Sega cutting back to save cash
The games maker Sega are feeling the global credit crisis so hard that they have had to revise almost everything that makes the company what it is, one of the most popular games companies in the world.
But in a market like this, the industry is struggling Sega had lost around £200 million last year, and [...]
It is a man thing
Women have known for years that playing on computer games is a make thing, but the real question is why does it have to man thing?
It turns out that playing on computer games uses parts of the brain that are linked to addiction and the feelings that you get when are rewarded for to doing [...]
Computer games are good
Some organisations believe that kids who spend a long time sitting in front of their computers or games consoles playing games all night long is a bad thing. But on the other hand there is another thought that some games can do kids good.
The is an event running by games developers and the Entertainment [...]
Lonely people means societies breakdown
There are lot of people who spend a lot of time on their own, this could be through choice or maybe because of circumstances, but one thing is for sure it may not be a good thing even if the person prefers it.
Loneliness can be the cause of increased risk of dying of heart disease, [...]
Web browsing to be monitored
If the government get their way a massive data base will be built and no this is not going to be a list of names and addresses, this is going to be much more serious than that, in fact Big Brother will not be watching you, it will be monitoring your online activities.
It has been [...]
Google gets a second life
Google has recently been working on their next assault on the internet, this time it is a site that can only be described as a sort of Second Life.
But unlike Second Life maybe this time it will be policed in way that makes it both interesting and useful for business and individuals, this where Second [...]
The fifty year old digital TV
A television set made in 1957 that receives digital TV sounds rather suspicious! Well so it should because clearly a TV that in encased in a thick wooden case and sporting a seventeen inch black and white screen is not really going to be made for the digital age.
But for the owner it would have [...]
Games hit high sales targets
The threat of the credit crunch does not appeared to hit the games market, as the in the UK the first quarter of the year has seen manic buying of games in records that have been compiled by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) and compiled by Chart-Track.
In the first quarter of the [...]
Betting on your life
Being told that you have a terminal illness is not the best thing that could happen to anyone, but when you are told that you have only two years to live, some people may say “I’ll take those odds” like ex Car Dealer, Jon Andrews, 58 he liked those odds and decided to do something [...]
April 29, 2008Games sales soar
As the latest game to hit the shelves is released, in a report released today by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) and compiled by Chart-Track, it has been found that UK gamers are far from feeling the credit crunch as they spent a massive £418.4 million in the first quarter of the [...]