Christmas is over, and so is New Year’s Day. But there’s one special day coming up, and that’s Valentine’s Day. So what do you get for a loved-one who is a geek, video game nerd or an otaku. Fret not, here’s a list that should cover the bases: Books The Encyclopedia of Game.Machines (1972-2012) – [...]

For many of us, the history of digital games begins with the quaint – and visually crisp – visit to Pong. It is the “amusement” that revitalized the arcades of the 1970s, as teenagers accustomed to pinball and perhaps the paper Dungeons & Dragons marveled at the vector dynamics of this first-in-class digital wonder. (Note [...]

Will you be in London in October 2012? If that’s a yes, you are in luck as the 2012 London Games Festival will be held from the 27th September to 28th October. For those who are not familiar with this month long event, it’s a celebration of gaming culture, not surprising given that the UK [...]

I was at the bookstore earlier this evening picking up a copy of Runners World (yeah, I run, check out my fledgling running blog at kakilari.com) when I stopped to look at the video games magazine section. It got me thinking how long has it been since I last bought a video games mag…it was [...]

I’ve been involved in building customer relationship management software for the timeshare (the holiday kind of timeshare, not the computing kind) industry, and one of the key components for any client would be a loyalty program. So imagine my surprise when I found a press release in my inbox concerning GAMINSIDE. Founded by Thomas Aigner [...]

When my mum returned from the UK many years ago, she brought back plenty of books. One of the books was Richard Adams’ Watership Down. If you haven’t read it already, it’s an amazing book, bringing the story of a warren of rabbits to life into a tale that features heroism primarily with plenty of [...]

If you are reading this blog and you are not yet on Raptr, you might do well to check out the world’s leading social network for gamers. Raptr now has more than 10 million registered users, including more than one million daily active users (including yours truly, check me out over here: http://raptr.com/jasonlwz)  Raptr provides [...]

Youtube user (that would mean content provider), animator, special FX artist and from the looks of it, avid Konami fan, rickonami has done up some really cool remakes of intros to Castlevania, Gradius 2 and Gradius 3, among other games. He has also come up with the following Mech Fight space battle animation, which I [...]

Cedemo has released a free app for both the iPhone and Android phones that will help video game shoppers learn about games that they’re checking out on store shelves. This barcode scanning app makes use of Cedemo’s vast database of game assets and this should be really helpful when it comes to Black Friday bargain [...]

The Play-Asia sale is back, and you know what that means?! Called the Summer Barbecue Sale, thousands of hot products, including  video games, consoles, toys, music CDs and movies are now available at hot discounts! Here’s your chance to grab those Japanese exclusives at low prices and also stand a chance in winning Play-Asia’s store [...]