Ludometrics, as you may know, is an independent games company in Glasgow's rather cool Merchant City (the bit with the good pubs, restaurants and nice shops). We like Ludometrics. In the last year they've released Matching Set for iOS, football-based quiz title, Quizball and the forthcoming time management game, Pet Store Panic. They also created... Continue Reading →
2012 has been the Year of Creative Scotland. Â A nation wide celebration of creativity which highlights all of the amazing talent, the clever businesses and the dedicated organisations we have here in Scotland. Unless you work in digital media. Â The recently announced Creative Scotland awards have categories for film and television, literature, music, theatre -... Continue Reading →
Virtual worlds company Huzutech, has signed a deal with US-based Little Airplane to develop an avatar creator for the company's popular Small Potatoes brand. If you're unfamiliar with Small Potatoes, it's a kids TV show in which four singing potatoes travel the world, making friends, making music and living the dream, man. Â Like Bon Jovi,... Continue Reading →
Unless you're clinically dead, pathologically uninterested in games, or use the Internet exclusively for porn/lolcats, then you'll be aware of BitSocket. Â They've picked up the mantle of the late and very much lamented Consolevania, producing online news, reviews and games coverage. Now the BitSocket team may - and we're going to repeat that in a... Continue Reading →
Dynamo Games reinterpretation of the cult TV favourite The Crystal Maze, appeared on the iPhone back in the days when the App Store was young, dynamic and had yet to reach its first billion downloads. But technology moves on, hairstyles change, hemlines rise and fall and games, ever the bellwether of all that is fun, move endlessly... Continue Reading →
Cobra's Storm In A Teacup, which offers players the chance to fly a tiny boy-toting teacup through a dreamlike world of wonder, is now out on a brand new platform. The Roku is a streaming media player, which is available primarily in North America. Â It offers a range of streaming content, including the... Continue Reading →
The Crystal Maze is back - and at the top of the charts. Dynamo's latest version of the cult TV game show, for iOS (or iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for those of you not entirely sure) has become the number 1 paid app in the UK. Recreating the classic television series, The Crystal Maze... Continue Reading →
Games creators and publishers are becoming increasingly comfortable with the idea of using talent from outside 'the industry'. Â Professional writers and musicians are now an established part of the development process - and thanks to titles such as L.A. Noire, stage and screen actors are becoming just as valued. However, the idea of using a... Continue Reading →
Tern TV, although best known as a TV production company, has a well established and pioneering digital group.  The company's latest venture into the interactive world was recently picked up by Kotaku, who looked at Tern's new Digital Adaptations project. Digital Adaptations takes classic literary works and reimagines them within a virtual environment.  Turning books into... Continue Reading →
At last year's Dare to be Digital competition and ProtoPlay event, visitors and competitors were carefully followed by a dedicated camera crew from HeadLight Scotland, who were on site to carefully record and capture the whole experience. Now, all of their hard work can be seen on national TV, when the three-part series runs on... Continue Reading →
