In Real Life

Samsung Flies A Nomadic Namibian To Korean Video Games Olympics In Exploitative Stunt

Cwi Nqani’s brush with video game greatness could’ve been mapped on the plot points of The Air Up There, Cool Runnings or The Gods Must Be Crazy or really any shallow movie where people from different cultures collide in an explosion of hilarity. As reported by CNN, the 32-year-old was selling his rural ethnic group’s crafts in Namibia’s capital city of Windhoek next to a tent where a World Cyber Games representative was hosting the country’s national championships. Despite never seeing or playing digital games before, Nqani was the only person to play the Asphalt 6 mobile racing game, which automatically qualified him for a spot in the world finals. Those finals happened two weeks ago.


October 25, 2011
PC

Samsung’s New SSD Drives Will Come With Free Copy Of Batman: Arkham City

All versions of Samsung’s new 830 series SSD drives will come with a free copy of Batman: Arkham City, the company’s vice president said during a press conference tonight.


July 29, 2011
PlayStation

Report: The PS Vita Is Powered By Samsung

According to Japan’s Semiconductor Industry News, Samsung is manufacturing the 45 nanometer processor that will power the PS Vita’s central processing unit.


May 17, 2011
In Real Life

Kotaku vs Gizmodo: Will Your TV Replace Your Console?

Kotaku AU

Nowadays TVs are doing more than ever before. Panasonic and Samsung have both announced that their future televisions will feature “app stores” built in, stores which include… video games. Is this the future? Can you imagine a world without consoles, a world in which games are streamed directly through your TV? I say ‘no’. Nick Broughall from Gizmodo says ‘yes’. What say you?


May 12, 2011
News

Universal Wrist Gadget Charger Arms Electronics With Extra Life

In the age of smartphones, MP3 players, tablet PCs and high-quality handheld gaming devices, people need all the electricity they can get their hands on, even if they have to strap it onto their bodies to carry it around.


March 23, 2011
Mobile

Kotaku vs. Gizmodo: Should We Buy An iPad 2?

Kotaku AU

So the iPad 2 hits Australia this Friday, and we’ve already had the price confirmed – the only question that remains is ‘should we bother buying one? It’s becoming increasingly clear that the iPad is being fashioned as a gaming device, but is it a compelling games device? This is the question myself and Gizmodo’s Nick Broughall have been discussing all day – and this is the result…


February 5, 2011
Nintendo

Glasses-Free 3D Televisions Flop (But The 3DS Won’t)

Later this month, the Nintendo 3DS will go on sale in Japan. Players can enjoy 3D without the glasses, and all early indications are that this handheld is going to be a hit. Glasses-free TVs, however, are floundering.


November 25, 2010

The Best Notebooks Of 2010

To find out the best laptops of 2010, we checked in with Mark Spoonauer who, as editor-in-chief of Laptop Magazine and Laptopmag.com, oversaw 140+ notebook and netbook reviews this year. If you’re buying, buy one of these.


October 12, 2010
News

First Windows Phone 7 Devices Drop In November

The first wave of Windows Phone 7 devices kicks off with the November 8 release of the Samsung Focus in North America, with eight more Xbox Live-ready devices making it to market worldwide in time for the Christmas holidays.


August 25, 2010
News

Microsoft: Eerily Familiar ’Space Marine’ Ad Not Connected To Halo

Samsung’s television commercial for its new Galaxy 5 phone has a lot of people thinking Halo when they watch it.