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Razer Orbweaver review: elite gaming, at a price

By Wiehahn Diederichs
05.13.13 | No Comments

The Orbweaver is the latest gaming pad released by Razer. It is a specialised piece of gaming equipment that I suspect will only attract a select few of the most hardcore gamers. With all the specialised gaming gear available presently, I think many gamers would see this as an unnecessary ...

Tags: Games, Orbweaver, Razer, review
10 films that would make incredible games

By Wiehahn Diederichs
05.10.13 | No Comments

If you’re reading this post, chances are you are a big fan of both video games and films. When I was doing research for this article I found that many of my favourite films already have a game version but most of them simply suck. They were either rushed through ...

Tags: film to games, Films, Games, list
Half Life 2 ages gracefully, gains Oculus Rift VR support

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
05.10.13 | 2 Comments

Half Life 2, undoubtedly the finest first person shooter of all time, is the latest game to receive support from the Oculus Rift VR headset. The Oculus Rift developer forums posted this update Thursday evening. We just shipped a beta for Half-Life 2 that includes Oculus Rift support. To get it, ...

Tags: Games, half life 2, Oculus Rift, pc, VR
‘Remember Me’ preview: an unforgettable inception

By Pippa Tshabalala
05.03.13 | No Comments

It's not often that you come across a game that offers such a unique mix of combat, exploration, stealth and I kid you not, a really interesting storyline. I was fortunate enough to be able to play through a pre-release segment of Remember Me, the newest title by Capcom and Dontnod ...

Tags: Games, hands-on, preview, PS3, remember me
6 classic games that deserve a remake

By Wiehahn Diederichs
04.29.13 | No Comments

Games play a crucial part in our lives, allowing us to explore parts of the world, and snippets of our imagination that would otherwise be unreachable. The classics live on forever in our brains though as cherished memories, as titles that are flawless. Even the best of the best age ...

Tags: classics, Games, list, pc, remade
CryEngine 3 pushes the limits in this almost photorealistic demo

By Staff Reporter
04.24.13 | No Comments

French firm ENODO designed this incredible video of urban life by using CryEngine 3, software used to create games such as Crysis 3. ENODO doesn’t seem to keen on actually creating a workable game from this demo, judging by its YouTube description: "Enodo bridges two worlds, with only one purpose: ...

Tags: cryengine 3, DEMO, Games, realtime
10 games that deserve to be made into films

By Wiehahn Diederichs
04.23.13 | 9 Comments

If there are two things I love, it's games and stories. Luckily for me, these two aren’t that far apart. Most games feature narratives that admirably compete with my favourite books and movies. Most of the popular games (Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Silent Hill) have already been made into films, ...

Tags: Films, Games, lists, movies
Gaming AI learns Super Mario, could work on any NES game

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
04.15.13 | No Comments

Tom Murphy is a genius. He’s created an AI that can potentially beat any Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) title. Murphy, a CMU PhD student, describes his procedure (which he is calling “Playfun”) as such: The basic idea is to deduce an objective function from a short recording of a player's inputs ...

Tags: AI, Games, NES, super mario
Razer Edge review: a gaming tablet that blows the mind

By Alex Roth
04.11.13 | 3 Comments

When you hear the phrase "tablet gaming," what comes to mind? Angry Birds, Infinity Blade and The Walking Dead games? Well what if we told you that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Batman: Arkham City and Far Cry 3 were now tablet territory? That's the dream being dreamt by the gaming aficionados at Razer. The makers ...

Tags: Games, razer edge, Reviews, Tablets, Windows
This is how you finish the old-school classic ‘Snake’

By Steven Norris: Gearburn Editor
04.10.13 | No Comments

Someone did it. Some mad genius actually beat the Nokia classic Snake. The users time clocks in at the fairly lengthy time of 13 minutes and 7 second. This gif, embedded below, is a sped-up version of the lengthy game of Snake, and uses a fair amount of dodging and ...

Tags: finish, Games, nokia, snake

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