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Game Boy iPad Case »
Even though it’s nearly three decades old, the Nintendo Game Boy is still getting new accessories made for the gaming console. Just like a good glass of red wine, the Game Boy just keeps getting better, and more and more loved by fans of the gaming world the older it gets. The latest accessory to [...]
Laser Putting Machine »
Ever since Tiger Woods came out of his self-imposed retirement and announced his comeback at the US Masters, the game of golf has been growing in exponential leaps and bounds. Now everyone is dusting off their sets of clubs and hitting their local golf course for a quick round of nine. For those people who [...]
Remember when Team Fortress 2 didn’t look like Team Fortress 2? »
A few of you may already know that Team Fortress 2 didn’t always look like Toy Story más violence, but for the unawares: it did. So, proof ! A certain Curits Lassam, friend to all, found an old PC Gamer preview from the year two-thousand that described the game in its old, Counter-Strike -like art style. Yuck. It’s safe to say I wouldn’t have spent nearly as much time sniping those red dogs if the game looked realistic. There’s a certain charm to mayhem and carnage when it looks like Buzz Lightyear.
TC50 DemoPit Company Row27 Launches iPhone App for University Sports Teams »
Everybody has a damn iPhone app nowadays, and why should NCAA programs be any different? Row27 Studios, a design firm that has 58 NCAA clients including the Cal Bears, UNC Tar Heels and Florida Gators, has begun to fill that void. They’ve created an iPhone app that is perfect for University sports programs, and provides them with a way of reaching their fans through the mobile device we all know and love (or not). They launched their first app for the Kansas University Jayhawks, and it boasts great features such as live scoring, RSS feeds of team news and a couple cool minigames to occupy you during half-time. The Kansas University app is just the first iteration of this platform, which can be re-purposed for any other NCAA sports program. According to Creative Director Jonathan Dusing, due to Row27’s close relationships with other NCAA sports teams, their iPhone app will probably soon be appear under many other college sports names. Perhaps even more interesting than the launch of the app is the fact that Row27 didn’t spend a dime of its own money on development. The app was built as a custom project for Kansas University and Row27 managed to keep the rights to re-purpose the same application for other college sports teams. Besides being a great way to run a business, it also means that no other sports team has to take the risk KU did when requesting development of the app. Granted, KU bit the bullet – but they also got the special attention of getting to decide all the features and the specifics of the app themselves. It’s a win-win. The app itself is pretty cool. Besides features that are available elsewhere such as live scoring and in-depth game-by-game statistics for all major sports, the app also has tons of additional features perfect for a University-specific sports application. For example, you can chat with other KU fans within the app – a great way to ask questions such as “What’s the best happy hour after the game” or “How do we make sure Cal doesn’t upset us during our game tomorrow?” Furthermore, it’s connected to KU’s news feeds so fans can get all of the sports news their hearts desire. But one of the real benefits is for fringe sports – if you’re interested in Volleyball, Soccer, Softball and Baseball, it can be hard to get real-time sports statistics at the collegiate level on mobile. Because this is a University-sanctioned application, Row27’s app can provide data that no other application can. They are integrated to the standard NCAA statistics management system ( Stat Crew ) so they can stream statistics for any game that have live statistics. It’ll be interesting to see if such turn-key branded applications do well on the App Store. With football season gone, it may be a while until the Kansas University app will do a couple thousand sales, but I have no doubt that you’ll soon see branded apps across most NCAA programs. It’s just a matter of time. Crunch Network : CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.
Zero Punctuation on Demon’s Souls: it’s too hard! »
This week, Yahtzee takes on the game that is, to me, the best reason to buy a PS3 right now: Demon’s Souls .This innovative title was hailed widely by critics as a return to the old-school “you die now” style of gaming many of us grew up with, but it doesn’t sit quite right with Yahtzee. Of course, he doesn’t mention the controls, graphics, depth, or anything other than the fact that it’s groin-punchingly hard, so you can bet he thought all that was great and just didn’t want to say so.
FTC accuses Intel of ‘strengthening its monopoly,” slaps it with a lawsuit »
Looks like Intel is in a bit of Dutch. The Federal Trade Commission sued the company for using its position in the market “to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly.” Not good, no. This may seem strange in the wake of the $1.25 billion settlement between Intel and AMD, the Barcelona to Intel’s Real Madrid. But that hasn’t stopped the FTC from saying that Intel: has engaged in a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its monopoly. It’s been running roughshod over the principles of fair play and the laws protecting competition on the merits. There’s not too much wiggle room in that statement, now is there? Of course, Intel has fired back and said that the FTC’s case is “misguided and unwarranted.” This will drag on for some time. So what are the FTC’s major complaints? One of the main things is that Intel feels that, in the future, GPUs will be just as important as CPUs going forward. To that end, Intel will make it so that GPUs from rival companies don’t play nicely with its CPUs. The fear is that Intel could make it so difficult for rival GPU manufacturers to create properly working GPUs that Intel could, one day, produce a GPU that immediately puts all the others guys out of business. I wonder if Intel will ever develop the anti-competitive reputation that dogged Microsoft back in the day, if not to this day. On a lighter note, here’s Conan visiting Intel’s headquarters a little while ago.
