[Stepping on soap box] I’ve got a little bit of a bone to pick with developers. I’m not sure though if I should be upset with website designers or with application and plugin developers. In this case the app developers are the folks behind Evernote and the website developer is Mozilla Firefox.

I’ve really enjoyed my overall experience with Evernote and take most of my actions from within the Evernote bookmarklet tool. The problem is that sometimes the website has divs or other layer objects that lay on top of the user-interface for the Evernote application. It doesn’t just happen with …read more

I haven’t played Fallout 3 in months – maybe even a year. OK. I don’t think a whole year but it has been so long I can’t remember the last time Iplayed the game.
Why is this important?
Because Fallout 3 was amazing and wonderful and I LOVED it but after a while, I got incredibly bored with it. I also saw the ending of it while watching Tucker play his save and was so damn disappointed in the crap ending that I didn’t see a reason to keep on playing.
BUT, now I’ve seen the New Vegas trailer and while I can’t …read more

The highly anticipated Bioshock 2 was released today and I can imagine that hundreds of copies are flying off the shelves as I type.   The original Bioshock was released back in 2007 and they’ve already got a great-looking follow up to the acclaimed game.
The sequel is set about 10 years after the events of the first game and it all unfolds in the underwater city of Rapture.  A monster has been kidnapping little girls and you can’t exactly let that continue, can you?  In order to help them, though, you’re going to have to survive which might be easier said …read more

The other day I drove down to Lexington, Kentucky to go see the University of Kentucky Wildcats play the Ole Miss Rebels. On the way over I picked up my friend Ryan in Cincinnati and we headed down to Kentucky.

My friend has an app for his iPhone (it’s also available for other phones) called Trapster which alerts you to police officers on the road you’re travelling before you get to them. To some degree, it works like a radar detector, but instead it relies on a network of other iPhone users that have the Trapster app (almost 4 million to …read more

Scene It? Twilight will be released this week and, even thought you might not be into it (although, my brother totally shocked me by seeing New Moon and declaring that he is “Team Jacob” so you might be one of those guys who totally digs the books and movies), it could make a pretty sweet Valentine’s Day gift for that special woman in your life.
The Scene It? games are pretty good in general although I find that the questions can range from ridiculously easy to just plain ridiculous.  If you are, or know some, Twilight fans, it could make …read more

I’ve got a few consoles kicking around my house and, since I’m environmentally conscious, I prefer to use rechargeable batteries for my controllers.  Some of the recharging stations are pretty bulky and when you’ve got more than one gaming device, it can become a bit cumbersome (and ugly).
When I saw the KONNET Power Pyramid charging station for the Microsoft XBox 360 wireless controllers, I have to admit that I thought it looked pretty cool.

Here’s some product details from Amazon:

Charging and Storage Dock for your Game Controllers.
Charge 4 x Controllers simultaneously (XBox 360)
Powered by AC Adaptor (Included) without connection with …read more

The Wii Football is the latest accessory being released for the console in an effort to enhance realistic playing styles.  Some of these are really hit and miss so I’m not sure if this is good or not.  If you’ve tried it, let me know.  I am curious about whether it makes playing more cumbersome.  I’d be so afraid of it flying out of my hand and hitting my TV.

The idea is to allow players to mimic the motions associated with playing real football.  It’s the first of its kind and fully encases the Wii Remote but seems to have …read more

Is Apple’s new device the start of a paradigm-shifting revolution? Or just a casual-user’s toy? Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of the tablet that everybody’s talking about.

PROS:
The iPad does a lot of individual things really, really well.

eBooks. While it remains to be seen what kind of eye strain its standard screen might cause when it comes to ereading, compared to the e-ink used on most traditional ereaders, there’s no arguing that the iPad is the coolest ereader there is. If reading ebooks was all the iPad did, the quality it does it with might be enough …read more

This time tomorrow, you’ll be playing Bioshock 2 Return to Rapture and you won’t be reading this so I better make this quick.
Since you’ve already taken tomorrow off to play Return to Rapture, why not head to GameStop or Best Buy TONIGHT and pick up the much awaited game at midnight. A midnight release means it’s still technically released on the 9th but you get it eight or nine hours earlier than you would have otherwise.
I found out about the midnight release of Return to Rapture from Game Informer and in her piece, Gonzalez included a link to a 2K …read more

The Tudors is a very popular television show and I can see the allure for history buffs but I’m not as convinced about the necessity of The Tudors: Hidden Object Adventure.  Do we really need a video game based on this? 
Here’s the Amazon project description: “Political intrigue spans national borders in this historical hidden object game. When King Henry VIII asks you to be his eyes and ears in Europe, you are drawn into a world of deception and murder. As you assume the role of the spy, you will find that even the simplest objects can hold …read more