Archive for October, 2009

Gender-bending now a bannable offense – In China

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Posted by: Jaradcel from www.gx.com.sg

Big Brother is watching you, and he’s now making sure you don’t lie (or live out your fantasies or… whatever) in MMO’s. China MMO company Aurora Technology has announced that players will now have to create and play characters based strictly on their real-life sex in the MMO game King of the World.
How do they hope to enforce the law? You’ll have to get yourself ID’ed with a webcam shot of yourself while playing. Apparently, this news is almost a month old now, but has only recently come to our attention as well. Oddly enough, according to GamesPolitics.com, the ruling only seems to be aimed at men who play as women, but not vice versa.

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Cab Drivers watching TV on-the-Go…

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

You know, we’ve made plenty of jokes about the DMB mobile TV functionality found in seemingly every GPS unit released in South Korea, but it looks like taxi drivers in the country take their distractions seriously — serious enough to go to court.

That issue apparently came to a head recently when one cab driver challenged a $500 fine he received for watching TV while on the job, which had apparently become a relatively common means to beat boredom during traffic jams but was banned last year by a local regulation in the city of Seoul. While the court obviously didn’t go so far as to condone the practice (watching TV while driving was apparently a factor in upwards of 200 accidents in the country last year), it did rule that the regulation in Seoul was illegal because it was based on a 1961 law that’s been superseded. But really? What’s the rush to watch TV when you have to keep your eye on the traffic at all time, regardless of the traffic jams and all?

Source: www.engadget.com

Wink-Management – Masunaga’s Eyesight enhancers

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Masunaga is a Japanese optical company created in 1905, where its staff and management dedicated their life in helping to maintain the best eyesight possible whether or not you are wearing glasses.


And Masunaga’s latest creation is the quite, puzzling Wink Glasses. Thanks to a small and compact mounted display fixed on a pair of Glasses, Masunaga will “force” you to blink or wink regularly, by blurring your vision.

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Who wants to be a Pro Golfer- LG CYON SB210

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

LG latest CYON mobile phone is not your average touchscreen device, no, the SB210 has been designed to help you with your “swing” or at least to give you the most useful information possible for playing golf.

Storing up to 280 different golf courses (New courses will be added and pushed to the mobile) and with the help of its internal GPS and compass, the SB210 will be capable to tell you how many yard you are away from the green, which club your should chooses, this depending of your weight, age and gender.

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What’s inside your gadget: Chuck Norris and shadow animal-puppetry?

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Simply fantastic. The good people at www.gizmodo.com had a Photoshop Contest this week where people had to submit pictures as to how your gadgets really work.

We all know there’s something fishy that makes everything run, and it turns out that thing involves Chuck Norris and animals making shadow puppets… Awesome!

Source: www.gizmodo.com

The Rabbids are Going home!

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

We really wanted more from the Rabbids sequels to Rayman, but seriously this gameplay seems out of this world. Coming to a DS and Wii near you, this game sees the Rabbids trying to reach the moon in an attempt to go home. Why the moon? Well, let us just say that the Rabbids made up their minds to go there as their new ‘conquered’ hometown… Great family fun!

Exteel is the next Mega MMORPG to hit us

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

So if you are a mecha fan, you would definitely want to get your hands on more than just a simple transformer toy or play with those mechanical vehicles that do not come to live, no matter how much you battle them out with your friends. Exteel is perhaps the only MMORPG in Singapore that revolves around robots in an exciting arena that allows constant carnage and destruction of all sorts.

They even have a fanpage on facebook- www.facebook.com/exteel. Do check it out, and before you know it, you would probably be hooked onto this game as well. I know I am!

More DJ Hero Demo Preview!

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Alright, we just thought it such an awesome game, we simply had to rave about it more. DJ Hero… jealousy just can’t be the right word in this context.

Bobcast Episode 4 – DJ Hero Preview & Turntable

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

This week’s episode would be awesome for anyone who has a passing interests in music games.

This week, we will provide a extensive preview into DJ Hero’s game play as well as show off modes such as trashed and mashed where 2 plays rock it out with turntable and guitar.

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GTA: EFLC – Episodes From Liberty City Begins!

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Awesome footage from a great game that captivated many a gamer.

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