Iain Simons
Iain Simons writes, talks and tweets about videogames and technology. His new book, Play Britannia, is to be published in 2009. He is the director of the GameCity festival at Nottingham Trent University.
Articles by Iain Simons
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SciTech
Something for the weekend: Pandemic 2
- 25 July 2008
This week Iain Simons reviews one game that should appeal to those with a taste for the morbid...
Society
You'll never walk alone
- 23 July 2008
- 2 comments
Google Maps has created a ‘walking’ feature making traversing city streets rather more straightforward for those who travel by foot, reports Iain Simons
Society
iTrojan
- 22 July 2008
- 1 comment
iPhone is set to transform the handheld gaming market, but not just as a platform in itself. It’s also the sexiest controller you ever had...
Games
Something for the weekend: Ragdoll Cannon
- 18 July 2008
Using just your mouse, fire a ragdoll from the cannon and make him/her land on the mat using the fewest attempts possible - our weekly game suggestion...
Games
Second Life teleporting
- 15 July 2008
How (and if) we might be able to travel freely between virtual worlds is already the source of some speculation which may now be made real before we anticipated
SciTech
ELSPA vs BBFC
- 14 July 2008
The daggers are out in a very public spat between the organisation that lobbies on behalf of the UK games industry and the regulators...
Society
Can’t decide what to eat?
- 07 July 2008
They've got you jumping around on their Wii Fit and you can keep your faculties in trim with Brain Training. Now how about becoming a chef?
Games
Something for the weekend: gwap.com
- 04 July 2008
Compelling yet one can't quite escape the nagging feeling of contributing to a sentient super-computer that will someday enslave us
SciTech
Hardcore Sporn
- 23 June 2008
In his first posting on newstatesman.com's CultureTech Iain Simons gets red in the face over some Hardcore Sporn
