Category: Gaming

LOAD "Google" SCREEN$

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Congratulations on landing something memorable for the Google Doodle on the 30th anniversary of the ZX Spectrum, but (a) did we have to share it with St George and (b) given the lack of complexity on show, I suspect the designer was not a master of ZX Spectrum artwork… Yes it follows the rules, but there’s an art to packing in info on a Speccy Screen, and this isn’t quite it.

Old Time Podcasters, The Playstation Show, and the evolving Vita Voices.

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Back in 2006 I started another podcast, The Playstation Show, which would be a short weekly podcast on the Sony Playstation Portable. It slowed down a bit in 2011, but never really went away. With the PS Vita on the way, I decided in January that it needed to be brought “up to the boil” for the year (and in the process helping me keep abreast of the portable gaming world – all the more important as it becomes an interesting battleground in the smartphone world). The show got a little bit of a rethink, moving away from a news-bulletin

Remembering Densha De Go on The Playstation Show

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The PS Vita might have code compatibility, but that doesn’t mean my favourite PSP games will make the jump Settle in as I talk about the strange tale of Densha De Go, the Japanese train simulator that I had to import, and won’t be available on Sony’s Next Generation Portable Console – even though I’m happy to pay for them again. [audio:http://www.archive.org/download/tpcpsp_134/tpc_ps_20120202_134.mp3] MP3 – Show Notes – RSS Feed

Tom Watson… Defender of Modern Warfare

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Proposed Amendment to EDM 2427: That this House notes that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) gave the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 an 18 classification, noting that `the game neither draws upon nor resembles real terrorist attacks on the underground’; further believes that the game has an excellent user interface and challenges the gamers’ dexterity as well as collaborative skills in an outline setting; and encourages the BBFC to uphold the opinion of the public that whilst the content of video games may be unsettling or upsetting to some, adults should be free to choose their