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In a move that has been greeted on forums and by twitter users across the breadth of the internet as “dumb” and “just stupid”, Apple has pulled all games from their store that display a Confederate flag. Whilst no doubt a gesture that is well meant, following the recent tragedy in Charleston, in effect this has resulted in the removal ...

In February of this year, Google launched a more child friendly version of YouTube that they simply called YouTube Kids. The purpose of this app was to have parents be able to let their children surf the wide range of videos on the Internet themselves, while still having faith that they aren’t seeing anything too inappropriate for their age. It ...

For many people, Star Wars is the be all and end all of the sci-fi fantasy universe. It reigns king of all things nerdy. When new pieces of technology come out, all people can think of is how they can make something related to Star Wars with it. Shooters started popping up in arcades? Take control of the Millennium Falcon ...

The first ever World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists have been announced. As many may expect, it’s a class of recognizable classics. Super Mario Bros. leads the way along with five others: Pong, Pac-Man, Tetris, Doom, and World of Warcraft. Each one will have its place at the Strong’s National Museum of Play’s eGameRevolution exhibit in Rochester, New York. ...

The telecommunications company, Skype, has provided millions of users with one of the most used chatting services in the world. Video chatting, specifically, has been one of their best aspects. Having spread their application to mobile and tablets, they decided it was time to try out something else. Last year the company tried out a purely web-based version of their ...

Google Street View uses panoramic views to open the world to everyone with Internet access. For some it’s as simple as wanting to see a landmark at the turn they have to make when on Google Maps. For others, it is getting a glimpse of the town they are thinking of moving into on Google Earth. Possibilities have opened up ...

Today the largest social media company in the world has just made another step forward with the announcement of Facebook Lite. This application, only available for Android, takes the Facebook experience and cuts it down to its most essential key points, so as to diminish the amount of data being used. The idea of Facebook Lite is not only helpful ...

In what appears to be a customary routine with every new game release, I find myself having to attempt to address and dispel seemingly absurd claims regarding the nature of The Witcher 3’s content. CD Project Red, developers of this gorgeous, new role-playing epic, received some unexpected flak from Polygon, where journalist and editor Arthur Gies criticized the game for allegedly ...

Last week British people voted in the general election to select their Prime Minister for the next half a decade. Despite debates about a second term being governed by a coalition between two political parties, the Conservative party won out right allowing David Cameron to remain in power. Meanwhile in Scotland, on the back of last years failed attempt to ...

The World Video Game Hall of Fame. It’s located in  New York (check it out if you get the chance). Here, games are memorialized for their impact on gaming, their popularity, even their geographical reach. Recently, the WVGHF announced that these 15 games were the finalists. This came after sorting through thousands upon thousands of entries.  Starting from the 1972 to 2009, ...