May 25, 2011
Are you too productive working on your computer? Good news! Angry Birds is now available on every computer, so you’ll never actually work again. Or, at least, never be able to. That’s right, the infamously addictive iPhone game is now free to use on every computer. The new Angry Birds web app is technically for Google Chrome, but if you know what you’re doing, you can get it working on most modern browsers.
May 19, 2011
Continuing the tradition of tirelessly hunting down quality free timewasters, today we’re highlighting some great free to play online games. If you spend much of your time in-game, casting spells or crouching to avoid a shower of bullets we’ve got you covered in this article. All of the games listed are free to download and play.
May 5, 2011
Football games generally require management, a fair understanding of the game or some impressive reaction times. Star Player is slightly different, and plays out in real time alongside the football match you’re watching. Heineken calls it “dual screening” – sitting in front of the TV, watching the match and fiddling with your mobile.
May 4, 2011
It’s been a tough week for Sony. As if it wasn’t bad enough that the Playstation Network was hacked last week, Sony Online Entertainment users have fallen prey to a similar attack. The personal information of almost 25 million users has been compromised, making for a total of almost 100 million very angry customers.
April 27, 2011
If you’re one of the 77 million registered users on Sony’s PlayStation Network, your personal and confidential information may have been compromised during a security breach. According to Sony, they discovered an intrusion, and shut down their PlayStation Network services on the evening of April 20. They waited days before announcing the reason behind what appeared to be a network failure.
April 25, 2011
HTML5 signifies the evolution of markup language as we know it. Flash games were once the norm when it came to browser-based entertainment, but now thanks to the powerful nature of HTML5 many web applications, streaming services and games are taking advantage of the new bells and whistles.
April 20, 2011
Children’s games often try to both educate and entertain but sometimes can miss the mark completely. Console games aren’t exactly cheap, and you’re not always guaranteed a playable demo before you commit to purchase. Bin Weevils is a free, somewhat massively multiplayer children’s game that uses Adobe Flash to run a virtual world in your web browser.
April 18, 2011
Since the passing of the Dreamcast, Sega is a company that has had to adapt to survive. No longer able to compete in the hardware market, Sonic’s forefathers turned their heads solely to the software market. For the first time ever, we saw Sonic on a Nintendo console. Since then Sega has published and developed a multitude of games, and not all of them for the console market. Spiral Knights is aimed solely at PC users.
April 18, 2011
We might not notice them during the usual runs, but thanks to third party web apps or sometimes Google itself, Google’s services get a fun face. Some of the five fun tools mentioned below have some practical use too. But you can ignore the uses and just go and have some casual fun instead.
April 4, 2011
Digital education is not only about learning how to program or use a software; it’s also a lot about knowing the who the villain among the bits and bytes could be. With the age of cyber savvy kids on the rise, internet safety is just as important a part of education.
