Mobile

Rumours Of An iPad Mini Swirl In China

The Chinese rumour mill has hit full blast today claiming to have details about the imminent release of an iPad mini. Chinese net portal, NetEase, has a story on a rumoured new mini Apple tablet.


September 28, 2011
News

Why Japanese Developers Should Have Played More PC Games

Gaming’s reached a turning point. Western games have more realistic graphics and physics than Japanese games. This isn’t good or bad. It’s true.


August 12, 2011
PC

The Coolest, Tiniest New Gaming Platform Hits Next Month

Sifteo, those tiny motion-aware game playing blocks we first spotted at CES, hit this September for $US150 a pack, the company said today.


June 14, 2011
In Real Life

Ranking The Tech Nerds Who Own Sports Teams

You might have wondered why so much attention was lavished on one doughy white guy after the Mavericks won the NBA title last night.


May 6, 2011
Nintendo

MIT Just Built A Better Nintendo 3DS Screen

A group of researchers from MIT have developed a new version of the parallax barrier technology used by Nintendo to give the 3DS its signature 3D visuals. The new version of the screen, called HR3D (“High Rank 3D”), can produce the same glasses-free 3D images as the 3DS, but does so while generating a brighter image and using less battery power. HR3D uses two layered screens to produce 3D, just like the 3DS.


January 10, 2011
Nintendo

But Which HDMI Cable To Buy For My Console?

If you’re serious about gaming in high definition on a console that’s attached to a TV set, then you’ve probably heard that you need to have a HDMI connection. But just how big a difference does this fancy cable make?


September 28, 2010

Spartans Are Made, Not Born

The Spartans of the Halo universe are capable of some pretty incredible stuff, but so they should: they’re men in fancy robot suits from the 26th century. In the 21st century, it’s all about the baby steps.


March 16, 2010
In Real Life

Super Mario Bros In 64 Pixels

Here’s what happens when you take a relatively primitive game and downgrade it to an extremely primitive game, courtesy of Carnegie Mellon student Chloe Fan.


February 16, 2010
In Real Life

How 3D Actually Works

3D is, if the television, film and game industries are to be believed, the future. Whether they’re right or not is still up for discussion, but just in case they are, you may as well know how it all works.


September 16, 2009
News

Gaming’s Slingbox Backed By $1M Funding

Announced earlier this week, Spawn Labs version of the Slingbox for gamers is backed by $US1 million in Series A round funding, according to the Austin Business Journal.