Archive for category: Gaming

Do You Feel Like an Online Gaming Hero?
/ October 30, 2012 4:43 pm

Do You Feel Like an Online Gaming Hero?

It’s every boy’s dream to feel like an action hero. Possibly every girl’s dream as well. When you watch a film or a cartoon featuring your favourite heroes – Batman, for example – you can’t help but feel like you are part of the action. When you play Batman games, or any game featuring superheroes, you really are a part [...]

Can Indie Games Save the PS Vita?
/ October 3, 2012 3:15 pm

Can Indie Games Save the PS Vita?

image courtesy of Danny Choo (via Flickr)    Let’s not kid ourselves – the PS Vita is a struggling console. No Monster Hunter release (seems Nintendo are the people to go to for that fix, these days) arguably explains the lacking sales in Japan, and only a handful of expensive games at launch meant that the rest of the world [...]

Geek Apparel: Battle Royale
/ October 2, 2012 3:46 pm

Geek Apparel: Battle Royale

We love TeeFury.  Their super limited-edition tees are available for one day only…then they’re history.  But sometimes we want more. Today, TeeFury is having a little fun.  Their TwoFury pits 2 super cool TeeFury originals against each other in an epic battle to sell the most shirts. Presenting Cowabunga by naolito vs. Game of Life by xiaobaosg It’s Turtles vs. [...]

If You Need More Panda…
/ September 26, 2012 5:39 pm

If You Need More Panda…

Mists of Pandaria is here, which means you may feel like you need more panda in your life.  Luckily, there’s a slew of panda products that will satisfy your new-found love of black and white. 1. Panda Wear– Nothing shows your WoW love more than morphing yourself, your child, and your pet into a full blown panda.  There’s a Panda [...]

Tearaway Brings PS Vita to Life
/ August 20, 2012 1:26 pm

Tearaway Brings PS Vita to Life

Since PlayStation Vita’s US debut in February 2012, an extensive list of games has been released for the system, each making use of the Vita’s features in a unique way.  Now Media Molecule, the creators of LittleBigPlanet, are boasting something better.  Their new game Tearaway claims to be the first title to utilize almost all of the Vita’s features. The game [...]

Papo & Yo’s Dark Favelas of Fantasy
/ August 15, 2012 2:41 pm

Papo & Yo’s Dark Favelas of Fantasy

This week’s release of Papo & Yo brings to life a dreamlike world of favelas, the urban slums of Brazil. In the PS3 game, Quico and his pal Monster are searching for a cure to Monster’s sinister voice.  The world of the game is filled with fantastical possibilities; dilapidated houses that transform into creatures, stairs that appear from thin air,  [...]

Ouya This and Ouya That – Will It Last?
/ August 13, 2012 8:00 am

Ouya This and Ouya That – Will It Last?

Tech and gaming geek have revelled this past week over the mind-boggling Kickstarter success that the creators and developers of the Android-based Ouya have created. The campaign had asked for $950,000, and they ended up getting $8,596,475 -not bad. So what is it with this newly-proposed console that has earned such an over-whelming reach of support? Well, it’s not very [...]

Dishonored’s Steampunk World Launches Oct. 9th
/ August 6, 2012 12:43 pm

Dishonored’s Steampunk World Launches Oct. 9th

Steampunkers rejoice!  In Dishonored, the new game from Arkane Studios, you enter a macabre world armed with coggy gadgets and supernatural abilities. You are the once-trusted bodyguard of the Empress. Framed for her murder and driven by revenge, you must become an infamous assassin, known only by the disturbing mask that has become your calling card. The game takes place [...]