Geek Corner
Geek t-shirts, mugs, ties, high caffeine products, and many other gifts for programmers, linux hackers, and open source geeks.
A Headset That Cures Gamer Rage
Visual designer Samuel Matson has come up with an idea which would really be of use to people like us. He has come up with an idea on how to rid the world of gamer rage. And it’s not through the conventional methods of medication, counselling or discipline. It’s simply through prevention. Sounds fairly simple doesn’t it. So here’s the science behind this idea. He’s basically made a headset called Immersion, which uses biometrics to monitor a user’s heart rate. And here’s the insane part, it actually uses the biometrics to adjust what’s going on in a game accordingly. Based on researching a number of gamer’s heart rates while playing a shooter, and using a raw prototype hooked up to an Xbox 360, the Immersion is functioned to gently adju...
It’s official: iBuyPower’s Steam Machine at $499
So only in a couple of days from now will be seeing an explosion of Steam machine news coming from CES in Las Vegas. Even though we already know a lot about it, what still remains unclear is who will plan to sell their own Steam Machines and for what price. We presume iBuyPower should be one of the top contenders. They plan to make a Steam Machine around the size of a PS4, and just a bit smaller than an Xbox One, which will include a multi-core AMD Cpu, 500GB hard drive , WiFi, Bluetooth, and an AMD Radeon R9 270 graphics card. That card alone will set you back $180. If everything pans out then you can get these specifications for about $499 which could pose a major threat to Xbox One sales.
Razer showcases the World’s Most Modular PC Concept Design
There’s no need to try and reinvent the wheel, and some might argue the same applies to desktop PCs. Not Razer, a company that’s best known for its PC gaming peripherals. Razer has set out to reinvent gaming desktops with a modular PC concept that’s currently called Project Christine. The idea is to simplify the processing of setting up a PC, make future upgrades easy, and eliminate obsolescence. At a glance, the renderings look a little like Thermaltake’s Level 10 line. Project Christine takes things to another level with a modular design that makes it super simple (in theory) to swap out modules on-the-fly. The way Razer explains it, a user can slot-in additional graphics modules and add more storage by either swapping out the existing storage drives or adding more modules, all on-the-fl...
Razer Unveils the Nabu Smartband
Razer is a company that is huge in the desktop gaming industry, but they have never really been well known for mobile devices like a phone or tablet. At this year’s CES, Razer announced the all-new Nabu smartband – it’s kind of like a smartwatch, “but a lot less distracting.” The Nabu is similar to the Nike FuelBand, but goes a step further, as it also displays your smartphone’s notifications, communicates with other Nabu bands that are nearby, and can be controlled by active gestures the user performs. For instance, you can set the Nabu to transfer Twitter or Instagram information with another Nabu user, simply by giving the other person a high five. Want to give your phone number to a hot gamer chick that is wearing Nabu? All you have to do is shake her hand and the information will inst...
5 Funny Gaming Glitches of 2013
Here is a list of glitches of 2013. Some are incredibly funny, while some showcase the downside of an industry too focused on release dates. Lets check them out. Dancing Torture – Battlefield 4 In the latest addition to the war game connoisseurs’ favourite game, war is hell. It’s the closest thing any of our generation of gamers will get to actual open warfare, and the franchise thrives on the so-called authenticity that makes it stand out against long-time rival Call Of Duty, and there’s no way EA would ever be caught making glitchy Battlefield games that are both comical and horrifying. Battlefield 4 was probably the most glitchy of all Battlefield titles in the early days (especially in the open beta) and it became obvious that one of the most devastating weapons in the entire game was ...
Call of Duty: Ghosts Players Get Trolled
The Xbox One has no shortage of compelling features packed into that black obelisk of a console. Most notable is the Kinect voice command integration for navigating the consoles various menus. When you tell your Xbox One to ‘snap to’, ‘stop listening’, or, in the case of this video, ‘sign out’ you really get to see what the console is capable of. Watch as some unsuspecting Call of Duty: Ghosts players get trolled hard when one clever player exploits the Xbox One’s voice commands. Pretty clever.
