Posts By Joel Johnson

Geek Out

Cardo Scala Rider Review: Check Your Head

7:30AM October 25, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Riding a motorcycle is a very solitary experience — that’s half the appeal. So who knew how much I would like being able to chat to other riders or even use my iPhone? More »


Gaming

Faux Futurists Want To Keep PC Gaming In The Past

12:15PM September 9, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Some day soon, Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is going to walk on stage at some obscure electronics industry event and say these words: “We love PC gaming. Our heritage is in 3D gaming hardware. And that’s why we’re more excited than ever to announce we’re never making another gaming video card again.” More »


Gaming

There’s A New Modern Warfare 3 Xbox 360 For Superfans

6:15AM September 3, 2011 | Joel Johnson

I’ve never been one for buying consoles painted with a single game, but this year’s Call of Duty Xbox is relatively understated. More »


Computing

The Razer Blade May Be The Future Of PCs

8:00AM August 29, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Does PC gaming need to be saved? It’s a question so arrogant it upset gamers for weeks after gaming peripheral manufacturer Razer posed it. More »


Gaming

Why Sony And Microsoft Teaming Up Would Make Sense

10:25AM July 16, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Microsoft has trouble making hardware. Sony has trouble running online services. What if the next Xbox and the next PlayStation are one and the same? More »


Gaming

The Is The First Picture Of Nintendo’s New Console, The Wii U

2:44AM June 8, 2011 | Joel Johnson

And to go along with the new controller, the first look at Nintendo’s new console hardware. More details soon!… [Kotaku]


Gaming

Report: Sony PlayStation Network Password Reset Page Exploited, Customer Accounts Potentially Compromised

12:30AM May 19, 2011 | Joel Johnson

According to reports on Nyleveia.com, Eurogamer, and NeoGAF, Sony’s PlayStation Network password reset system-the one just put in place after the PSN hack-has been compromised, allowing hackers to change a PSN password if they know your email and date… [Kotaku]


Gaming

They Knew For Six Days: The PlayStation Network Hack Timeline

2:25AM May 5, 2011 | Joel Johnson

According to details from Sony themselves in a letter to congressional subcommittee, Sony was aware that data had been removed from their systems six days before warning customers that accounts had been compromised. All dates and times from Sony’s missive to Congress. More »


Entertainment

Kinect For Netflix Is A Catastrophe

2:10AM April 15, 2011 | Joel Johnson

“Let’s find out how long it takes to select and watch our favourite Netflix movie using Kinect instead of the Xbox 360 controller!” That was the simple metric we wanted to try to test the new Kinect support in the Xbox version of Netflix. I suspected that it’d take a little bit longer to use Kinect’s motion controls, but that it’d be worth the extra time to forgo the controller entirely. More »


Gaming

PlayStation Hacker Geohot Settles With Sony

1:55AM April 12, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Hacker George “Geohot” Hotz, the man who Sony accused of cracking the PlayStation 3 security, has settled with Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). According to a statement issued by SCEA, Hotz has “consented to a permanent injunction” against the information published by Hotz. More »