Category: Gaming

The dark side of ‘Free To Play’ games

Posted on October 12, 2015October 12, 2015 by Ewan Spence

Eil Hodapp edits an interview with a producer behind many of the well-known ‘free to play’ mobile games on just how much you give up for a free download to play games like Candy Crush, Clash of Clans, and pretty much anything with an in-app purchase. Even users who don�t really use Facebook or fill it with �fake� data actually tell us a lot. You might not use Facebook, but your connections give you away. If you play with friends, or you have a significant other who plays, we can see the same IP address, and learn who you are

There’s McGames In Them There Hills

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Ewan Spence

Brian Baglow�brings together a comprehensive list of games published by Scottish companies during 2014.�Naturally it includes Grand Theft Auto 5, but there are another eighty-four gems to explore via the Scottish Games Network.

Taking a week to solve a Rubik’s Cube

Posted on January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 by Ewan Spence

Admittedly the cube is 17×17, so it’s slightly larger than your standard 3×3, but the edited highlights with commentary�show the power of�the human spirit, and the time-lapse is strangely hypnotic.

70 yes/no questions to the No Man’s Sky development team

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Ewan Spence

Possibly because it was�pitched as a PS4-only game, the hype passed me by. I’m all caught up now – thanks to Paul Tassi’s profile, and this interview with the lead developer from Game Informer. Damn, if this is as good as it looks, i might have to succumb and get a PS4.

Shut up, it’s not a ZX Spectrum

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Ewan Spence

Lots of easy headlines from the tabloids for a crowd funding�project that�runs a ZX Spectrum emulator inside a joypad that looks a bit like a ZX spectrum if you removed all the keys, the programming language, the I/O ports, the edge connector, and Fantasy World Dizzt. It’s not a ZX�Spectrum. It’s a console.�And you can say ‘Bah Humbug’ all you like.

Rovio reaches out to social media for Angry Brids levels as staff count is reduced

Posted on October 6, 2014October 6, 2014 by Ewan Spence

Let’s play join the dots. Firstly, Rovio costs 16% of the workforce, announced on October 2nd: Unfortunately, we also need to consider possible employee reductions of a maximum of 130 people in Finland (approximately 16% of workforce). Secondly, on October 4th Rovio launch a social media campaign asking the world to create new levels for their hit (only?) franchise Angry Birds Want to help design a level in the Number 1 app of all time? Want millions of people across the world play it? Well this is YOUR chance to�#MakeTheNextLevel! …Send us your ideas as sketches, paintings or photos by