Tag: 8BIT

Whenever I cover a time-waster, of course, I have to test it in order to see if it's any good. I wouldn't want to recommend any crappy or boring games, right? I'm always very professional about it, though. I approach it with the mindset that I'm here to test the game. I'm not here to have fun or waste time! This is strictly business, right? Usually, that approach works. However, every now and ...

While the bulk of the buzz about HTML5 still seems to be focused on the video tag, there are plenty of other awesome developments cropping up. Things like drag-and-drop attachments in GMail and all those crazy Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive samples. Then there's the work of developer Joe Huckaby. Joe has taken images created by graphic artist Mark Ferrari to produce some incredibly cool, ...

HTML5 is the buzz word of 2010. Championed by Google and supported by Firefox and Opera, HTML5 is definitely here to stay. In itself HTML5 is still a bit of a curio -- the spec isn't even finalised -- but when strapped on to Javascript or other developing technologies like WebGL, the browser becomes a serious platform capable of impressive things -- cue Akihabara a set of libraries and tools for ...

I've seen a few classic video game mash-ups before, like the brilliant Pong vs. Asteroids (okay I just made that up), but found many of them lacking. Mega Man vs. Ghosts 'n Goblins, however, is a masterpiece. It's a Flash game that seamlessly blends the original Mega Man and Ghosts 'n Goblins, a game I could never beat, into something that looks like it came right out of the basement of a bored ...