Allura Alforsdotter

Allura Alforsdotter

Mr Biffo: Videogames aren’t movies, so what’s with all the realistic characters?

Mr Biffo: Videogames aren’t movies, so what’s with all the realistic characters?

By Mr Biffo Introduction What you are about to read has been written by Mr Biffo, the creative force behind the 90s Teletext videogames magazine Digitiser. He now runs the show at digitiser2000.com. Imagine a playground. In that playground is a see-saw. On one side sits Lara Croft. At the opposite end is Rico Rodriguez,…

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The Playstation VR Games Sony Announced Today Look Amazing

The Playstation VR Games Sony Announced Today Look Amazing

By Drew Olanoff During its Playstation Experience (PSX) event in San Francisco today, Sony unveiled some new information about the Playstation VR and showed off some new titles. Unfortunately we’ve gotten no more information on dates…with it coming in early 2016. However, the games we saw during today’s keynote look fantastic. Sony showed off new…

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The PlayStation VR Games Sony Announced Today Look Amazing

The PlayStation VR Games Sony Announced Today Look Amazing

By Drew Olanoff During its PlayStation Experience (PSX) event in San Francisco today, Sony unveiled some new information about the PlayStation VR and showed off some new titles. Unfortunately we’ve gotten no more information on dates aside from early 2016. However, the games we saw during today’s keynote look fantastic. Read More …read more Source::…

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Final Fantasy 7’s first gameplay trailer teases new battle system

Final Fantasy 7’s first gameplay trailer teases new battle system

By Nick Pino When Final Fantasy VII made its re-debut at E3 2015, people in the audience cried. Today Sony and Square Enix revealed a new trailer for the game, and while it wasn’t met with the same catharsis, the audience at PlayStation Experience clearly liked what they saw. As did we. Yes, it all…

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Windows Phone Future Still Bleak Despite Windows 10: IDC Predicts Sluggish Growth

Windows Phone Future Still Bleak Despite Windows 10: IDC Predicts Sluggish Growth

The launch of Windows 10 was supposed to fix a lot of things at Microsoft, even the Windows Phone platform. However, according to a new report, the platform is all but dead. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

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Augmented Reality Wizards Blippar Will Unveil New Tech At TechCrunch Disrupt London

Augmented Reality Wizards Blippar Will Unveil New Tech At TechCrunch Disrupt London

By Josh Constine What if you could learn about anything just by taking a photo of it? Blippar already has 3 million people doing that every month plus another 62 million signed up. Now is Blippar ready to unveil the next phase of its technology and business, and it’s going to do it on stage…

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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Headed To Europe, UK Launch Reportedly Set For January 2016

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Headed To Europe, UK Launch Reportedly Set For January 2016

Samsung is finally launching the Galaxy Note 5 in Europe. The company plans to commence sales in January 2016 among Europe-based customers who are keen on tinkering with the handset’s popular stylus. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

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Gallery: Mad Men to 8 Mile – the games we’d like to see Telltale do next

Gallery: Mad Men to 8 Mile – the games we’d like to see Telltale do next

By James Peckham and Hugh Langley The Telltale Games we’d like to see Telltale has getting yet another big franchise under its belt, with the storytelling game creator announcing its very own take on Batman. The developer has made a name for itself with episodic, interactive story games that focus on character development and narrative.…

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Tea Making Robot Teforia Brews Up $5.1 Million In Seed Funding

Tea Making Robot Teforia Brews Up $5.1 Million In Seed Funding

By Sarah Buhr Teforia, the startup that promises its machine makes the perfect cup of tea every time has pulled in $5.1 million in a deal to help it take on the brewed beverage technology space. The company launched a rather successful pre-order campaign for what some would deem a pricey device. Teforia pulled in…

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Motus Wearable Sensors Bring Biomechanics Out Of The Lab And Into The Ball Park

Motus Wearable Sensors Bring Biomechanics Out Of The Lab And Into The Ball Park

By Ron Miller Baseball has always been a sport driven by numbers, and with modern Sabermetrics, it’s even more so. Motus has developed a system using biomechanics to measure stress on a pitcher’s elbow or a change in batter’s swing. Today it introduced a new 5-sensor package, which brings this advanced technology out of the…

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Step Inside Gaming Company Razer’s Largest Concept Store To Date

Step Inside Gaming Company Razer’s Largest Concept Store To Date

By Jon Russell High-end gaming firm Razer opened its third such store — which is purely for showing off its products, not actual retail sales — in Bangkok, Thailand, recently and we went along to check it out. Read More …read more Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets

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The Game Awards 2015: the good, the bad and the weird

The Game Awards 2015: the good, the bad and the weird

By Parker Wilhelm This year’s Game Awards may have been about all about the trophies, but all the little reveals and surprises were what really stood out. We’ve already rounded up a collection of the trailers hyping us for 2016, but there were so many other good tidbits of info that we thought were too…

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IDC Predicts Sluggish Windows Phone Sales Growth

IDC Predicts Sluggish Windows Phone Sales Growth

By Alex Wilhelm According to IDC, sales growth of smartphones running Microsoft’s operating system will remain sluggish for the foreseeable future. New figures from the group, released yesterday, are stark. The group predicts that Microsoft will shift a total of 31.3 million phones in calendar 2015, giving the software giant an effective global market share…

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Holy dialogue wheel! Telltale is making a Batman game

Holy dialogue wheel! Telltale is making a Batman game

By David Nield Telltale Games has become an expert at publishing games as a running series of storybook-style chapters, and the company has previously created titles from such heavyweight franchises as Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. Now the US software studio is turning its attention to the caped crusader: next year we’ll see…

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Driving The Wrong Way Down The Highway At 160 MPH

By Alex Wilhelm A short while ago, TechCrunch piled into a car, and drove at moderate pace to San Jose, just so that we could drive much more quickly. Recently opened on the other end of the Bay is the Driver Simulation and Vehicle Systems Lab, or SimLab for short. The contraption is a complex…

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