Growing up – the video game industry’s move towards mass appeal

With E3 now over, it’s customary for people to declare one company a “winner” of the show.  However, this year, the winner isn’t Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony, the winner, or winners, are consumers, specifically, “casual” gamers.  If one thing was apparent during this year’s E3, it was that casual games have become big business in [...]

Up, up and away – moving our content into the cloud

As more and more of our digital lives begin to move off the desktop and into the “cloud” that is the Internet, the role of computer companies is starting to drastically change.  What once was stored locally on our personal computers is now being stored thousands of miles away on servers.  Companies like Google are [...]

Why the iPhone/iPod touch isn’t suitable for motion-controlled gaming… yet

After several kinks and a great deal of frustration, the iPhone 3G is finally out, along with the iPhone 2.0 software update.  Along with these two big releases is the equally significant (perhaps even more significant) release of the highly anticipated App Store.  The App Store gives developers an easy and streamlined way to get [...]