I’ve always sort of regretted never learning programming as a kid. With how digitized today’s sociey has become, it seems a downright indispensible skill. Parents: do your children a favor. Teach them. There’s even a robot to make the job easier: it’s called Play-i.
There’s a casting call out this week for two major characters in the upcoming Disney-produced Star Wars film, this “Star Wars VII” set to begin shooting in the Spring of 2014. That leaves a window of time between when a new set of talents must be found and when they’ll be needing to actually set […]
Both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One want to be way more than just your gaming console—they want to be the centerpiece of your home entertainment system. This week, we got our first look at the apps that’ll launch with both consoles. Here’s how they measure up.
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Disney certainly isn’t letting up when it comes to capitalizing on the likes of one of their most popular brands: Marvel Comics. Today they’ve announced that they’re set to unleash a brand new series of live-action television show episodes with Netflix, the whole lot centered on the section of New York called Hell’s Kitchen. As […]
Rental shops were hit pretty hard by the birth of digital distribution. With platforms like Steam and Netflix around, no one bothers to rent anymore – no one really needs to. That’s bad news for Blockbuster – which today finally signed off for good; its parent company plans to leave physical retail.
Though the Nintendo Wii is still being sold in Canada and the United States, across the ocean in Europe it’s been discontinued – replaced with the smaller, cheaper Wii Mini. Nintendo might intend on that same course, in the West. Yesterday, it announced plans to bring the Wii’s little sister to the States.
The first-ever YouTube Music Awards are set to go live tonight at 6:00PM EST with a star-studded cast of performers including Eminem, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Avicii, M.I.A., and others. Hosted by Jason Schwartzman and Reggie Watts and directed by Spike Jonze, the YTMA are written for laughs, entertainment, and of course kudos for the […]
There’s a big competitor out in the wild today for the Chromecast called the PLAiR 2, a new generation of the original PLAiR, made to connect to your television’s HDMI port and act as a full-fledged smart TV. You’ll be able to connect to and control this machine from your Android smartphone or iPhone – […]
Games studio KIXEYE – best known for developing web-based strategy games like VEGA Conflict and War Commander – today expanded its horizons, taking a deep dive into the mobile realm with Backyard Monsters Unleashed. I got the chance to sit down with KIXEYE’s Bryan Lam and Caryl Shaw to discuss the title.
I’ve long held that video games are a powerful educational tool in the right hand, and now one more organization is proving that notion correct. In a collaboration with EA and Maxis, non-profit Glasslab recently finished developing an education and formative assessment mod known as SimCityEDU.
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