‘Javelin exploit’ finally patched for Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 »
Good news, people who play Modern Warfare 2 online multi-player. It seems Infinity Ward has fixed the dreaded “javelin exploit” that has plagued multi-player matches since the game’s launch. This patch is for the Xbox 360 version (the PC and PS3 versions have already been patched), and brings the game up to version 1.06. As a refresher, here’s the javelin exploit, complete with Benny Hill music. Can we let that song die already?
Review: Shutter Buddy »
So we got a Shutter Buddy a few days ago and we gave it a try. What’s a Shutter Buddy, you ask? Well, it’s kind of a satellite dish looking thing that you attach to a point and shoot. It fits over a DSLR, but not quite as well as you’d expect. You waggle the camera in front of a baby and the baby becomes happy and smiles. There’s some scientific reasons in there about why it should work but I’m here to tell you that it definitely works better than simply snapping your fingers and making clicking noises with your tongue. This is a picture of Erika taken with the Shutter Buddy. Erika is a very small baby. She liked the Shutter Buddy. A more rigorous study of this device I cannot give you. My daughter Milla is a little too big for the Shutter Buddy, so your sample size is limited to one. The question is this: is your baby scared of cameras? Are you having trouble getting good pictures? Pay the $19.99 for this and give it a try. While I can’t promise you an amazing shot, at least it will break up the monotony of trying to get the wee one to smile right. Bottom Line It works. It could be a godsend if you take lots of pictures of babies. You could feasibly build your own with a piece of paper. However, who has time to draw a checkerboard in pencil? Product Page
Oh boy: World of Warcraft Patch 3.3 goes live today »
Tuesdays usually stink for World of Warcraft . The servers go down early in the morning for maintenance, and then stay down well after the scheduled time more often than you’d care to see. Today doesn’t stink, since Patch 3.3 is indeed dropping. I cannot wait to leave the terribly fancy TC/CG office, get home, fire up the game, then PUG till the sun comes up. So yeah, the downtime today is because Blizzard is preparing the servers for Patch 3.3, the last content patch for the game’s latest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King . That means we’ll be seeing more and more Cataclysm news and speculation from here on out. (I think I’ll be rolling a Worgen Rogue or Druid, not sure yet.) The highlights of Patch 3.3 are as follows: • Icecrown Citadel instance— take that, Lich King! • Three more five-man instances • Cross-server Looking For Group (which means when you PUG you’ll be paired off with people from servers other than your own, which should make PUGing approximately 3 million times better, especially for lower level characters) And other stuff . SO yeah, it’s a pretty big deal. I’m excited; it’s going to be a late night!
Wal-Mart starts video game price war, cuts prices of games by $10 »
It’s so, so easy to hate on Wal-Mart, what with destroying this country’s mom and pop culture, importing cheap junk from China, and freaking out whenever employees mention the word “union.” But if you’re a gamer, you really ought to cast aside your prejudices, brave the crowds , and find the games you’ve always wanted for a good $10 less than what you’ll find elsewhere. That’s right: we’re having ourselves a good old fashioned price war . Wal-Mart has taken it upon itself to sell video games this holiday season (not sure if it’s a permanent thing or not) for $10 less than you’ll find at GameStop, Best Buy, Amazon, etc. Sixty dollar games become $50, $50 games become $40, and so on. I don’t know if there’s any $40 games any more. And credit to PC World for using the word “rubbish,” which is right up there with my favorite words this years, in describing the games you won’t find. You will find Halo: ODST for $10 less, but you won’t find Barbie Goes to Hollywood and Gets Mixed Up With the Wrong Crowd . How have the likes of GameStop responded? Oh, by seeing the value of their stock go way down. GameStop stock tumbled 8.26 percent after word got out that Wal-Mart was meaning to eliminate the so-called “next-generation tax.” In conclusion, if you’re so viciously anti-Wal-Mart that you won’t shop there for any reason whatsoever, then it may make sense to do your video game shopping there. And if Wal-Mart is good enough for Ric Flair, then it’s good enough for me.