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 [...]

The Organization Committee for the Milthon 2010 European Game Awards have announced the President of the 4th Milthon awards as well as nominees officially selected for the various categories in the competition. The ceremony rewards the European video game studios for their artwork quality, during the grand opening of the 5th Paris Game Festival. The [...]

When I was a kid I used to scribble cheat codes or notes regarding a game that I’m playing on any piece of paper I can find since writing on the table was definitely a no-no and exercise books were meant for school. While those scribbles may be long gone, I was checking out an [...]

I found out that one of my favourite radio stations, BFM 89.9 The Business Station, has done video game related interviews, and it’s not just some Tom, Dick or Harry, but people like Jonathan Wendel (a.k.a Fatal1ty), Lukasz Kukawski (GOG.com), and many more. The best part is, these are all available as podcasts on their [...]