Android has announced that the next version of their OS will be 4.4 and will be called KitKat. KitKat is owned by the Swiss food giant Nestle. The plan was to call the next version of Android Key Lime Pie; it had to be a sweet and had to start with K. […]
The next evolution of tabletop RPG? Tablets & Titans
Every now and then I look at a new RPG and ask myself whether, in the future, all RPGs will be like. This feels very true of Tablets & Titans. This is a new RPG but it’s been designed to run off tablets. It’s another Kickstarter and here’s the pitch! [Back this Project] This Android […]
