Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Privacy Policy

Our Commitment To Your Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.

Our Commitment To Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Our Commitment To Children’s Privacy

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 18, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 18. Under our Terms of Service, children under 18 are no allowed to access our service.

Collection of Personal Information

On visiting this site, the IP address used to access the site will be logged along with the dates and times of access. This information is purely used to analyse trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Importantly, IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Links to third party websites

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

lterations to this Privacy Statement

The content of this statement may be altered at any time.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Online Gaming Safety for Your Kids

By Winawita

With Nintendo WII and xbox 360 now released, when could be the best time to take responsibility for making sure that your kids stay safe while engrossed with online gaming but now, right? With the emergence of online gaming's popularity, gone are the days when your kid could stay in your living room playing all by himself or maybe with you. Now, the Internet made it easy for your kid to play with anyone around the world. And that means being exposed to just about ANYONE's bad behavior.

So just how do you make sure your kid doesn't get harmed while playing an interactive game? The following tips can be of great help:

1. Internet Safety Training

Look for your local government's efforts to make kids safe while using the Internet. Usually, these programs, which are implemented by police departments and schools, include online gaming safety lessons. One example of these programs is Teenangels. These are teens who are FBI-trained about Internet privacy, safety and security. After training, Teenangels help develop programs and help them implement to other teens and parents in their community.

2. Inform your kids about the safety features of their gaming systems.

Xbox 360 has a safety feature that allows one to report offensive or abusive players. Also, a voice masking feature is also available to avoid other online players to prey on kids, who can easily be known by their voice. These will help kids from succumbing to online harassment.

3. Teach your kids safety basics.

One basic way to stay safe when playing online games is to not reveal any information to strangers. Tell kids not to tell anyone who has been playing with them any important details about them. And always remind them that they can turn to you if anything or anyone bothers them in any situation, which includes while playing online games. Make sure that they understand the consequences of their actions if they reveal anything about them to online strangers. Also, don't forget to make them realize that a stranger who would want to meet with them will most probably not do them any good.

Those tips and being updated with other safety measures that the online gaming system creators want to make their players learn should alarm us enough in keeping our kids safe. But a responsible parent should never just rely on any measure, always be on the lookout for your kid's safety.

Friday, September 12, 2008

How To Save Money When Buying a Playstation

By Winawita


When it comes to game consoles, people are willing to wait in long queues that normally come every time a new console is being launched. But nothing about game consoles could hurt people more than the high prices that these devices are sold for, not to mention the astronomical amounts for which compulsory game console peripherals are offered on the market.


Take the case of Sony's Playstation. Playstation is a series of game consoles that has captured the fantasies of gamers worldwide. Its first model launched in the 1990's was the first game console to ever reach the mark of 100 million in units sold, making it one of the most successful game consoles of all times. Its latest version, the Playstation 3, or PS3 as it is more commonly referred to, could fetch more than $400 depending on the package or gigabytes that a unit comes with.


But while Playstation has made and will continue to make a gamer's life more interesting, it can certainly hurt anybody's wallet. Fortunately, there are ways to cutback on your Playstation shopping spree. You will only need patience and willingness to look for better and cheaper deals. Here are two effective strategies that can save you money when buying your Playstation.


The first and the most important thing to consider in buying your Playstation is the repetitive nature of the game console industry. Playstation and other game consoles on the market tend to be more expensive during and a few weeks after their launch dates. After all the hype has cleared, you can wait for a few weeks or even months when game console prices normally fall; which could mean savings for you. While this approach may be offensive to faithful gamers, it definitely saves you money and gives you more headway to think about your purchasing decision as more reviews and possible product developments will be made during your waiting period.


Second, buy your Playstation in bundled packages. As you will not only spend for your game console itself but also for other peripherals like CD format games, you might as well be on the lookout for Playstation units being sold with the whole shebang. While at first look, the price of these packages may be higher than unbundled ones, money is still saved from the deal because you won't need to buy components separately. From controllers to memory sticks, a bundled Playstation package is ready for play.


If you can't find any bundled Playstation packages in your area, you can set sights on buying bundled games. While you didn't save on the Playstation unit, you save on the games you play on it. Gaming stores, both online and real world, offer Playstation games with huge discounts on multiple or bundled purchases.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Buy Your Game Consoles Online

By Winawita


Gone are the days when you had to spend a fortune just to play your favorite video game in mall arcades. Now, modern video game systems are available. Children of all ages can enjoy their favorite video games at home.

There are a lot of popular game consoles such as Nintendo’s Wii, Sony’s Play Station 3 and Microsoft’s XBOX 360. Modern technology allows a gamer to experience high definition visuals and impressive combats.

These popular consoles come with a price, of course. They don’t come that cheap. Good thing that like other electronic products, we can order our favorite gaming systems online. With the help of the internet, you don’t have to go through the hassles of personally going to the department stores.

There are several websites that you could use where you can order a game console online. Auction web sites such as ebay are probably the cheapest place where you can get a game console.

Of course, you could also try to visit the websites of the game system’s manufacturers. From there, you’re sure that you’ll get the warranty that should come with a new purchase. You’ll also be paying the official retail price of the system.

