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Tabletop RPGs and Touch Tablets: Holding Fire

Thistle — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:19:38 +0000

While we can’t claim to have laid hands on one of Amazon’s new touch tablets, this week’s announcement about the colour Kindle Fire certainly appears to herald the arrival of very affordable and functional touch tablets suited to use with Tabletop RPGs. Some of the possible applications we’ve mentioned before include storing and [...]

Go On, You Know You Want One

Thistle — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:55:07 +0000

Regardless of the Wii’s limits in terms of providing a regular supply of decent RPG software, it’s only fair to recognise that Zelda: Twilight Princess was a lot of fun to play. Consequently, the pre-order period for Zelda: Skyward Sword looks like an occasion for splashing-out.

The final game won’t be [...]

I Bought A Computer From . . . Marks and Spencer: Update

Thistle — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:29:56 +0000

The purpose of our ‘I Bought A Computer . . .’ posts is to ask whether or not it’s possible to get a genuine bargain when buying a PC during the Christmas/ January sales period. At the same time, the choice of a relatively inexpensive business and playtesting laptop raises the further question [...]

I Bought A Computer From . . . Marks and Spencer

Thistle — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:31:09 +0000

Our occasional coverage of gaming and game design hardware options keeps to recommending kit we like. It also tries to reflect the genuine pace of change, which is not half as fast as the technology media would like us to think.

A glance at the end-of-year Top 10 Hardware lists from [...]

PS3 Move Technology: Time to put the Wii in the cupboard?

Thistle — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:28:19 +0000

The Move system is Sony’s new handheld motion-sensing device for the Playstation 3. It will be autumn 2010 before either the Move or any Move-ready games are available but Sony have set out their plans for the PS3 well in advance of the 2010 E3 show.

The Move’s controller is already [...]

Windows 7, Intel Core i5 and Graphics Cards

Thistle — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:23:28 +0000

The release of Windows 7 and the new Intel Core i5 chips brings some major changes to the PC market. Related developments include a new range of AMD graphics cards designed to be compatible with Windows 7′s DirectX 11.

For business PCs the 4Gb memory limit on 32-bit systems is unnecessarily [...]