By Mark O’Neill During the very brief and infrequent periods that I have played games, they have nearly always been on the PC. I played the Sims very briefly (before my character burnt the house down by setting the Christmas tree on fire) and I played a game where you created your own golf course. […]
Peripherals are a gamer’s best friend. They’re the tools of his trade. You might even say that they are like a Jedi’s light saber, or King Arthur’s Excalibur. Maybe even a pizza delivery guy’s car. Without these tools, we wouldn’t be able to control the machines which we invest thousands of dollars in. If you’ve […]
By Mark O’Neill Not being a gamer, I wouldn’t know myself. But according to Wired, a new study just out has shown that gamers get distressed at shooting their opponents dead but they get very happy when they get killed themselves. According to the piece : Ravajas (the study author) isn’t entirely sure why gamers […]
Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, passed away earlier today at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He turned in his character sheet. Rolled a critical fumble; smote by the gods. Gary, you will be missed.
By Brian Boyko Contributing Writer, GAS and Editor of Network Performance Daily You may not remember the name Wafaa Bilal, but you probably remember the Iraqi-American who locked himself in a room with a paintball gun controlled by random individuals on the Internet for thirty days – that was him, and it’s now nine months […]
Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle game that allows you to draw objects and then unleash them upon a 2d world to accomplish certain objectives. Check it out in the following video: Looks fun, doesn’t it?
By Mark O’Neill The British TV channel “Channel 4” has brought out on their website an online detective role-playing game called “Bow Street Runner” which invites you to solve a murder in 18th century London. Named after the group which were the predecessors to the modern day London police force, this free game is remarkably […]
People spend thousands of dollars when it comes to getting the most out of their PC games, but at the end of the day they’re still staring at a screen; completely out of touch with what is actually going on in the 3D environment of their favorite First Person Shooter. The FPS Vest from TN […]
By Mark O’Neill What is it with all the Second Life stories appearing in the mainstream media at the moment? Papers such as the Washington Post and the New York Times are suddenly going all Linden Labs crazy. It seems that as well as the virtual reality world being used by terrorists and spies, it […]
By Mark O’Neill The latest tool in the US government’s arsenal in the war on terror – a virtual reality Sims game. Or as the Pentagon likes to call it, a ‘Human, Social, and Cultural Behavior Modeling program‘ Just a few days ago, I mentioned how the US intelligence community was using ‘Second Life’ for […]