The best part of buying online is that you don’t have to leave the comfort of your home when comparing prices. Just browse through the different websites using your favorite search engine and then make the purchase.

The first thing you need to do is to some research. Check that the website you’re going to purchase from is secure. In making a purchase, you have to provide your credit card information, thus, ensure that you’re not providing any personal information to some bogus companies.

Next, since you’ll have access to hundreds of websites selling all the gaming systems available, you can make sound judgments on what kind of gaming system would best fit your needs. You’ll have to take into consideration not only the features but also the price of the game consoles.

And finally, after you’ve made the choice, you’ll then pay for it. Shipment usually takes less than a week. After then, you can enjoy playing your video games. If you’re not satisfied by the built-in games that came with your system, you can always purchase more games online and also have them delivered to your place.

With modern technology, everything seems so highly digitized. You can always get something hi-tech so conveniently.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Get A Game Controller That Suits You

By Winawita

With the rise of game consoles such as Play Station 3, Nintendo Wii and XBOX 360, the gaming experience has been taken to the next level. Now, you’ll be able to experience high definition visuals and powerful actions. But your game experience won’t be complete without the right game system controllers.

Game controllers are the input devices. With these game controllers, you can precisely control where your character or machine goes. Every gamer should have a suitable set of game system controllers.

Aside from the gamepads, paddles and joysticks, there are also special game controllers with platforms for specific games. Examples include light guns used for games which involve a lot of shooting and steering wheels for games with driving.

The most common type of game controller is the gamepad which can consist of a few buttons to even a dozen. It also has several omnidirectional sticks. With so many buttons and control sticks, the player can control the game hero more precisely and easily. Gamepads also allow movement in three dimensions.

Gamepads are held in both hands, using the thumbs to provide input. The right side of the gamepad contains the action buttons while the left side has the direction controller. This setup, however, is somewhat unfriendly to those who are left handed.

Modern gamepads also boast of internal motors which provide force feedbacks whenever you are playing action packed games. There are also buttons, which are called shoulder buttons, strategically placed on the edges of the gamepads. The good thing about these gamepads is that most game consoles and video games support gamepads.

An older type of controller is the paddle controllers. They feature a few fire buttons and a single round wheel. This wheel is primarily used to control the game hero’s movement on one axis in the video screen. When the paddle and ball kinds of games lost their popularity, these analog controllers also died out.

The steering wheel can be considered as a larger version of the paddle controller. The steering wheel is typically used for driving or racing simulations. Most of the steering wheel controllers also have an internal motor which provides force feedback. This allows a gamer to experience the realism of driving a car.

The light gun controller is limited to shooting games. They are used to shoot the targets on the screen. Most game systems have specific light guns for use in their games.

These game controllers are vital in giving you the kind of experience you want when you’re playing your favorite videogames.

Friday, August 29, 2008

What Makes Video Games So Popular

By Daniel Millions

We live in a fast paced world in which things change rapidly. In today's life, no one has sufficient time at their hands as everyone seems to be too busy. People live a hectic life in which there is no space for entertainment. It might appear that there is no solution to this problem but actually there is a solution to this problem.

Internet games are a possible solution to this problem as they use Internet technology in order to allow people to play games. Internet has become a part of everyone's life as it has something to offer to everyone. Since Internet is used by a number of people across the world, Internet games are great for entertainment purpose.

Internet games are great for anyone who has Internet access and who wants to have some sort of entertainment or who's looking for something to kill his time. There are a number of websites that offer free Internet games and there are some paid sites as well. Also, you'll find a number of people on these sites and so, you can easily kill your time. That being said, Internet games can also be used to relieve someone from stress. Once you get involved in an interesting game, you are bound to forget about all the tensions and this relieves an individual from the stress. This is the reason why some developers have created a number of different kinds of games.

As the technology is improving rapidly, more and more enhanced games are being launched at regular intervals. However, the Internet games can be grouped in four categories.

1. Games that are played directly within the browser simply by visiting the web page that has the game embedded into it.
2. Text-based games that can be played by using some web based forum, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Telnet.
3. Games that can be played by using an email.
4. Graphical games that require a stand-alone software package installed on the end-user's machine. Authentication is also required to play such games.

Basically, how an Internet game is played depends on the type of the game that you want to play as some games can be played easily within the browser whereas some games require certain software packages in order to allow people from different locations to play together. Now, if you are wondering what do you need in order to play these games then you need an Internet connection in the first place.

It is advisable to have a moderate-speed Internet connection for browser based games and a high-speed Internet connection is required for graphical games so as to avoid the lagging while enjoying the game. Most of the games are available for free and you don't need any money to play games unless you want to play paid games. Also, most of the sites that offer Internet games require you to create an account with them which is also free on most of the sites.

The credit for developing Internet games goes to rapid development in technology and to the developers who have created almost every type of game. Card games, shooting games, chess, billiard, arcade games and gambling games are some of the games that are very popular among game lovers and developers have created a number of Internet games based on these games. Half-Life, Lineage, World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike are some of the popular paid games which required high-speed internet connection and software packages to be installed on the machine.

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