What does it mean to root your phone? Not to be confused with the Australian definition of rooting, it is the means of gaining privileged control to the Android sub system, with the aim of overcoming limitations placed on devices by carriers and hardware manufacturers. […]
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Following on the theme from last weeks games article (6 Free Portable Retro Games), here is another portable retro remake. Asteroids+Plus from Cubex Digital Entertainment Asteroids+Plus is what Asteroids always wanted to be when it grew up. Utilize an arsenal of weapons and missiles against
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Shlock, horror? I have to ask myself this: why write about a genre that scares the living crap out of me? Well, I suppose in much the same way as I recently wrote about Sex, Nudity and Violence in video games; it’s a theme that’s
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These are all small, lightweight, portable games based on classic oldies. All have been tested and worked fine in Windows 8.1. Free Retro Game #1 – Shootapede This is a simple remake of the classic Atari game Centipede. Shootapede has all the familiar foes vying
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In a move which has incensed loyal fans of the Tomb Raider franchise, Microsoft has concluded a deal with publisher Square Enix, to release Rise of The Tomb Raider exclusively on the Xbox One platform, as announced at GamesCom 2014. To add insult to injury, Darrell
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New King on The Block According to AMD, the Radeon™ R9 295X2 graphics card launched in April 2014, is the world’s fastest, period and here’s why: 11.5 TFLOPS 5632 stream processors Core Clock 1018 MHz 8GB memory 12.4 billion transistors 512-bit memory interface x 2 Dual liquid-cooled
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Developer: Ivory Tower and Ubisoft Reflections Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: Racing, single player/multiplayer Release date : November 2014 Last week I threw my name into the hat to participate in the closed beta of The Crew and this morning received the good news that I’d been accepted
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I had a moment of hesitation when coming up with a title for this topic, because violence in itself is a very broad concept in the real world and manifests itself in so many different ways. Video games have a long history of pushing the boundaries
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Whatever you decide, then the choice of computer cases available today is mind blowing. Horizontal motherboard Take the Deepcool Steam Castle pictured above as an example of thinking out of the box. This case is so cute you almost want to cuddle it and take it home
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Developer: Monolith Productions Publisher: Fox Interactive Date released: November 2000 Some games are so memorable that they never really go away and this game is one of those. Fondly remembered for all the right reasons, NOLF is a masterpiece of the spoof spy genre; think
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Battlefield 4 – The Review Publisher : Electronic Arts Developer : EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) Review Platform : PC The Battlefield series kicked off in 2002 with Battlefield 1942 and has a huge following of dedicated fans who have followed the game right up to BF4‘s
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A superlative remake of one of the most important games ever made. We should applaud an excellent work made for free by fans of the original game. A free game that lets you relive Half-Life without having to stomach outdated visuals. Essential to every gamer.
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Sex, Lies, and Video Games (Warning: This article may contain spoilers) Titillate me I was prompted to open my eyes about sex in video games when I played Far Cry 3 and reached the by now infamous scene, where sultry jungle queen Citra, drugs Jason (you)
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Floating Point is a free, peaceful game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. In the air, you’re fighting gravity. When you splash down beneath the water, you’re fighting your own buoyancy to swing yourself further into the depths.
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