January, 2010Archive for

Daemon – Review

Daniel Suarez's Daemon is classic cyberpunk, a techno thriller set in a time when cyberspace means more to each of us on a daily basis than it has ever meant before. We live in cyberspace now, banking, shopping, communication, education, politics, recreation - all stapled to electronic mechanisms. Ten minutes from now I will be notifying people all around the world that I have published this review via Twitter, anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can view my thoughts. When you real...
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Eels End Times – Review

Great artists quite often are categorised as being prolific, the production of their art as natural and and as intuitive to them as breathing. While that may not always be the case, the ability to produce art of a consistently high quality is something to revere and respect in and of itself. End Times is the second Eels album in six months and while it may not live up to the sheer genius of Blinking Lights & Other Revelations or their debut Beautiful Freak it's still a very worth while liste...
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On The Job – Review

I am continually working on different projects and find it hard to keep track of the time spent on each of them; there are times when I feel I am neglecting certain projects over others and times when I feel as though I have spent too long on one thing. With development work ongoing for the GeekCaster Store, GeekCaster News Network, Blog updates, writing for a book, screencast production and others I thought it was about time I invest in some time tracking and invoicing software. After co...
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Heavy Rain Preview

I really can't wait for Heavy Rain to arrive, it's everything I love in a video game perfectly represented. I just hope it lives up to my expectations. The official site has now gone live, check out the promo videos below!! [flashvideo filename=wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Heavy_Rain_1.mov /] [flashvideo filename=wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Heavy_Rain_2.mov /] [flashvideo filename=wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Heavy_Rain_3.mov /]
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GeekCaster Podcast Episode 9

Episode 9 of the podcast and the first of 2010, topics discussed include: Bayonetta & Darksiders - Xbox 360 Collaboration & Information Sharing – Twiducate, Edmodo, SlideShare, Vimeo, Posterous Dragon Age Origins Mac – GamersGate On The Job Development Projects – GCNN, GCS
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Educational Podcasting

A friend of mine gave a very interesting presentation at Podcamp Barcelona last year on the topic of educational podcasting. Obviously it's something I have great interest in and try to utilise wherever possible in my teaching. You can check out the presentation below. Educational Podcasting - Podcamp Barcelona - Devia View more documents from Stefaan Lesage.
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Review: Bayonetta Xbox 360

Bayonetta runs the risk of falling into just about every cliché in the book. On the surface it could be considered a style over substance button masher; targeted at sex starved teenagers with players taking control of a busty femme fatale who dispatches her enemies with an almost unequaled panache. However for anyone who actually takes the time to play the game they will discover that not only is it fantastic but that it manages to avoid the trappings of cliché and actually sets the standard by ...
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Bayonetta

Been feeling absolutely terrible this past few days - I did foolishly try to return to work this morning, but that didn't go at all well. To make matters worse it's bloody impossible to get a doctors appointment; I've been trying to do that unsuccessfully for the past 48hrs. It really makes me mad that I pay hundreds of pounds each month for a health service that doesn't provide for me in my time of need, it's a downright disgrace. Anyway my temperature is not quite as bad as it has been for ...
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Review: Dragon Age Origins Mac

It's seldom that I have the pleasure of reviewing a game of any significance on the Mac platform. Let's face it, games on the Mac are still playing catch up with just about every other platform. It's not that they can't run them, more a case of the platform requiring slightly more effort to develop for and perhaps not having the same mass market audience to sell to as with more established gaming platforms such as the PC or consoles. Thankfully in recent months gaming on the Mac has started to r...
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Twiducate

A screencast overview of Twiducate, a social networking platform for education. Minutes after completing the screencast the developers updated the platform to include functionality for multiple classes, everything else in the screencast is still relevant so I thought it worthy of distribution. This was my one main drawback for the concept so I encourage anyone involved in education to investigate further, I think there is a lot of potential. I for one will be using the platform to support my tea...
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