Archive for February 2007
ReviewMe introductory offer
Just a quickie to note that ReviewMe are currently offering a discount for anyone who wants to test their system before buying a proper set of ads. They are so confident you will be pleased with the success of the reviews you get that they will knock 50% off the price of the review. Only problem is you only have until the end of the month to take part, so you’d better get in there quickly.
If you’re interested then ...
Real Life Platform Ninja
Tim over at the Indygamer blog brought this to my attention today. This guy is my new hero. I would love to have a go at this assault course event… not that I would get anywhere at all – but it looks like great fun (well – the first event does anyway!).
Makoto Nagano is a 34 year old fisherman. Recently he succeeded in completing the last phase of the Japanese game show: Ninja Warrior. Of more than 500 contestants ...
New computer = new software to install
I got my first laptop computer this weekend and, as with all new computer purchases, it’s time to fill the hard disk with the software I use on a daily basis. I thought I would list the software I use, and why below. Partly because I thought others might be interested to see what I use, and partly because I will then have a list of software I use for the next time I get a pc (no doubt things ...
Race in video games
Chris Kohler has an interesting post over on Wired Games about race in video games.
The topic was started by fellow 9ruller, Jason Ellis from Microscopiq.
I really like the point Chris makes about characters, Jade from Beyond Good and Evil in particular, being designed to be racially ambiguous – and I wish more companies would do the same.
I’ve never really considered the race, or the sex for that matter, of the characters in the games I play. I play ...
DoFollow
Having read this last night, and now this and this, I have decided that I agree entirely and have added the dofollow plugin to both Binary Moon and Binary Joy.
What does this mean for you? For most people it means nothing, but if you have a website, you will now get some link juice from Google when you comment and supply your site url.
Videogames blamed for… everything!
Videogames are regularly blamed for many things, the most popular being making children fat and violent. So when something new, such as the Nintendo Wii, comes along everyone is happy. The Wii gets children exercising again, and it doesn’t feature as many violent games as other consoles. However that “everyone” has just gotten a little smaller.
Children who spend too much time playing virtual sports on their new Nintendo Wii are getting a false sense of what it’s like to ...
Spiderman 3 – first look
I am not a huge fan of comic books. Whilst the art can be very cool I seem to be able to read them in a matter of minutes. If I am going to read something then I want to be able to put time into it. I want to create the experience in my head.
Comic book movies are even worse… with one or two exceptions. I love the Spiderman series. I vaguely remember the cartoon from when I was ...
9rules – new release
Talking of new releases 9rules, the wonderful blog network I am a member of, have recently redesigned – and they added a whole stack of new features at the same time.
They have made the site much more community oriented, with people being able to create their own 9rules page (my.9rules). There are far too many features to mention, in fact they didn’t even try in their own announcement post – so I think you should just head on ...
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