Archive for the 'gaming' Category

Nintendo Wii power consumption

I’ve been wondering how much power my Wii takes when sitting there in half-standby mode, so I decided to plug in my power meter and find out.

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Bloxorz: annoying yet addictive

Bloxorz is an annoyingly catchy Flash game involving moving a big block around, but with some ingenious twists which makes it both addictive and frustrating.

It’s too wide to fit in the homepage column, so hit up the “Continue reading…” link to play…
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Desktop Tower Defence - annoyingly addictive

I discovered Desktop Tower Defence yesterday. This game is simple but catchy, and keeps you trying again to beat your score.
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Remember these controllers?

Okay, here’s a trip down Memory Lane… Sock Master’s Video Game Controller Family Tree is a history of game controller evolution through time, showing all the main consoles and where they borrowed ideas from etc. An interesting read, and makes me want to dig out my SNES :)



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