Experimental Sound Interactions with SoundSelf A while ago, I had the chance to play sound designer Robin Arnott’s previous game / sound / artwork, Deep Sea. Arnott’s new project, SoundSelf, also plays with sound and interaction. Mostly simply described, a player uses their voice to create hypnotic visuals, but that’s just the beginning of the…
Apple has filed a patent that describes a wraparound display on a phone fully encased in glass. This could be the next iPhone. Foldable Screen – Transparent Body AppleInsider reported last week about this new patent – “In a patent filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, Apple describes a…
If you feel that these top 5 geek habits describe you, then welcome to the club! You are not alone – we get what you mean. As Geeks, we consider ourselves a rare breed of species. As such, we also come with rare geek habits others may find annoying. Geek habits that only other Geeks…
A mind-boggling 4 Gigapixel panorama image of the surface of Mars has been created by stitching together another mind-boggling 407 photos of the red planet. Thanks to NASA’s robotic rover – Curiosity – we earthlings have been getting to see a lot more of Mars recently. Andrew Bodrov, however, made it more interesting. Petapixel put…
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Acer Iconia W7 Windows 8 Tablet PC is slim, sleek and sexy. You might think it only runs on Windows 8 RT only, but it actually comes with Core i3 CPU, 64GB SSD, and 4GB RAM. It also supports Microsoft’s latest Operating System. I won’t say that the Tablet PC is perfect, it does have…
In just 3 days Facebook will reveal its “new home on Android”, as we previously reported. There have been numerous reports that this event will be about a new Facebook phone but The Wall Street Journal has something completely different to say. According to the paper, this event will focus more on a new app…
If you are a fan (and avid gamer) of WoW, then this is the post for you. The top 5 interface mods for World of Warcraft, will make things much easier and simple for old gamers and new gamers alike. World of Warcraft has been around for almost 9 years now and still, there is…
Google has updated its Google Translate app for Android, and has added support for offline language translation. It is now able to translate up to 50 languages without having to connect to the internet. The app now offers offline language packs for up to 50 languages including Arabic, Chinese, Spanish and French. Users can select…
There’s a lot of discussion, particularly among those of us who spend our days thinking about games, about what really constitutes an indie game. So when my Geek co-writer Mohseen Lala asked me what makes an indie game, I couldn’t just give a short answer. No publisher This is the most basic tenet of independent…
Facebook has sent out invites for an event at their headquarters to be held on April 4th. Facebook plans to showcase its ‘new home on Android’ next week at 10:00AM Pacific Standard Time. A Phone ? There have been a lot of rumors flying around for some time now (ever since the Graph Search launch)…
Android devices are tempting, aren’t they? Not only for me of course; I admit to being a self-proclaimed Android lover anyway. Recently, I got a hold of a Nexus 4, and now its time for a quick review. Let’s take a look at what the smartphone has to offer, what I liked about the Nexus…
Cue the coffee machines and pull the plastic from over the baked goods because we finally have quite the crowd here at Geeks Anonymous. Sounds a bit twisted, but I am happy to see all the new faces share my addiction. It so happens we are never short of a supply because the tech news…
After considerable thought I purchased the Samsung Chromebook, looking for something light, easy and portable. Although, I knew the limitations, I didn’t realize how limiting they would actually feel. I said I wanted the Chromebook as a writing device, but I’ll admit, I really just wanted to see it in action. You hear a lot of stuff…
“Booker, are you afraid of God?” “No, but I’m afraid of you.” And so begins one of the greatest games I have ever played. Revolutionary. Game-changing. Magnificent. Extraordinary. I run out of superlatives trying to sum up exactly what Bioshock Infinite has managed to achieve. More than anything, I think, Bioshock Infinite is an important game…