Category Archives: Video Games
Microsoft’s SmartGlass
Microsoft’s SmartGlass gets official: app brings AirPlay-esque streams to Android, iOS and Windows Phone In a nutshell Microsoft’s SmartGlass app is what Apple’s AirPlay could be if Apple played well with others. MS making SmartGlass available on all mobile devices … Continue reading
Minecraft and alternate distribution methods
The simply addictive game Minecraft is another example of successful ‘open’ development where the creators are working with their audience from an early stage of the dev cycle as opposed to only presenting a finished product at the end. How … Continue reading
Good-bye cable box. Hello ‘Xbox 360 Mini’?
Xbox 360 live TV apps official: AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, more Microsoft has made deals with TV providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast as well as individual channels such as HBO, Bravo and SyFy in their on-going effort to make the … Continue reading
Is Cloud gaming a precursor to Cloud editing?
OnLive is a streaming gaming service that allows users to play games via their Mac, PC, home TV (with the use of the OnLive Microconsole) and, if all goes as planned, even their iPad by the end of the year. … Continue reading
L.A. Noire
Reports of insanely long hours, no OT and a never-ending ‘crunch time’. Looks likes VFX peeps have another industry to commiserate with. Why Did L.A. Noire Take Seven Years to Make? Locally, when the tweets were reported by the Australian … Continue reading