I was watching Microsoft’s E3 Press conference (yes Geek, rest your balls) and I was blown away at the possibilities of their new gadget even if the technology itself is not that new (but less refined). As an answer to Nintendo Wii’s motion sensing controller (which is brilliant, at least with what you can do with it with some hacks), M$ introduces a full body motion sensining device with voice and face recognition. I think it’s pure genius, at least in potential. The early implementations are typical of course, but sine the option is available, games will be...

Even though I blogged about the issue before when it started in KSA, I am very surprised to see that the stupidity has infiltrated the UAE as well. Yesterday’s news mentioned a crackdown against God of War, possibly one of the most popular games in recent history.The game is loosely based on Greek Mythology, and features the slaughtering of lots of mythical creatures and fighting various popular Olympian gods or one of them wonderful Titans.Note that this is not the first game in history that features Greek mythology and it definitely is not the first game where a form of God is...

Not only he made me wait 4 and a half hours in the airport until his royal majesty fucking ass comes out of the friggin passport control (more on that on the proper post), and not only he made me watch him playing Halo 3… the effing idiot also made me PLAY it co-op.It is just sad how he was orgasming with glee every time he kills one of the stupidest, dumbest, AI-controlled aliens EVER in any videogame (Halo 3 fanboys go fudge yourselves).But you know what kind of fun I had? Watching him pick up a great weapon, and then I kill him and take it. 7aywan. Only I should weild powerful...

Our one and only Hamza is coming over for a visit over the weekend! Great news, given that the last time I have seen him was 2004. Wow it has been a really long time!What is funnier is actually the purpose of his visit… to relive the old days when we used to stay over campus on Eid Break (because we couldn’t go back home to our families, sniffles) and have a videogame marathon! HahahahLosers! NOT!I think we finished Final Fantasy IX – 46 hours – in 3 days. LOOOL.This time he is coming over for Halo 3. I got everything prepared – cleaned the X360 (yes OCD at its...

You gotta love Stephen King for this.For those not in the know, videogames have taken the center stage with respect to violence in “the country” aka USA. My main argument has always been – and always will be – that regardless of any negative effect that a game will have, it all depends on how the kids are raised as well as other external factors that feed violence in kids.Sure, there is violence everywhere. But when you have a population that is exposed to many mediums of violence, parents who are generally nonchalant about what their kids are playing/reading/watching,...