Brick Gamers 45 - Gaming Kids

Was this what your childhood was like? :) Chances are, unless you're a kid now (or recently), your childhood will look nothing like this - or did you? ;) People use to warn parents about what kids will pick up from TV, these days it's probably what kids will pick up from playing games!

But is it that bad a thing they learn things from games? What if it adds to their knowledge of the world? People are often quick to criticise that which they do not understand, and just like how the famous saying goes for "guns don't kill people, people do" and "technology is a double-edge sword", perhaps people shouldn't be so quick to question the games that kids play today...

Pac Man Arcade made up of LEGO

Check it out... a life size vintage arcade with its outer shell made up entirely of LEGO! Read more in the creator's note in website.

Old Games are now DRM Free!

Talk about making existing situation into an advantage... ever since the new "must be online all the time" policy made it into a whole new range of game titles the term DRM has became a byword for evil itself for a certain number of gamers.

Certain old games has came out since and labeling themselves as "DRM Free". Simply ingenious.

Spartan of Reach

Check out this awesome spartan creation by Shawn Snyder, more photos can be seen in his MOCPages.

Brick Gamers 44 - Do you feel like 2nd-class?

What do you think? Do modern games make you feel like the gaming company doesn't respect you? Is it a Far Cry (pun not intended) from the glory days of gaming where the customer (or gamer in this case) was placed first as how all companies should be doing and the very idea businesses should be following as per original intention? Or has the excessive 90's and post-Millennium trend caught up in the corporate world which has resulted in the 2000s decade of indulgences by the elite few which in turn resulted in the bottom-level users being short-changed for their investment? With DRM (Digital Rights Management) and today's other anti-piracy measures, even being a legitimate consumer may reward you with rudeness when all you want to do is play the game you purchased legally. So is it worth going straight in the end?

Bloody Hot

The local afternoon heat without the remedy of an air con can be a terrible thing... so I would imagine it is not uncommon for a local gamer without an air con to "dress" up like a barbarian while he is playing in this dead lock heat.

No Escape from the Gaming Scene

The ever increasing presence of gaming in modern life reached another hall mark as evident by the news of Boy Scouts now offer video game merit awards.

Armor are for Sissies

In the long standing traditional old school view that games are mostly made for boys and designed by boys (still is!) comes the common sight of scantily clad women standing with her heavily armored male counterparts. Kind of makes you wonder which is the "weaker" gender when you think about it. The recent "exhibit A" candidate for this issue is Lost Planet 2.