HTC are normally the trailblazers when it comes to pushing the boundaries of large mass market mobile phones. Remember laughing at the ridiculously big 4.3 inch screens on the HD2 and Desire HD? Then the big old Sensation XL stretched things again. But then came Samsung’s Galaxy Note …

Thanks to R. M. Hoffman, we now have a great guide for getting Black Mesa, the Half-Life mod, to run on your fruity computer. Follow the steps below… Please Note: I’ve updated the guide with my experience in italics. Mileage may vary! Prerequisites: Wine or Winebottler Play on Mac …

So we have had the Samsung Ativ S, and the two new Nokia Lumia phones announced in the 820 and 920… but when will Windows Phone be ready? It seems the answer is that the operating system IS ready to go so we should start seeing these new …

Companies frequently have a narrative throughout their advertising campaigns. The love story in the Nescafe adverts, the adventures of Al and Monkey in the ITV Digital ads etc. Samsungs chosen narrative is constantly comparing itself to Apple . Their latest attempt is no different. It’s essentially a spec …

Nintendo today announced the UK pricing of its new Wii U console. The basic 8GB white model comes in at £249.99, while the black deluxe version will set you back £299.99. However, the deluxe model can be picked up on pre-order from as little (if that is the …

There is something I like about run and jump games, there is also something I like about games that look hand drawn. Well just imagine how excited I was to find a run and jump game that looked hand drawn (very excited). Dalton is the star of the …

This week in the Apple Appstore you can get Roo Roo Run which is normally a paid app for free. It is a great fun platformer where you have to hop your way past thousands of obstacles to eventually rescue your baby kangaroo. The game has hundreds of …

You start off in a warehouse choosing a ship, difficulty and naming your crew. Setting off you come across a usually empty system while a H.U.D appears over your screen, displaying Scrap, Fuel, Hull Strength, FTL Jump, Missiles, Drone Parts, your ship’s upgrade system button and most importantly …

Yes folks, if you missed the YouTube app on the latest Beta of iOS, head on over to the AppStore and download the all me YouTube app. If like me you watch the odd tutorial or funny video it makes it handy to have. You don’t quite get …

I should probably preface this by saying that I currently own all three current gen consoles and various other portables. I’ve loved consoles and video games since I got my first NES, aged 8. But I don’t think the future is very bright for the traditional home console. …

I’ve posted a video review of the hit iOS game Tiny Wings. Overall, I love the game, but I’m hoping that a multiplayer option (even asynchronous multplayer) will be introduced with the release of iOS 6.

NVIDIA have made quite a splash in the mobile gaming world since they first introduced their Tegra range of processors, and nowadays it seems the quad-core Tegra 3 is the chip of choice for Android smartphones and tablets that want to impress the gamers. Not least because the …

Occasionally a game comes along that grabs hold of you and won’t let go. It makes you think “just one more go” or “i’m going to beat that high score this time.” Football Manager (or Championship Manager as it was then) used to do it, tearing myself away …

The ebay app has been having some issues recently, as we reported the other night. Well, it looked like it was fixed. However, as the email and screenshot below explain, ebay are having so many problems with it they have rolled back to the old version for now. …

Strange looking landscape monsters and oil slicks, the perfect combination for a game. Let me introduce Feed Me Oil, a weird mix of physics, monsters and their odd taste for oil. It has been hugely popular for iOS and they have ported the game to Windows Phone. When …

Today for free in the Amazon Appstore you can get Siege Hero. Which is a game a bit like Angry Birds where you throw rocks at a flimsy wooden construction and try and kill everyone on screen. Here is the developers take on what the game is about: …

TheCoolGamer has launched! Hello! After a lot of coffee, code, and hard work, TheCoolGamer.com is finally ready for your consumption! We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it. There’s been a lot of blood, sweat and tears along the way, but we hope that …

Welcome to TheCoolGamer.com! TheCoolGamer is a new gaming news and review site that encompasses all platforms and an integrated forum that also doubles as a comment system – meaning that there will always be something to talk about. We’re still in our testing phase, so I apologise for …

The BBC iPlayer app for iOS has been around for a while, recently it received an update with a cool feature along with some bug fixes. The added feature now allows you to download content and store it on your device for viewing in the future. Streaming TV …

Yep, you read that right. The long awaited Black Mesa Half-Life total conversion is now available to download! For those not in the loop, Black Mesa is a total conversion (remake) of the critically-acclaimed Valve Corp. game Half-Life. Black Mesa re-introduces Gordon Freeman to the world, with remade …