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News

Want To Read All The Skyrim Books?

3:30AM November 26, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim doesn’t only boast a vast in-game world. It also has a vast array of in-game books. The amount of text for you to peruse is mind blogging. More »


Mobile

The Kindle Fire Just Might Be A Kick-Arse Gaming Machine

8:00AM November 23, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Amazon’s new $US200 Kindle, the Kindle Fire, isn’t just a book reader that happens to run Scrabble and Sudoku. It runs lots of Android-compatible games: the usual suspects like Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, but also… the $7, high-end sci-fi horror game Dead Space. More »


PC

If World Of Warcraft Were On Kindle

7:00PM February 16, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

It’s not, but if it were, it might look something like this. As seen on The Daily Blink. More »


News

Games Beat Books 2:1 On Kindle’s Sales Chart

2:30PM December 11, 2010 | Owen Good

Here’s a curiosity: Over the past 90 days, eight of the top 12 sellers in the Kindle Store – including all of the top six – are games, dusting President George W. Bush’s memoir and heavyweight writers like John Grisham. More »


In Real Life

What Would Super Mario Bros On Kindle Look Like?

8:00PM April 16, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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Kinda like this. Japanese company Klab has developed a Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Here it is running on a Kindle emulator. That’s… a lot of emulating. More »


News

Reports: EA Working On Apple Tablet, Kindle

7:30PM January 21, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

According to a report on the Wall Street Journal, when the Apple Tablet is revealed later this month – as seems almost certain – it’ll have Electronic Arts along for the ride. More »


News

Why Don’t Game Companies Offer Refunds For Digital Downloads?

9:00AM January 5, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

Ever download a video game to a console or handheld and want a refund? Tough. Can’t do it. But in the world of Amazon’s Kindle, you can download books digitally – and return them. A workable idea for gaming? More »


News

Nintendo Ponders Kindle-Style 3G DS

2:40AM November 3, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Could a future version of the Nintendo DS hardware use 3G for digital downloads? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the company could take a cue from Amazon’s Kindle business model. More »