Category: Tech

Tech news stories that caught our attention or imagination.

Daily Thought: Is the Nintendo 3ds a smart direction?

Yesterday in Platforms we showed footage of nintendo’s new design prototype, the “3ds”, which is a pre- announcement announcement. The concept behind this is a 3 dimentional image inside the screen that will track your head allowing image rotation, etc.. This got me thinking.. Is this really practical? The design at this stage still remains …

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Nintendo 3DS 3D demonstrated – Neat!

Today on the Geek Actually Podcast we talked about the upcoming Nintendo 3DS, the 3d version of the DS. We showed a demonstration on the live show so I thought I’d better put a link up here for our audio listeners. It is a pretty neat demonstration, I have an awful feeling it might be …

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Bioshocked too?

Whenever there is a commercial and critical hit in the gaming world, it seems like only a matter of time before we can expect a sequel. Developers Irrational Games’ ‘Bioshock’ was one such hit, praised for its brilliantly atmospheric environments, engaging story and variety of action and gameplay, and as expected, the developers (2k Marin, …

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Michael Atkinson falls on his own sword and resigns from the front bench

Many weeks ago on a Geek Actually Podcast episode I said that we needed patience and sooner or later Michael Atkinson, the South Australian Attorney-General, would either be voted out or give up the fight. I was ridiculed by the chat room, they said that he was in a safe seat and he would be …

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Google is leaving China in April

Well, we have been covering this for a few weeks on Geek Actually Tech and now it would seem that it is official, Google is leaving China. On last weeks show we reported that Google was about 99.9% sure it was going to leave china and now the Chinese media has made an announcement that …

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Help Support an R18+ Rating for Games – Here’s How

Our friends over at PALGN are running a campaign (in conjunction with Game – the gaming retail stores) to help usher in an R18+ rating for games. If you have been living under a rock and don’t know what this is all about, click here or here to learn more. Many retailers and sites are …

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