I’ve had the opportunity to try out SlinkLink recently and have been evangelizing it to my colleagues simply because… well… it just works, exceedingly well. I will also be getting my grubby paws upon some similar devices from Solwise for comparison and compatibility testing. The general idea behind SlingLink, which uses the standardized HomePlug technology, [...]
Archive for September, 2008
SlingLink and HomePlug Network Over Power
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Game UK Xbox 360 Bundles
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Well my prediction of a £119.99 Xbox 360 Arcade price tag at Play.com has yet to come to fruition, however Game.co.uk have some pretty good deals including a free copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed bundled with an Arcade system at £129.99.
Gadgetoid Hi-Fi Review Coverage
Monday, September 22nd, 2008At Gadgetoid we try our best to focus on as wide a range of technology as possible. We’ve had Rob on the sidelines for a while, and reported Hi-Fi news every now and then, but it’s time to take things a little further. Rob will be stepping up and putting his Hi-Fi experience to good [...]
Baroque – Wii
Saturday, September 20th, 2008Baroque, Developed by Sting Entertainment and published by Rising Star Games, was originally released on the Sega Saturn back in 1999, but has been updated and re-released for the Wii and PS2. Suitable for ages 12 and up, get ready to get Emo! Close the curtains; part the side fringe and stop smiling… we’re about [...]
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed – Xbox 360
Friday, September 19th, 2008Review by Johnus Maximus The long anticipated new Star Wars title from LucasArts has finally arrived. Assuming the role of Darth Vaders secret apprentice, this third-person platform/adventure game fills some of the plot gap between the third and fourth films and will see you unleashing the power of the force like never before Released on [...]
TNA iMPACT! – Xbox 360
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Review by Johnus Maximus TNA iMPACT! Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is the first, exclusive video game representation of popular weekly “sports entertainment” tv show TNA iMPACT!. It was released on the 12th of September 2008 and is also available on PS3, PS2 and Wii. Developed by Midway Studios Los Angeles and published by Midway Games, [...]
Rockin’ The SteelSeries SL Mouse Mat
Thursday, September 18th, 2008I was a non-believer when it came to gaming-grade mousing services. Recently, however, I noticed the SteelSeries Ikari (which has become my mouse of choice) takes a certain degree of pressure before it will move on the surface of my desk. This meant that trying to move the mouse a single pixel (which I have [...]
Creative X-Fi Notebook Sound Card And Wireless Receiver
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Notebooks are quickly coming around to the wonders of high fidelity audio output, with Optical Digital/Analogue combination jacks prevalent at the moment and, with gaming on laptops being an absurd pipe dream, no real clear need for anything much better than cheap and cheerful integrated audio. Creative have other plans, however, in the form of [...]
Xbox 360 Price Drop Official
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008Coming in just days after rumors that the UK store Woolworths would be offering the Xbox 360 console starting at just £129.99, Microsoft have officially announced their new, lower prices for all three currently available SKUs starting Friday, the 19th of September . The new prices start at £129.99, unsurprisingly, for the Arcade, £169.99 for [...]
Tangent UNO FM Radio
Monday, September 15th, 2008If DAB reception is terrible in your house and you can make do with good old fashioned FM radio but want to do it with style then the Tangent UNO is… well… beautiful.