I was happily playing around with the appstore, and came across this funny free game called "Hedgewars". Originally a free Linux game, it apparently got ported to the Mac and put in the App Store, just as a slew of Flash-based games (yes, Steve has some 'splainin' to do). I tried to install Hedgewars on my …

There's a funny comercial on Dutch television which says that you should be paying too much for all the rubbish you download on the internet. Here's a nice example of stuff you don't want to pay too much for :-) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0bKq3x74UE] It may look silly, but this guy actually had to be …

No, I'm not a guitar player, but I noticed this cool post on TUAW where the "Guitar Hero" game has been taken a notch up. TUAW reports that the guys at www.musicwizard.com have built "Guitar Wizzard", a game with which you can learn to play popular songs on a real guitar. From what I can see in the …

I just checked out the new Dutch CC CD/DVD released under the Creative Commons license. While I was there I found a great piece of music done by Monokai. It's kind of old C64 game like music, you like it or hate it. I went to check out Monokai's website and I've spent a good 30 minutes playing with it. The website is …

From the makers of Gran Turismo: Is this great or what? It clearly is built on the Gran Turismo 4 rendering engine, and supports everything we've come to expect from Digital Polyphony. Arcade and Trophy mode, Photoshoot mode, a bucketload of (real life) tracks, and a truck load of different bikes to choose from! Looks …

I recently went to Vegas, which is a very long trip (about 20 hours including stopover). I don't like flying that much, my ears hurt and it is very boring to be crammed in a chair for 10 hours, with a headrest that makes your chin touch your chest no matter how you adjust it. However, on this flight (and the one back) …

History, Sony Online Drama I bought a Sony PS2 a few years ago, when it just got out. I beleive it belongs to the first or second batch of Playstation 2 consoles arriving in the Netherlands. It costed a small fortune. About a year later, I purchased the Linux kit for my PS2. The Linux kit came with a network adapter …