Classic Lode Runner, on your Mac OS X Dashboard!

[Update 2] Mention “Lode Runner” to any veteran computer user and chances are they’ll not only be familiar with it, but they’ll have fond memories of playing it. It’s been remade so many times and for so many platforms over the years that many younger gamers are probably familiar with it as well. [...]

How Apple killed Microsoft’s music format monopoly dreams

Today’s announcement by Apple & EMI about plans to offer EMI’s music catalogue in higher bitrate, DRM-free versions on the iTunes Store for $1.29 per song is huge. I don’t think it’s quite sunk in yet to the majority of people in the industry, or the web, just how huge it is. It’s [...]

flOw: Breaking the mold of casual gaming

Those of us who have been lucky enough to get our hands on a Playstation 3 here in Canada will probably agree that there isn’t exactly a huge selection of content for the next-gen console yet. Like most people, I don’t have a huge amount of time to spend playing games, so this hasn’t [...]

Linux on the PS3: Sony’s master plan or recipe for disaster?

Holy penguins Batman! Terra Soft Solutions has just announced plans to release Yellow Dog Linux for the Sony Playstation 3! For those not familiar, Terra Soft got it’s claim to fame for it’s Yellow Dog Linux distribution for PowerPC based Macintosh computers, and even did some good business selling Macs with Linux pre-installed–the [...]

The Register’s Achilles Heel: Andrew Orlowski?

Last Friday, The Register, one of my regular reads posted an article by frequent contributor Andrew Orlowski titled The iPod’s Achilles Heel? It’s er… Reader’s Digest. I took objection to so many of the points Mr. Orlowski made, that I set out to write a rebuttal here on Art Of Geek.

The article in question [...]

Microsoft releases Zune details, world yawns

Microsoft finally went all official on some Zune details today, confirming many of the rumors that have been floating around the ‘net for a while now. The photos that were leaked weeks ago and confirmed from an FCC filing made by Toshiba were the real deal. As rumored, the first Zune device will [...]