Hauppauge have been in the PC-based video capture business for years. With a wide variety of products, they have always provided a device to capture the latest video standards at a consumer-level price point. The software side has tended to be a bit of a mine-field though, and the HD PVR is no exception to this. Hopefully this guide will lessen the pain for anyone who just wants to record some beastly gameplay from their HD games console. Continue reading »
I recently picked up the Black Ops branded Madcatz PrecisionAim Xbox 360 Controller and found the thumbsticks to be very slippery. They don’t feature any rubberised grip at all.
A pack of these did just the trick. Continue reading »
The combination of videogame consoles and headsets has existed ever since the Sega Mega Drive landed in 1989. Bringing alongside its jaw droppingly beautiful 16-Bit graphics was full stereo sound, but only if you plugged in a set of £2.99 headphones from OurPrice. Times have changed, and the £2.99 headset now requires you to move the … Continue reading »
Reports are gathering a pace that the followup to Sony’s third generation of consoles could be shipped as early as next year, and is in fact currently in production……
Not fortunate enough to live in the 10ft x 10ft clear box that is required to play Kinect, neither are we, so Nyko have come up with a little lens adapter that should allow mere mortals to experience what Kinect has to offer without bringing in the furniture removers.
The much rumoured Wii 2/Project Cafe has finally been unveiled and whilst the console itself looks much like a white Xbox 360, the infamous screen controller has been revealed. That’s right, it’s a sodding £200 Etch A Sketch with dual analogue sticks and a couple of buttons. I mean really….. even the Photoshop monkeys would not have dreamt to … Continue reading »
Crumbs! The App store launched these 2 little gems yesterday. Firstly a port of the 1992 side-scroller X-Men, the arcade and then, the slightly more contemporary addition of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Now I haven’t tested either of these first hand but from the looks of it, they’ll both be great if you know what … Continue reading »
PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Amazon to offer its first Android games to the U.S. market, exclusively on the Amazon Appstore for Android during two different two-week periods. As part of the agreement, Chuzzle® will be available beginning tomorrow, May 17th, until May … Continue reading »
It looks like those crazy cats at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, you may have heard of it…..) are working on a new method of creating that glasses-free 3D goodness we all know and love. The word on the internet street is that it’s called HR3d (High Rank 3D) and allows a clearer, brighter and … Continue reading »
Right about the time I finally stopped laughing at the “revelation” that Nintendo’s next foray into the console world would be officially dubbed the Stream (like the truly puerile person that I am), Nintendo themselves finally confirmed what most of the developed world already knew: that they would be unveiling the Wii’s successor at E3. And … Continue reading »
I own a Wii. Problem is, I haven’t turned it on a while. It was fun for a while, and it does honestly have some great exclusive titles on it, especially for anyone who grew up with a SNES. But in a world where people are already starting to look beyond HD, and multi-platform titles … Continue reading »
There are a number of Surround-Sound gaming headset around from the likes of Turtle Beach, Astro and Tritton, however if you want to use them on your console the pickings are slimmer. The excellent wireless X41 from Turtle Beach are probably the best of a batch of “Xbox 360 Ready” headsets – but they are … Continue reading »
Just had a play with one of these. Overall, pretty damn good. Compared to the iPad 2? Faster, more responsive, sleeker, more grown up buttons, proper keyboard with a TAB key, MUCH greater browser functionality (including ‘incognito mode….) equal video and camera capabilities but with the added versatility of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).
WOW!!!!! After waiting for what felt like an eternity, the 3DS finally has arrived. Having decided not to jump into the 3D space until this point, I have been somewhat sceptical of the potential that 3D could bring video games, and entertainment in general. Having sat through Avatar, UP and several other 3D films at … Continue reading »
Nintendo’s latest hand-held video game console – The 3DS – Is about to hit the UK’s shores. So how did we get here? The most important part of the 3DS’ history is Gunpei Yokoi the legendary Nintendo hardware developer who created all of Nintendo’s hand-held up until the ill-conceived Virtual Boy. It is his ethos … Continue reading »
As gaming descends ever closer to the cloud based world of the current generation, I have embarked on the dream of gathering a retro collection. This article is a brief overview of the considerations and thought process I went through when trying to work out what the hell it was that I wanted to collect. … Continue reading »
The following guide will hopefully help others who are plagued by the annoying strict NAT syndrome that used to be standard on all BT Home Hubs. The good news is with a little tinkering this is easily resolved, but still just as frustrating. Software version 8.1.A.E (Type A) 8.1.H.G (Type A) Following this latest firmware … Continue reading »
My Xbox’s DVD Drive has been playing up for a while now. I install all of my games to the hard drive so it is rarely used. However I need to at least read and recognise the disks to be able to start any retail games. For the last month or so I’ve resorted to … Continue reading »
Having recently decided to invest in some additional video capture and editing software, it became apparent that much of the markets leading tools were still stuck in the dark ages, supporting a Windows only environment. A few years ago this may have resulted in yet another device to clutter my now streamlined setup, in one … Continue reading »
Just a quick one to cover a problem I had today setting my Wii up for component 480p video. The image was fine via RGB Scart but the component cable (in either 480p or 576i/480i) was only giving me a green and purple mix of colours. After fiddling around and with a bit of testing … Continue reading »
The Nintendo 3DS was unveiled to the world yesterday, to great fanfare and expectation, in the land of the rising sun. As with many of Nintendo’s key releases, it was expected to take better than a dose of crabs on a teen holiday in Ibiza, and it didn’t disappoint. Selling out in a matter of … Continue reading »
Having launched in November 2010 I thought it was about time I gave my 2 pennies worth for one of the flagship Windows Phone 7 devices, the HTC HD7. Having previously owned and flogged to death the iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS, the HTC Desire and Google Nexus One, I have experienced my fair share … Continue reading »
It will be awesome! Or will it…….. Whilst the home console is removing buttons and dreaming up remote free gaming, the power house NGP (PSP2) has more control inputs and buttons than the pearly King and Queen. Whilst this may cause many problems, Sony have guaranteed that even an under-developed amoeba should find a comfortable … Continue reading »
If you have Guitar Hero branded wireless instruments you may be interested in some rechargeable GH batteries. They definitely work with the Guitar Hero: World Tour Guitars and Drums, the PS2 Kramer and the X360/PS3 Les Paul. The battery should last about 25 hours. These are supposed to be £20 RRP but poundland got some … Continue reading »
