They’re intimately familiar questions to most of us: do violent games cause real-world violence? Are video games linked to behavioral problems? Is gaming harmful to children? And last, but certainly not least: should violent games be regulated, censored, or banned? These questions all culminate in another, far more pressing question: what’s all this jazz really about?…
Audio company Beats Audio may be wanting to to buy back HTC’s stake in the company in the near future, according to a report. HTC currently owns a 25% stake in Beats Audio and supplies all its handsets with Beats Audio branding. Beats Looking to Buy Back HTC Stake The Wall Street Journal is reporting…
Nokia might be entering the phablet market with a new rumored device – the Nokia Bandit. The device is said to be launching this year, and should sport a mammoth 6 inch screen. Nokia Bandit To Have Gigantic Display The Verge has been tipped off by sources that the Finnish manufacturer is testing a 6…
Bilzzard finally announced a new expansion for Diablo 3 at GamesCom 2013. Though they didn’t announce any release date for the new content, they did talk about what would be included. Players will be treated to new areas, class content, and villains. If there was ever a reason to boot your Diablo 3 back up,…
SteelSeries announced another heavy contender in it’s headset line up at GamesCom in Germany. The newest addition takes it’s place in the already stellar Siberia (maybe they should have premiered it in Russia?) line-up of products. The SteelSeries Siberia Elite Headset looks like another awesome gadget that is tempting for any gamer to add to…
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Google’s Chromecast is marketed as “the easiest way to enjoy online video and music on your TV.” So the question is: is it? Many people today don’t own the new smart TVs that Sony, Panasonic and LG are putting out, so Google came up with a brilliant idea. Most TVs, smart or not, do come…
Wildstar is a spectacular up and comer in the MMO department and if you know me at all, I’m pretty pumped about it! We’ve heard nothing but good things out of Carbine Studios’ baby, so it’s only natural that we expected a good, solid business model when it was to be unveiled. I’m one of…
Every now and then, I stumble upon a simple gadget and wonder why someone didn’t come up with it sooner. This week, I had the chance to review a ‘Klingg’; an ingenious device advertised as a “wearable magnetic earphone cord holder”. Features In an effort to test out all of the advertised features of the…
Summoners, prepare you wallets. Riot has announced the next event to hit Summoner’s Rift… Zigg’s Pool Party. Despite Summer nearly being over (it never truly began here in Britain) the League of Legends homepage featured this little tease into the event: “Summer’s come to Valoran, and Ziggs, duke of demolition, is throwing a blast of a pool…
If you are looking to upgrade your 360 titles to Xbox One, then Amazon might have a deal just for you. That is, as long as you want to upgrade a very specific group of games. Amazon Offers Trade Up Deal For Select Titles A new deal from the online mega-store that is Amazon would…
Microsoft have said a lot of things, since revealing the Xbox One. None of those things have seemed to thrill most of the Interwebverse (which is what the Universe would be if it was made of the Internet and spiders). That is, until now- Fable Legends is coming exclusively to Xbox One. Fable Legends Exclusive…
This week, our host Frederick Johnson II conducts an in-depth, exclusive interview with PopCap Game’s Lead Designer, Mohan Rajagopalan. right here on HotKey: The Official Podcast of Geek Insider. Frederick and the Comrades in Geekdom also cover the week’s geekiness, including: EverQuest:Next, Elder Scrolls, Nintendo Lawsuits and much, much more! Host: Frederick Johnson II Producer:…
So, I should start out with a confession: I write a lot of reviews about video games, but up until two years ago, I had zero interest in them. Sure, I played the occasional game here and there as a kid. I had a Sega. I loved Bubsy and Sonic the Hedgehog. When I received…
We’re living in troubling times, folks. Cyber-criminals are getting smarter, and the methods we’ve got to combat them simply aren’t evolving quickly enough to keep up. The ever-increasing instance and severity of breaches we’ve been seeing of late should be evidence enough of that. Everything from Facebook to Google to Washington State itself has been…