Interactive Gaming with Combinable Controllers from Combiform

Interactive Gaming with Combinable Controllers from Combiform

Kickstarter has become a launchpad for entrepreneurs to test ideas, and in some cases, without over-extending themselves with a big outlay of capital.  There are some rather lackluster projects, but there are also some pretty intriguing looking ideas.  If you haven’t heard of it yet, check out these combinable controllers from Combiform.  What’s unique about these controllers is that they encourage players to work together with the combination of...

San Diego Gets To Keep Comic-Con Until 2016

San Diego Gets To Keep Comic-Con Until 2016

With the current size of the Comic-Con in San Diego California, it has outgrew the space allotted at the convention center. This is obviously a concern for everyone, with the convention drawing in almost 130,000 attendees each year giving the surrounding community $180 miiiilllllioooonnnn in local economy plus an additional $3 million in tax income. No one wants to see the 40+ year old convention leave its roots. Luckily Mayor Jerry Sanders and the convention organizers...

Powerful PC Gaming In A Pint-Sized Box: Digital Storm Bolt

Powerful PC Gaming In A Pint-Sized Box: Digital Storm Bolt

Big, hulking chassis and lots of black plastic/metal are the usual staples of your typical gaming PC. The DIY nature of custom PC building means things can be customized to the nth degree. That said, the focus is almost always on bang for your buck power or quietness – but all in larger cases. For some, the smallest footprint is also a concern, though most times it means sacrificing power. And in the custom PC gaming world, low-power means “weak”. But...

Rising Download Limits Pushing Average App Size Upwards.

Rising Download Limits Pushing Average App Size Upwards.

As mobile hardware gets more and more powerful, it makes sense that software is pushed ahead further, too. Games get more visually impressive and more enemies are crammed on-screen at the same time. The only “problem” per say is when you get into cellular mobile devices which have to deal with app sizes and download limits over 3G/4G. For several years now the download limit (at least on iOS) has been 20 MB. When you think about the multitude of apps available...

Angry Birds Star Wars Made Official. Coming November 8th.

Angry Birds Star Wars Made Official. Coming November 8th.

Angry Birds is now a house hold name it seems. And in many house holds it is indeed a name wearing long in the tooth. It’s no secret that Rovio Mobile, the Swedish based gaming company responsible for Angry Birds (among other things) has drawn out the series longer than many would care for. And yet people continue downloading it in droves, placing it at the top of app store charts globally. So it’s no surprise the next installment of Angry Birds is nearing,...

Valve Is Launching A Private Beta For 1,000 Lucky Linux Users Next Month

Valve Is Launching A Private Beta For 1,000 Lucky Linux Users Next Month

Windows is generally revered as the go-to platform for “PC” gaming. And while OS X has recently begun enjoying a slight uptick in attention from game developers/publishers, Linux is still the black sheep. If anyone can change that it is Valve, the company behind the massively successful digital storefront for PC games, who recently announced Linux support as the company’s next big goal. Today in a blog post Valve detailed the the start of the beta process...

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