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Game Over Foursquare

It's game over, Foursquare. After several years of intermittent playing, I've decided to pack it all in and delete my account from the site. I'm no longer happy to take a service without questioning the value and cost to me and Foursquare doesn't break even anymore. Foursquare may have been at the forefront of gamification and I like games, honing

Riot Games Announces Queue Dodge

Riot Games, maker of League of Legends, is doing something new. It doesn't take place inside a video game, either. Queue Dodge offers employees “cash to quit”. New hires at Riot Games will have the ability to quit their jobs and get some money for doing so. They can take advantage of Queue Dodge anytime within their first 60 days.

Bespoke Arcades at The Gadget Show

Geeks of a certain age will remember fondly "going to the arcade" where much time and money was spent on video games. This was a time before home consoles, before Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox. An era of Space Invaders, Missile Command, Defender, Pacman and Battlezone that has passed into history. If this all brings a tiny tear to your eye,

TP-Link ACes Wi-Fi at The Gadget Show

Like many families now, it's not unusual for everyone to be using the wi-fi network at home at the same time. Game consoles, tablets, media players and smart TVs all take their share of the data stream, and with the potential for multiple HD streams, the wireless takes a real hammering. In response to this demand, 11ac wireless uses dual

Safe Games for Kids by Toca Boca at The Gadget Show

As a a parent with a tablet-loving daughter, I'm always worried that she's either playing inappropriate games or else building up whopping a credit card bill via in-app purchases. Being tech-savvy, I can easily rectify the latter by controlling the password to my account, but this doesn't always negate pester-power. The former is still a concern and I'm not alone

Rovio teases upcoming Angry Birds Stella

Rovio, the wildly successful game studio behind Angry Birds, has begun to tease a new offering. With the first Angry Birds Star Wars now complete -- yes, there will be no more updates -- the company needed a "latest and greatest" to get the attention of the masses again. Today the company teases "Angry Birds Stella". "Get ready to meet

Ouya gets an operating system update

Ouya, the Android gaming console that was once the darling of Kickstarter, has largely sunk into anonymity since its actual launch. However the little device continues to launch new games and update its operating system to improve both performance and user interface. Now the company is rolling out its latest update, this one taking the OS to a version known