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…
The dangers of owning a smart phone has made its way into the news once again. Not long ago we talked about a Galaxy S4 exploding and burning down some poor guys house. This time around it is the iPhone that has turned on its owner. iPhone Kills 23 Year Old Chinese Woman 23 year…
After playing The Walking Dead: The Game and waiting for the agonizing months to pass until the show returns, I heartily welcome anything related to The Walking Dead universe and storylines. Telltale Games’ 400 Days attempts to bridge the gap, providing a collection of short stories that could potentially give us a glimpse of what…
The Xbox 360 controller is touted as possibly the greatest game-pad of all time. Thanks to that impressive status, it became the go to game-pad for PC users to plug into their computers. I mean why not? If there is a controller that is supposed to be literally the best ever crafted, then why wouldn’t…
Ever made a mistake you wish you hadn’t? Of course you have… everyone has. Ever wish you could go back in time and pretend that mistake never happened? Or would you rather learn from that mistake and continue forward, all the wiser? In Braid, a game released back in 2008 by indie developer Jonathan Blow,…
Not buying into the buzz surrounding iOS 7 yet? Here are a few features bound to get you excited about Apple’s latest mobile operating system. Though new killer features have been somewhat lacking in recent builds of Apple’s mobile platform, iOS 7 is already proving to be much more than just a pretty new paint…
Do you know who Samus Aran is? Well, when this Kickstarter is done, you will know who she is. If you already know who Samus Aran is and think more people should know about her, then there’s a Kickstarter you might be interested in. Kickstarter- Metroid: Enemies Within I find that today’s world is increasingly…
Canonical wants to change how we define “mobile” and “desktop” and even “smartphone”, and, you know, they are spot on with their plans—even if they don’t work out this time. As you might have heard, Canonical has launched an Indiegogo campaign to create the Ubuntu Edge “smartphone”, I put the in quotes because this is a…
Hey Mr. Zuckerberg, your Facebook is broken. Facebook Security Risk Left Knocking On Zuckerberg’s Wall You wouldn’t think that someone would have to go directly to the creator of Facebook in order to get a security concern handled. Sadly, that is exactly what Khalil of Palestine was forced to do in order to be taken…
Microsoft and Google continue to haggle over multiple issues. Microsoft has been upset after Google recently blocked access to YouTube on Microsoft’s Windows Phone app because the app apparently violated Google’s Terms of Use. Google Blocks YouTube It all started 2 years ago, when Microsoft criticized Google for not letting it deliver a fully featured…