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The Technology of Server-based Slots: More Options, More Protection

The Technology of Server-based Slots: More Options, More Protection

May 19, 2015

Online gaming has influenced a number of industries over the last decade thanks to its range of server-based innovations. One the main beneficiaries in recent years is the slot world. Taking the games to new levels, it’s now possible to win more money, play more games and, importantly, stay safer...

A Trident of Technological Innovations: Step into Gaming

A Trident of Technological Innovations: Step into Gaming

May 18, 2015

The next generation of computer gaming is already here, according to technology experts. Thanks to virtual reality headsets such as Oculus Rift and biofeedback systems, players can now experience games on a whole new level. Indeed, one of the standout computer games of the last few years is the Steam...

Things to know when upgrading to MLB 15 The Show on PlayStation Vita

Things to know when upgrading to MLB 15 The Show on PlayStation Vita

Apr 3, 2015

For those upgrading from MLB 14 The Show to MLB 15 The Show on Sony’s PlayStation Vita, I thought I would share a few of the gotchas I experienced so you can avoid them. First off, I had the digital version of MLB 14 The Show on my Vita on...

Nintendo to make smartphone games, finally acknowledges they’re in the videogame business

Nintendo to make smartphone games, finally acknowledges they’re in the videogame business

Mar 17, 2015

There’s an oft-repeated quote, “Railroads thought they were in the railroad business. They didn’t realize they were in the transportation business.” In its simplest interpretation, this means that the delivery mechanism should never take precedence over the bigger picture. Once Nintendo started the transition in 1983 from primarily arcade machines...

Hemingwrite Kickstarter and the promise of distraction-free writing

Hemingwrite Kickstarter and the promise of distraction-free writing

Dec 11, 2014

As a professional writer, the new Hemingwrite Kickstarter certainly caught my eye. Its tagline is “A Distraction Free Digital Typewriter,” which certainly has its appeal. I can speak from both my own personal and extended social experiences with fellow writers that the collective we often like to romanticize the concept of...

A quick look back on the Sony PlayStation’s 20th Anniversary

A quick look back on the Sony PlayStation’s 20th Anniversary

Dec 7, 2014

Inspired by my colleague’s video of his thoughts on the Sony PlayStation‘s 20th anniversary, I thought I would share my own remembrances. The original PlayStation console was released on December 3, 1994, in Japan, and in the US on September 9, 1995. While it was on the latter date that I...

The design of the Nintendo 3DS was rendered back in 1983!

The design of the Nintendo 3DS was rendered back in 1983!

Dec 3, 2014

Thanks to Kris Pyrz in the Facebook Group, I Am a Classic Videogamer, for the heads-up on a rendering of Palmtex’s PVS handheld videogame system in the May 1983 issue of Video Game magazine. Here’s what the bottom half of page 10 of that issue looks like: To say the...

A successful move back to iPhone from Android!

A successful move back to iPhone from Android!

Nov 18, 2014

I’m happy to report that – at least based on the early going – my transition back to the iPhone from Android is a resounding success. While I’ve only had the iPhone 6 Plus for effectively three days, I’ve been able to do every possible real world test that I...

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