Play Pairs Game Here
I recently completed the Pairs Game I was developing as a project in Flash. It was a fun and interesting project to do and I owe a lot of thanks to my play tester at home for spotting strange issues...
View ArticlePlay at being an IT Manager
Ever wonder what is involved in the day to day operations of IT? Maybe you have thought "I could do better" a few times – well Intel have released the third wave of their IT Manager games series...
View ArticleLessons learned from the development of an online casual game
Whilst working on a social media project for work, and being a curious software developer, it seemed like a good idea to have a go at creating an online Flash based casual game to better understand the...
View ArticleSid Meier Confirmed As Keynote Speaker At GDC 2010
The keynote speaker for this years Game Developers Conference (GDC 2010) has been confirmed as Sid Meier, co-founder of Firaxis Games, and developer of well known simulation games Railroad Tycoon,...
View ArticleGetting Frantic With Augmented Reality
The kids were getting a bit bored and “playful” on a Sunday afternoon and they could do with running off some steam so thinking quickly I remembered an augmented reality game that I had previously...
View ArticleLearn Microsoft Office By Playing Games
Throw away the annoying paper clip – here’s how to really confuse your IT department who won’t let you play games at work. Tell them you need the “Ribbon Hero” add-in for Microsoft Office and tell...
View ArticleReview: Hauppauge! HD PVR2 Gaming Edition
In this review we will be taking a look at the HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition from Hauppauge! (Model 1482), a device which can record video game play in high definition onto a laptop or desktop computer. Of...
View ArticleXBOX 720 On Its Way For Christmas (Next Year!)
Hot on the heels of the Wii U launch Microsoft are in the news with news of their rumoured next generation gaming console. Bloomberg are reporting, via their “sources”, that the next generation Xbox –...
View ArticleKickstarter UK: Objecty, A Crowd-Funded Tool For Software Developers
Since launching in the UK, at the end of October 2012, the crowd-funding platform Kickstarter is really starting to gain a foot-hold with new project ideas appearing from a number of UK-based creators...
View ArticleWin A Nintendo Wii U Console #PerfectGAME
UK gaming company Game are running a competition to win a brand new Nintendo Wii U Premium Console and to be in with a chance of winning this prize you need to get your games design head on. Game, ......
View ArticleChristmas Online Fun: Play Santa Run 2
As Christmas draws near we thought we would share an appropriate, and cute, online game with you: Santa Run 2 Description Christmas is on its way. Santa too, but he is late again! Master this funny...
View ArticleFrom Bedrooms To Billions Documents The British Video Games Industry
I recently took delivery of the finished Blu-ray Disc of “From Bedrooms To Billions”, by Gracious Films and have enjoyed, immensely, seeing favourite video games from years ago, and the people involved...
View ArticleSinclair Spectrum Vega Coming Soon…
We recently talked about the movie documentary, From Bedrooms to Billions, which documents the British Video Games Industry and it looks like 2015 could see little resurgence in interest in the retro...
View ArticleA Look At Buildbox, A New Platform For Developing Mobile Games, Part 1
I have recently been trying out Buildbox which is an innovative new platform for developing mobile games without needing to learn how to code. I usually use code-heavy development tools (Corona, Action...
View ArticleA Look at Buildbox, A New Platform For Developing Mobile Games, Part 2
For the last couple of weeks I have been looking at the cross-platform game development platform Buildbox (to catch up read A Look At Buildbox, A New Platform For Developing Mobile Games, Part 1)....
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