The Lilypad
Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Environment/Conservation, Video Games | Leave a Comment
This is one proposed design for floating cities that could have a role to play in countering or adapting to climate change. The cities are self-sufficient and movable, and are designed to house 50,000 people. Vincent Callebaut is the name of the fellow who came up the concept. I wonder if he ever played Final [...]
EA to Introduce Ad-Funded Games
Posted on January 21, 2008 - Filed Under Video Games | 1 Comment
The game publisher Electronic Arts, which is notorious for making lots of money through selling generally quite average titles, is planning to release a free online Battlefield game that will be supported by advertising revenues. Good idea, or just the latest step in EA quest to ruin video games?
BBC story.
Zero Punctuation
Posted on January 15, 2008 - Filed Under Funny, Video Games | 2 Comments
Shane said that this guy was funny, and it turns out that he was quite right.
Preview of Heavenly Sword and Resident Evil 5.
Dumb Yet Funny
Posted on November 19, 2007 - Filed Under Funny, Video Games | Leave a Comment
Footage from 2004’s excellent Downfall movie set to different subtitles. (Microsoft has a policy of banning Xbox consoles from Xbox Live, its online service, if they find any evidence of their users cheating/abusing the service).
This clip defies explanation, it’s just funny.
Here’s To You, Playstation
Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under Video Games | 2 Comments
I’m very well aware that citing the Sony Playstation as my favourite invention from my childhood casts me in a poor light, but what of it? If the good people at Science Week Ireland are offering a Wii as a prize for the best post on this subject then they can’t take that dim a [...]
Halo 3 Vs. Spider Man 3
Posted on September 27, 2007 - Filed Under Film, Video Games | 2 Comments
As mentioned in the last post, there was a concerted effort on Microsoft’s part to bring in more money on Halo 3’s release date than Spider Man 3 managed on its entire opening weekend ($151 million dollars, a box office record). Obviously there’s little point comparing the two different releases; one is possibly the greatest [...]
Halo 3
Posted on September 26, 2007 - Filed Under Video Games | 4 Comments
My brother and I bought Halo 3 within half an hour of its European launch at midnight last night, and yes, it was certainly worth staying up most of the night playing it, even though I feel like crap today. I pwned some n00bs and won a game too, which was a rare enough feat [...]
Resident Evil 5
Posted on September 4, 2007 - Filed Under Video Games | Leave a Comment
While on the subject of video games, here’s a trailer for Resident Evil 5, which is set to be released sometime next year. It looks awesome, even on YouTube.
I Am The Champions!11
Posted on September 2, 2007 - Filed Under Video Games | 4 Comments
I finally won my first game of Halo today, having played it on and off for well over a year. That may sound like I suck, and to be perfectly frank I do, but it’s harder than you would think to actually win a game. In celebration, here’s an ad for Halo 3, the soon-to-be-released [...]
FFVII on Wikipedia
Posted on March 20, 2007 - Filed Under Media, Video Games | Leave a Comment
It’s today’s featured article.
Viva Pinata
Posted on December 21, 2006 - Filed Under Funny, Video Games | Leave a Comment
Given that the Nintendo Wii is sold out, given that Call of Duty 3 probably isn’t all that good anyway (and in any event is not as good as the over-rated but still excellent Gears of War, which my brother already has), and given that this game is refreshingly original, it looks likely that I’ll [...]
The Greatest Video Game In The World
Posted on August 3, 2006 - Filed Under Video Games | Leave a Comment
You’re all thinking Final Fantasy VII. Well most of you are anyway, or at least those of you with an discerning appreciation of video games. However, you’re wrong. The greatest game of all time is not Final Fantasy VII, nor Metal Gear Solid, nor The Legend of Zelda, but Resident Evil 4.
Everything about it simply [...]
