Although the gaming market tends to ignore female gamers when it comes to ‘boys’ games, there are women gamers, such as those belonging to “girlz Of destruction” (g.O.d.), who are beating the boys hands-down.This gaming gro...
Running, swimming and weight-lifting are all sports that instantly come to mind when thinking about the Olympics. Video games, on the other hand, don’t generally feature on this list. However, a recent drive by the Global Gaming League (GLL)...
In this day and age of utter crap, and the tons of rubbish people spew out about South Africans, we do have a great sense of humour. Apart from the British we have the keen ability to laugh at ourselves and exercise some good wit.Below is a collec...
"We must protect ourselves from the Global Warming... Top scientists in Colorado believe that Global Warming will strike two days before the day after tomorrow!" – SPI was walking past the fruit and vegetable section in a supermarket one win...
Since the days of Copernicus it has been humankind’s dream to fly. But not just paragliding off a cliff or traveling at 20 000 feet in a commercial airplane – that’s easy. No we want to reach outer space and experience weightless...
Paging through an old GQ mag the other day I came across a gadget that struck a new interest. The “Slingbox” (weird name) is a TV streaming device that allows you to remotely view your home cable, satellite, or personal video recorder ...
I reckon I’ll still be playing computer games when I'm old - until my fingertips begin to crank up from arthritis. There’s nothing childish about that – I mean besides war, gaming technology brings about ...
Windows Vista seems to be what all the 'cool' geeks are investing in nowadays; however, the hefty hardware requirements that the operating system demands is a bit of a problem for the less successful geeky entrepreneurs.Yet their remains hope...
Just when one thought it was possible to escape the confines of real life by emerging oneself into a virtual world, Second Life as a popular example, is becoming rife with destructive practices from child abuse to prostitution, and is now becoming...
I first started playing computer games when I was about 10 – on our very first 486. However, when the Pentium was released and entered our household, I was distraught that I could no longer play my old games due to compatibility issues.Then ...
Known as the godfather of modern videogame systems, the Atari 2600 (originally called the Atari VCS) helped spawn a multi-billion dollar gaming industry.Released in 1977, the Atari 2600 was the first successful console to use game cartridges and i...
Hi, my name is Galen and I’m an addict. A web-addict.Several recent surveys and related research is leading to more and more psychologists being trained to identify and treat what has become known as Internet addiction or web abuse.It has ev...
When I was growing up as a child the dream place to go was Disneyland. People dressed like Goofy, candy floss, and a few amusement park type rides seemed to cut it as the height of entertainment. But that was back then…The youth of today wi...
The recent merger of YouTube with Google Video has resulted in a frustrating bug for all online video fans. YouTube videos embedded in other websites or blogs, and often the ones on YouTube.com, are displaying the polite message: “We’r...
The other day I wrote a hand-written letter and found that my hand-writing looked like barbed wire. I realised that it had been a good while since I had used any hand-writing skills due to my increasing reliance on typing everything. It seems obvi...
You come home after a long day at work. You have a truckload of paperwork saved to disk to attend to, and find bills in the post to top it all. You find that your offspring have broken a window and realise that tomorrow is your wife’s birthd...
Finger-scanning technologies have been a focal point of futuristic films such as Minority Report for years, yet they are currently finding their ‘footing’ in the real world. In fact they are likely to become an integral part of people&...
If you’re a fan of fantasy and an appreciator of digital art, then there is something you need to see. Images that allow you to immerse yourself and get lost in a fantasy place where all the worries in this world are forgotten (if only for a...
