Has ‘Offline’ Become A Dirty Word?

Mark Oakley prefers single-player campaigns, but does the industry really care about gamers like him?

If running around virtual environments with a huge gun is your kind of thing, the arrival of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Star Wars: Battlefront was most likely fantastic news. Even if it’s not, we can take it as read that Activision’s long-standing shooter franchise is insanely popular and, hey, everyone loves Star Wars, right?

Remembering… The Hobbit

Pale, bulbous eyes and having Thorin singing about gold are a couple of examples that will undoubtedly spark fond memories of playing The Hobbit on the Spectrum, C64, Dragon or BBC computers back in 1982.

The Hobbit is one of those games that everyone of a certain age has played at least once in their lives. Regardless of whether you owned one of the aforementioned 8-bit machines or not, there was a pretty good chance that at some point in your youth you viewed the line-by-line loading of the images and marvelled at the block fill colouring.

Playing with PDFs

We look at a few ways in which you can create a PDF without spending a small fortune

The PDF (Portable Document Format) specification has been around since 1993 and has remained the global standard for sharing documents between platforms ever since.

These days we take it for granted, in spite of just how versatile and ingrained into the history of the internet it really is. And with the ability to view a PDF from within any operating system, it can be easy to overlook its importance in the formation of the backbone of the digital age.

Cyberpower Steam Machine K

A new generation of living room PC gaming

The highly anticipated Steam Machines are finally here, and gamers can now get their hands on the accumulated technology that Valve and a collective of manufacturers has been busy preparing for us. But was it worth the wait?

With the Steam Link and Steam Controllers now readily available, the Steam Machine concept is designed to bring Valve into the living room and on the TV, with an eye for taking valuable territory from the consoles. PC gaming has taken a lot of flak in recent years, but it’s not quite as dead as the critics would have you believe, and it’s rise again could well be thanks to the efforts of the Steam Machine.

Hi-Tec Trek Plus Wearable

Our new goal is a beach body for summer, but we could do with some help

The new year is a traditional start to the ‘new you’ change of lifestyle. A time when you can get to shed those extra Christmas pounds and prepare yourself for the summer holiday. More importantly, though, it’s about beginning to look after your health, and the Trek Plus can help you achieve those fitness goals.

Wearables are nothing new; ever since the first pedometers appeared, users have been fascinated by long lists of stats generated from their daily stroll to work or wherever. These days, the wearable has evolved into something that can monitor your every slightest detail. These wearables are the new must-have accessory, so Hi-Tec needs to pull something pretty special out of the bag to compete with the likes of Fitbit.