More Games Opinion

  • 11 May 2010

  • Opinion: Does President Obama hate technology?

    It's time for more Obama drama. Yesterday, in a speech to graduates of Hampton University in Virginia, the US president made comments about the distracting nature of technology, and they've been bouncing around the web ever since.

  • 21 April 2010

  • Opinion: Brain games may do nothing for the brain

    Those brain-training games you've downloaded on to your iPhone or bought for your Nintendo DSi XL may have no actual effect on improving brain function. According to a study conducted by the BBC, printed in Nature magazine [PDF], these grey-matter twisters result in nothing other than entertainment.

  • 25 March 2010

  • Opinion: Pay to play video games with girls

    Attention gamers. Do you often find yourself logging onto your Xbox Live account, only to play video games with your (male) friends or (male) strangers? Do you yearn for the soft caress of a female voice over your Xbox headset?

  • 12 March 2010

  • Opinion: When four cores aren't enough: Intel i7-980X

    Intel has announced its latest Extreme Edition processor, the Core i7-980X. The i7-980X (previously code-named Gulftown) brings Intel's turbo boost and hyperthreading technologies to the 32nm process, and is also Intel's first processor with six physical cores.

  • 22 January 2010

  • Opinion: Does gaming cause rickets? Really?

    Blame too much television, over-liberal SPF-lathering, poor nutritional habits, and video games for a rise in cases of the bone disease rickets, say a pair of Newcastle-based UK researchers.

  • 12 January 2010

  • Opinion: 'Porn king' Ron Jeremy disses video games

    Oh, world-famous pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. Could it be you were simply kidding when you called video games a 'far worse influence' than porn at CES last week?

  • 16 December 2009

  • Opinion: Study: Wii has 'little effect' on family fitness

    If you're thinking of buying a Wii this Christmas for health-related reasons, you may want to think again. A university study tracked eight families for six months to see if Nintendo's motion-driven console would affect their fitness levels, and found that the console "had little effect on family fitness".

  • 10 December 2009

  • Opinion: I've seen the future, and it's the Nintendo DS

    Do you know what the most popular ever games console in the UK is? No? It's the little ol' Nintendo DS. Do you care? 

  • 09 November 2009

  • Opinion: Time to boycott the PC Version of Modern Warfare 2?

    The PC version of Activision's heavily hyped first-person military shooter, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - officially available in less than 24 hours - may go down as one of the most contentious launches in games history. Who would have thought it?

  • 16 October 2009

  • Opinion: Time-Wasting Friday: 6 free online games

    You don't want to do any work on a Friday. Instead, enjoy these six brilliant free online games, ranging from polite sports sims to bloodthirsty shoot-em-ups.

  • 22 September 2009

  • Opinion: Dear Microsoft: more Games for Windows, please

    I want to like Microsoft's Games for Windows. The application costs me nothing and has a sleek, unobtrusive overlay. It consolidates my Windows and Xbox game accounts, lets me access useful services and provides a one-stop shop for updates, downloads and news. Just one thing is missing: games.

  • 08 September 2009

  • Opinion: PS3 Slim outsells Xbox 360 and Wii 3 to 1

    Not one week into its UK sales debut, Sony's re-imagined, slim-sized PlayStation 3 is already enjoying massive sales, up nearly 1,000 percent on standard PS3 sales the week before. The PS3 Slim outsold the Xbox 360 as well as both the Wii and DS Lite by a striking three-to-one ratio.

  • 20 August 2009

  • Opinion: Slim, cut-price PS3 won't save Sony

    Sony has trimmed the size and price of its PlayStation 3 games console, hoping to boost a slumping market with a sexier product. But the announcement follows news that video game sales are rapidly declining, and the PlayStation 3 is at the bottom of the heap.

  • 18 July 2009

  • Opinion: Gadget fossils unearthed

    On a recent excavation, Chris Locke unearthed an amazingly well-preserved fossil of Hilarofustis atarium, commonly referred to as the Atari joystick. This is the most recent "discovery" he has made, but among his Modern Fossils collection you can also spot long-dead boom boxes, aged iPods, obsolete hard drives and ancient phones.

  • 06 June 2009

  • Opinion: Five things I want to know about Microsoft Natal

    At E3 2009, Microsoft blew the media away with Project Natal, a motion-sensing device that allows you to control video games and Xbox 360 menus with your body instead of a peripheral controller. But the demonstration left some crucial unanswered questions about Microsoft Natal and its future under the Xbox brand.

  • 04 June 2009

  • Opinion: Video: Shadow of the Colossus sequel unveiled

    A stunning in-game video of The Last Guardian, the hugely anticipated PS3 sequel to Shadow of the Colossus, has been shown to journalists at the E3 games show.

  • 02 June 2009

  • Opinion: Microsoft's Natal gaming concept wows E3

    The E3 games industry event in Los Angeles always throws up some interesting ideas, but it's pretty unusual for Microsoft to be behind one of the most interesting.

  • 27 May 2009

  • Opinion: Microsoft Zune HD: Will it play games?

    Microsoft's splashy, slightly angular, just-divulged Zune HD will play films, surf the web and pick up digital radio feeds, but all I want to know is whether it will play games. And Microsoft isn't talking... yet.

  • 23 May 2009

  • Opinion: Video games 'more popular than films'

    According to an NPD Group report, 53 percent of US consumers have been to the movies in the last six months, but 63 percent have played a video game.

  • 08 May 2009

  • Opinion: Instant Action: free 3D games for PC and Mac

    Instant Action is that rare site: one that offers free high-end browser-based games for both PC and Mac gamers. These titles offer 3D graphics and a diverse gaming experience. Instant Action offers 3D puzzlers, futuristic first person shooters and tank combat simulators, as well as 2D action games.

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