mobile phones

Your Next Phone Could Be More Powerful Than A PS3

In 2005 and 2006, the Xbox 360 and PS3 were cutting-edge pieces of consumer electronics, finely tuned to deliver a premium gaming performance with the very latest technology inside. As is the way with technology though, as components mature, they get smaller and cheaper, so it’s not too bit a surprise to hear Nvidia saying the next generation of mobile phones will “outperformthe current generation of consoles.


Vodafone Is Giving Away The Vita With Some Phone Contracts

Normally when I spot a cheap gaming-related deal or sale, I mention it to Mark and let him handle it. But since he’s currently swanning around the US eating burgers and confusing people even more than usual with his impenetrable Scottish brogue, I guess I’ll have to tell you about it myself.


The Game In Which A Little Man Climbs On Big Girls’ Bodies

In “I Love Women’s Body Climber”, the premise is simple: climb up girls. The difficulty is based on what the female characters are (or are not) wearing. For example, it’s harder to climb up bare skin than pull one’s way up a sailor suit.


There Are Too Many Damn Mobile Phone Game Commercials

If you flip on your television, chances are pretty high you’ll see a McDonald’s ad. For those living in Japan, chances are higher you’ll see a mobile phone game commercial. Way higher.


Where There’s Smoke, There’s PlayStation Phone Fire

Late last month, photos of a rumoured PSP phone surfaced. The prototype looked like a Sony Ericsson cell phone mated with a PSP. Rumours, right? Know what they say, where there’s smoke there’s fire – with “they” being Sony.


Phones Everywhere Getting 1988′s Splatterhouse

Splatterhouse is getting a bloody, modern remake later this month, but that’s a gamble. The classic 1988 arcade Splatterhouse? We all know that’s a fantastic game, and now you can play it on your phone.


Japanese Video Game Pop Star Called Out For Racism

Singer Reina Tanaka was never a lighting rod for controversy. The 20-year-old is a member of the popular girl group Morning Musume. She has her own anime and a spin-off mobile phone game. That is, until she and two fellow group members offended Koreans.


Digital Devices Are Reducing Your Brain’s Processing Power

Getting in a quick hit of gaming on the bus or in the bathroom may seem like a good thing, but playing with your portable devices could be depriving your brain of important downtime needed to process memories.


New DMCA Rules Say Jailbreaking Your iPhone Is OK

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today reveals new exceptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that address the legality of jailbreaking your Apple products, unlocking your mobile phone and bypassing computer-game digital rights management systems.


Americans Turn To Their Phones For Gaming And Internet

A report from the Pew Research Centre’s Internet and American Life Project shows an increasing number of Americans using their mobile phones as personal computers, with substantial leaps in gaming, internet use and other non-voice applications over the past year.


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