Ok I have had some real fun with getting my XBox to see my XP desktop. It was easy enough to get it to see my Vista laptop after I set up Windows Media Centre (WMC), and although WMC sees everything on my network it has no supports for DivX, so doesn’t really meet my needs. Diagram of XBox on wireless network, but media sharing can be on wired or… Read More »Sharing media on your network with your Xbox 360
This is a personal retrospective on technologies that had a significant impact on my life over the last 12 months, that is to say they are not necessarily new technologies, or even new to me, but the way that I use them has dramatically changed or had a significant impact that wasn't there before. Podcasts In 2008 I've got into downloading and listening to podcasts. The main barrier to entry… Read More »2008 Technology Retrospective
If you missed some of the classic PC games of yesteryear, or if you have even tried to reinstall them on your new Vista box only to be thwarted by incompatability, well then I have the site for you… Good Old Games Good Old Games has a growing catalogue of classic PC games guarenteed to work on XP and Vista. There are some great classics on there including the Fallout… Read More »Good Old Games coming to a PC near you
I have been gaming for all of my life; Space Invaders was released in the same year I was born. I’ve been thinking back about not only how the technology has changed but how my gaming habits have also changed. What started with playing arcade tables in pubs and evolved through to Rock Band on an Xbox360. My early and only console gaming for a long time was Wizard of… Read More »Evolution of a Girl Gamer
Although it was over a fortnight ago I still want to write about the Game City 3 event that occurred in Nottingham. It was a three day event, but I was only able to attend on the last day. It is great to events like this organised outside of London. While I enjoyed the event and I’m glad I attended, overall I’m not sure the event was as well organised… Read More »Game City 3