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

6:45PM April 8, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


In Real Life

There Are Too Many Damn Mobile Phone Game Commercials

10:00PM December 20, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


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

1:00AM November 23, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


News

Phones Everywhere Getting 1988′s Splatterhouse

3:00AM November 13, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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. More »


In Real Life

Japanese Video Game Pop Star Called Out For Racism

12:00AM November 6, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


News

Digital Devices Are Reducing Your Brain’s Processing Power

4:30AM August 26, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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. More »


News

New DMCA Rules Say Jailbreaking Your iPhone Is OK

2:20AM July 27, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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. More »


News

Americans Turn To Their Phones For Gaming And Internet

4:40AM July 8, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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. More »


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Nokia N900: The Smartphone That Runs Linux-Based Maemo OS

We don’t talk see or hear nearly enough of it, but the Maemo smartphone platform is powerful, open source and performs on the Nokia N900 on a level that’s comparable to the experience you get with a desktop computer. More »

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Carry On Your Conversations Anytime, Anywhere With The Nokia N900

If you can’t bear the thought of being disconnected from your IM friends while you’re out and about, you’ll be happy to hear that there is an irresistibly simple way to carry on all your conversations without unwanted interruptions. More »