-
Gaming
-
Xbox Live: Great for gamers, but unnecessary for everyone else
29 Mar 2013 by Bethaney Wallace
For the gamers out there, the thought of one of their most beloved gaming systems being unnecessary (gasp) is a virtual slap in the face. It’s easily accessible, relatively inexpensive, and opens our TVs up to the world of the internet. But when not playing video games, how much does Xbox Live’s capabilities really have to offer us? Despite the constant access to play your friends at weapon-to...
-
Why Nintendo must “up their game”
30 Jan 2013 by Benny Taylor
I’m a huge Nintendo fan, and have been since the 1980s. Nintendo gaming has given me an abundance of wonderful memories: from my first race on Super Mario Kart on the SNES, via Mario’s groundbreaking first 3D outing on the Nintendo 64, to the wow-factor of swinging a virtual tennis racket using the Wii Remote. I’m remained fiercely loyal to Nintendo over the years, and despite occasional fli...
-
Game Review: Hundreds, a puzzle game with some new tricks
25 Jan 2013 by Chris Dodds
Puzzle games are delicate creatures. They require a careful balance of difficulty: too easy and players get bored, too hard and players get frustrated. To grab the largest audience possible, most puzzle games steer towards “too easy”. Partly because the tuning is difficult, it’s rare to see new puzzle concepts (the other big reason is that designing puzzles is difficult in general). Develope...
-
My first month with the Nintendo Wii U
21 Jan 2013 by Benny Taylor / 1 Comment
The launch day for the new Nintendo Wii U saw my wife and I rush out to buy one like excited children. As committed Nintendo fans we had waited eagerly for our chance, and we were lucky enough to find one in the first shop we visited. With time off work booked in advance, specifically for this moment, we drove quickly home to get started. This article discusses our first month with the new console...
-
Game review: Jamestown, an arcade shooter for the modern age
11 Jan 2013 by Chris Dodds
The recent explosion of indie game development has produced a ton of amazing games and has revived several older game styles like the side-scrolling platformer (VVVVV and Braid being good examples). Unfortunately, those of us who were fans of arcade shooters like R-Type and Raiden have been left mostly in the cold. Jamestown:Legend of the Lost Colony, an arcade-style shooter from Final Form Games,...
-
Sony patent signposts the end of previously-owned video games
10 Jan 2013 by Dave Parrack
It’s no great secret that developers and publishers in the video game industry would like to see an end to the used games market. The reasons for this are obvious: while everybody gets paid when a game is bought brand new, no one involved in the process of actually making the games get paid when it’s bought and sold for a second time. However, there are several reasons why a healthy us...
-
Game review: Bastion comes to iOS, and brings style with it
03 Jan 2013 by Chris Dodds
I’m always worried when developers port their games from the original platform to a new one. Console to PC, PC to Mac, console to mobile; whatever the case, the results usually suck (especially Mac ports). The new platform rarely gets the same support or attention as the original, and the ported game usually runs much slower because it’s running through some sort of emulator like Wine or DOSbo...
-
Get curious and play the mobile game Curiosity
26 Dec 2012 by Kevin Ivanca
Curiosity is not your average mobile game. It doesn’t tell you to knock down forts built by pigs, it doesn’t ask you to draw something, and it definitely doesn’t ask you to harvest a field. No, all that Curiosity asks is for you to answer one simple question: What’s inside the cube? This simplistic, mysterious game idea was conceived by the developer group 22Cans and the w...
-
Game review: Zombie Tsunami puts you in charge of the zombie horde
14 Dec 2012 by Chris Dodds
Of all the benefits that technology has gifted us, an excuse to ignore our families during the holidays is perhaps the greatest. Historically, we relied on the warmth and cheer *cough* of our families and friends to get us through the cold winter season. But no more! Now we can bask in the warm glow of our LCD screen of choice, while huddling alone in a dark corner. This holiday season, I’ve...
-
Holiday Gift Guide 2012: What the Kids Want Edition
12 Dec 2012 by Kevin Ivanca
Sometimes, kids can be the worst people to buy for. Because of their constant exposure to the media and marketing, their desires and wants change from one fad to another almost instantaneously and always at the most inopportune time. Of course, one can always go the route of buying them clothes (they grow up so fast, don’t they?), but before one resorts to this consider these “kid ...
-
-
Get Techerator in Your Inbox
Techerator Staff
Evan Wondrasek Founder, Editor-in-Chief
Dustin Patterson Co-founder, Editor
Kevin Schulte Editor
Derek Johnson Contributor
Kevin Ivanca Contributor
Bryant Sombke Contributor
Andrew Kalinchuk Contributor
Sophronis Mantoles Contributor
Dave Parrack Contributor
Carl Natale Contributor
Benny Taylor Contributor
David GitongaContributor
Scott EntwistleContributor
Donny YankellowContributor
George MonroyContributor
Jen IrelandContributor
Chris DoddsContributor
Twitter
RSS
Emailhttp://www.techerator.com/wp-content/themes/magpress
