The first thing I have to point out is that I did not come up with the emoji grid. Wordle, as I built it, got picked up in a New York Times newsletter, and people started playing it, and there… Read More ›
Gaming
Wordle – The App (please give it 1 star)
Wordle – The App is now on the App Store and you can pay a yearly charge to play it. The thing is that the entire idea, design etc has been mimicked to make the game for iOS and so… Read More ›
Nintendo Ring Fit: 18 months later my shoulder is still bust
Despite following every instruction and using an easy setting I noticed some pain in my left shoulder / top of my arm and so I stopped for a few days. The trick for any pain is to avoid exercising the… Read More ›
Thoughts on the Oculus 2
Also, just having stereo speakers near your ears vs PS4 VR’s ear buds felt much more real – albeit at the cost of annoying anyone in the vicinity. Which is similar to one of the few drawbacks of the Oculus… Read More ›
BBC Micro Elite source code
It covers the original BBC Micro cassette version, the enhanced BBC Micro disc version, the super-fast 6502 Second Processor version, the flicker-free BBC Master version and the cut-down Acorn Electron version, all of which were written by Ian Bell and… Read More ›
Amazon Basics Gaming Computer Desk
Amazon Basics Gaming Computer Desk with Storage for Controller, Headphone & Speaker – Red. More here. Good price and perfect for many a teenager. Sadly my kids are too old for this and I haven’t got a console, but this… Read More ›
The Mystery Hour Board Game review: it could save your Christmas
I listen to James O’Brien on LBC most days and truth be told he has really helped me through the pandemic while I have had to work from home. It helps that my leanings in politics, culture and seemingly in… Read More ›
Is Apple making a Switch style gaming console?
A new report by iDropNews claims that Apple is developing a new Nintendo Switch-style hybrid game console is being developed by Apple. The claim comes in an article that also says Apple is designing a revamped Apple TV. However, the… Read More ›
The slow death of the retail game store, and everything else
When I was a kid, buying video games was an incredibly stressful process. In the late ’80s, I was too young to buy magazines to find out what games deserved my hard-earned pocket-money. So, in an experience all too familiar… Read More ›
Consoles of the ’70s
As the first home console ever, the Odyssey ran on batteries and games came on removable circuit cards, not cartridges. The Odyssey tragically lacked sound capability, but that was later rectified. Also looks uncannily like a defibrillator… More here. I… Read More ›
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