With devices like the VR Headset and the Oculus Rift Headset quietly edging their way onto the commercial tech scene, what does the near future hold for virtual reality? ‘Virtual reality’ is one of those funny terms that can’t help but sound futuristic. Like hover cars and teleporters, it has long since formed a part…
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Merry Christmas from GirlGamers
Wishing every girl gamer out there, a very Merry Christmas. We hope you get all the games you want this Christmas and get time to play them during this festive, family holiday. Let us know in the comments what lovely gaming themed items you’ve received this Christmas!
Good Night at the BAFTA’s for Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain won 3 awards last night. There were other winners but I am going to focus on this one as I have played it twice and currently started a third. Heavy Rain was written and directed by Quantic Dream’s chief executive, David De Gruttola. Heavy Rain is an interactive game and you control the…
Crysis 2 Leaked
Crysis 2 was scheduled for release on the 22nd of March, but that doesn’t mean anything to people who want a game and will release a game into the gaming world for us heathens to play ahead of time. So a late developement build of Crysis 2 has gone up on certain sites, it includes…
PS3 Firmware 3.56 Includes a “Rootkit”
Well played Sony, you managed to put a root kit into your new firmeware update, that being if we actually updated our console. I myself will be staying on 3.41. It’s been reported that CFW disables your blu-ray play back. Back to the rootkit though their own “rootkit” so to speak, which allows them, being…
Pixel Force Halo Released Today
As promised, Eric Ruth’s highly-anticipated Bungie-inspired demake, Pixel Force Halo, has now arrived! Originally announced back in December, Eric’s Contra-esque platformer is available on PC for free download now. He has also created Left for Dead and DJ Hero in 8bit, which I am sure if you are like me and know how to use…
The Grateful Dead Get A Videogame
I don’t know about y’all but this is the most exciting video game news I have heard in a year. You can tell I like the Grateful Dead already? Well I do, they play music like I play video games, with reckless abandonment and somehow it turns out in a positive light. The surviving band…
Sony Takes Legal Action Against Infamous PS3 Hacker GeoHot
They mean business don’t they, and by they I mean Sony. Geohot has been served papers and the charges include: • 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(2)(C) – Confidential Information On Computer • 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(4) – Intent To Defraud And Obtain Value • 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A) – Knowing Transmission of Code • 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(B) and (C)…
Geohot Releases PS3 Jailbreak for 3.55 Firmware
Happy New Year Sony! Okay maybe not quite. But it is for us Ps3 owners who didn’t fall for the ole update trick or for those of us who did! Geohot, the famous iPhone hacker has done it, he’s broken through firmware 3.55 and posted the code publicy on his website. To jailbreak your console…
The annoyances of being a ‘Girl Gamer’
Since joining up here and interacting with several other girl gamers, I have learnt that I’m not the only female who can sit and play a game for hours on end and enjoy that feeling of accomplishment when you finally finish a game. It’s common knowledge that the gaming industry and all things game…