ROCCAT at CES 2014: All set to reveal biggest product line-up yet
At CES Las Vegas German manufacturer ROCCAT kicks off 2014 with a full line-up of new gaming peripherals. From January 7 – 10 ROCCAT opens the doors to its Venetian Hotel showroom, showcasing new products in every category: mice, keyboards, headsets, mousepads and accessories. “2014 will be a phenomenal year for PC gaming – so much is changing at the moment and ROCCAT is about to prove its role as the industry’s leader in technology and innovation once more. With the products coming up next year we will be able to provide a whole ecosystem for PC gaming in 2014.” says René Korte, founder and CEO of ROCCAT. State of the art audio products for an immersive gaming experience At CES 2014 ROCCAT will introduce two new Kave XTD gaming headset models, making the Kave XTD series the company’s full...
Irresistible sale on SteelSeries products
As 2013 comes to an end, Indian gamers are up for a treat with huge discounts on SteelSeries products. One thing to note is that you’ll only be able to avail of them from the Faxtel offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. These deals are not valid in retail stores or online portals. So Hurry!!! You can get in touch with the folks at Steelseries on their official site. Here’s a list of products on sale: Accessories: – Cord Holder – Mouse Grip – Steelseries Keyset-Shift for Cat – SteelSeries Racing Wheel Sim Raceway Headsets: – Siberia V2 Fullsize Headset (Apple device compatible) – 7H Headset (Apple device compatible) – SS Siberia Full-size USB Headset (White) – SS Siberia V2 F/s HS Black/gold – SS V2 Counter-Strike...
Best Open World Games of 2013
There are a lot of games out there, each having their own strong points. One of the crucial bragging points for many games is their gaming environment. Some games have such rich and deep environments that gamers are found wandering around instead of progressing stage by stage. Anyway, we’ve got down this year’s best open world games, let’s take a look. [poll id=”9″] Grand Theft Auto 5 The GTA franchise is best known for its themes pertaining to violence and has been mentioned in many studies that have been associated with aggressiveness in children. However, that’s not the only reason GTA is known all around. It is also given a lot of credit for the wide and immensely deep gaming environment that is offers. The amount of things one can do in this game is...
3 things a Gamer will never accept
All Gamers face ridicule from people who don’t play games or those that think gaming is a waste of time. In many ways, gaming could be one of the reasons you’re single and don’t have much of a social life. It also probably made you into a couch potato. Nevertheless, gaming does have some up-sides as well. It encourages teamwork, creative thinking, is thought-provoking, exciting, keeps the brain active and is a bigger grossing industry than Hollywood. At the end of the day, we won’t understand a non-gamer’s point of view and they won’t understand ours. But here are a list of things that you should never, under any circumstance, admit to a non-gamer that you do. As a gamer, I too, quite naturally have been guilty of doing certain things that are a little&#...
Merry Christmas Gamers
Christmas means a lot of things to different people but, for the majority of us it is about a holiday and some nice cakes and not to miss Santa 🙂 And that is why we made this caricature to unravel the secret of Santa. Merry Christmas! Note of Thanks to our friend Mandeep who came up with this awesome caricature for us.
5 Reasons PC Gaming is number one
With all the fuss about the next generation consoles and the long term rivalry between Microsoft and Sony, gamer’s attention is often strayed away from the fact that there is a third party that always seems to bring it when it comes to gaming- the PC. Over the years, creations like Playstation, N64, Xbox, PS3 etc have acquired a lot of attention and have hogged most of the limelight in the gaming sphere. But there is one gaming machine that withstood the test of time and remains unmatched due to its ability to adapt but is one platform that is easily overlooked. PC gaming vs console gaming is a highly debatable topic that goes long back and is quite a touchy subject, especially for those who swear by the PC. So we’re here to take a look at the reasons why PC gaming always mana...