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Roku 2 XS 1080p Streaming Player


The Roku 2 XS 1080p is a compact set top streaming media box. If your Blu-ray or HDTV lacks streaming media capability, the Roku 2 XS could be the best option you have for adding the streaming media experience to your older HDTV.

While newer Blu-ray and HDTVs have made the addition of a separate set top box somewhat redundant, Roku has compensated for this by adding an impressive array of its own on-line content, including access to the popular “Angry Birds” franchise.

With the Roku XS 1080p, you can view streaming entertainment including Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon instant videos. For the gamers in the family, the motion sensors allow game-playing with the flick of your wrist.

Roku’s library of over 700 channels of the best movies, shows, live sports, music and games, plus its motion-based gaming features, gives you that extra dose of extraordinary entertainment.

If you are looking for the best low-cost upgrade option in streaming entertainment, try the Roku 2 XS 1080p. It sets up in minutes, and works with any HD television.

Looking To Relax? Tiny Wings Is One Of The Most Peaceful Video Games You Can Find [iPhone]


Sometimes when you play a video game, you want intense action, blood and gore, and general craziness. Games like this are great for some situations, but every now and then, that’s not exactly what you are looking for. Sometimes, you want a game that lets you just kick back, relax and enjoy the ride. The problem is, these games are

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R/C Water Cannon Helicopter


Big boys’ toys – these are the stuff that dreams of a starry eyed kid are made out of. Especially when one has already joined the workforce for a fair number of years, and have managed to stash away a little bit of dough. Well, if you have always wanted to purchase a remote controlled toy of your own but…

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Minecraft Light-Up Torch


You know, there is something interesting about bringing something from the video game world into the real, physical world that we live in. For starters, it certainly fires up the imagination further, as you no longer have to make do with a DIY substitute (or a stick for a lightsaber, for instance), and the other would be the fact that…

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How To Use Your PC Like A Game Console


I’m a PC gamer. That’s not to say I don’t own consoles, of course, but my favorite and preferred platform is the PC. Games almost always look better and/or run smoother on a computer than they do on their console counterparts. They’re also less expensive.
That’s not to say PC gaming is without issues. Many players don’t like it because it

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Gaming Legend Peter Molyneux: What Makes A Great Game Great?


English: Peter Molyneux at the Electronic Ente...

English: Peter Molyneux at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2007. Français : Peter Molyneux à l’Electronic Entertainment Expo 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

How do you make a truly great game? Peter Molyneux has been asked that question countless times. For the 53-year-old British gaming luminary known for both his veteran status in the industry and his polarizing ambition to surpass expectations, the words “mobile” and “social” are his next steps toward an answer.

“The way we develop games is changing very fast and …

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A Eulogy For City of Heroes – How A Video Game Saved My Life


I would like to take this moment to mourn the loss of a very good friend of mine, the video game City of Heroes. For all intents and purposes, the massively multiplayer online (MMO) role-playing game (RPG) died over the weekend, when its creator studio NCSoft turned off the servers.
Yes, I realize my emotional attachment to a digital pastime may…

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‘Dental Surgery’ Is The Most Bizarre iPad App I’ve Ever Seen


Things started to go downhill while I was trying to administer novocaine to a dog. I’m still not entirely sure what happened. I was trying to inject his gums with anesthesia when a message popped up, telling me I had failed. Game over.
I had been doing pretty well, I think. Fixed a few cracked teeth. Filled up the novocaine syringes.

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Dutchman celebrates Pong’s 40th birthday with a global, augmented reality edition


Don’t think the festivities surrounding Pong‘s 40th are limited to official channels. Sander Veerhof of the Netherlands is marking the occasion in his own way with an augmented reality version built as a Layar plugin. Instead of batting the ball across a TV screen, players play across whole continents: anyone who’s been online recently is fair game as a…

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Did smartphones kill the trivia star? Maybe, but Google-proof quizzes could help beat the cheats


Think back…way back…to when mobile phones first started getting a foothold in everyday life – I’m talking mid-to-late 1980s here. They generally attracted derision from people, with insults such as yuppie issued with careless abandon.
Back then, you could probably take your mobile phone out in any situation and be scoffed at. But a little more than a decade on from ..

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