Gene Simmons has once again decided to showcase his prehistoric ways of thinking with regards to music piracy, suggesting that it's killing the music industry (just like he proclaimed back in 2008) and that ultimately anyone involved in it should go to jail. He even goes so far as to …

Back when the US federal authorities busted Ross Ulbricht, the alleged Dread Pirate Roberts and founder of the Silk Road online drugs marketplace, it also seized almost 30,000 bitcoins that were sitting in the site's digital vault. Back then, those coins were worth $140 each, so around $4.2 million. An …

Riot is continuing to enforce its professional code of conduct with its pro player base, with several in the Oceanic region being hit with the ban hammer, three of which came from the same team – which you would imagine is going to cause more than a few problems with …

If you're a regular Twitch viewer, you're one of a growing number of people that are helping stream millions of hours worth of content per month, far more than the regular playtime of some of the biggest game releases, which is ironic really because that's what people are watching footage …

Kim Dotcom recently announced two bigs things: that he was launching a political party and that he was throwing a “Party Party,” to celebrate his 40th birthday, the launch of his new album and the two year anniversary of his Megaupload arrest. Now though he's had to cancel the latter, …

One of the best things about H.P. Lovecraft's novels and short stories, is that he imparts a great sense of yearning in them. The characters don't necessarily want to find out what's behind the cultist activities, or what Innsmouth's dirty secret really is, but they can't help it. Even when …

Steam's Greenlight feature was supposed to do two things: free up Valve from the laborious process of looking through every game submitted to it and simultaneously make it easier for developers to get their games on to Steam in the first place. It's worked well, with hundreds of games being …

Valve has taken the bold step to remove the touchscreen from its upcoming commercial release of the Steam Controller, due to the fact that it struggled with backwards compatibility in games that were designed with an Xbox or similar controller in mind. Replacing the central touchscreen will be a standard …

Cyanide's previous iteration of the Games Workshop tabletop fantasy (in the Tolkein sense of the word) football title did pretty well considering it's not one of GW's biggest properties, selling over a million copies in its llifetime – though the many different editions may have helped there. Still, a sequel …

The New American Foundation think tank has just released a new report which suggests that the NSA's mass surveillance programs have almost no impact on the prevention of Terrorism and that more traditional methods like local law enforcement, community tip-offs and informants are much more effective. To determine how effective …

The big problem with the latest SimCity game when it was released, was that it was an online-only game. This not only angered players that wanted to enjoy the game alone, in single-player mode – as they had done with previous generations of the game – but also because it …

Game streaming might have started out as a mere curiosity, but with Let's Players like Pewdiepie nearing 20 million subscribers, esports becoming an industry worth tens of millions and the big push for sharing on the latest generation of consoles, it's here to stay and is likely to only get …

The Internet Party is the name of digital entrepreneur Kim Dotcom's new political party, giving you little reason to guess what one of its main concerns will be. Much of it will be focused around improving the online privacy of individuals, restricting the spying capabilities (legally, not technologically) of intelligence …

Board games and tabletop games, especially the more complicated ones with hundreds of components and models, can have some beautifully designed units to use on the battlefield, but if you want to customise them, you have to do it yourself. While that's a fun practice for those of us that …

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has called once again, for Google to do more to prevent sites that contains pirated music content from appearing in its search results. It demands several ‘voluntary' procedures, including the further demotion of piracy related websites, education of users and removal of any …

One of the big stories from 2013 that scooted somewhat under the radar, was that Google went robot mad, buying up as many as eight different robotics developers in the last half of the year alone, including Boston Dynamics, the creators of Big Dog and Wildcat – those load lifting …

Since League of Legends was debuted and people have been screaming at each other about how much their opponents suck, there've been the calls for one vs one matches. Often that was simply a “meet me here,” type of deal that was more akin to a fight after school than …

And you thought your swimming pool party at age 10 was impressive. Kim Dotcom, Megaupload founder and still legally embattled potential extraditee, recently announced a celebration due to take place on the 20th of January, that would not only recognise his birthday (21st) but also the two year anniversary of …

Anyone that's played the recent Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers games without much knowledge of the game's history, will no doubt have been surprised and even a little bored at the irrelevant story that surrounds the card game and is told to you in the form of swaying …

Oculus has a big year ahead of it. Its Rift is likely to pass from excitable curiosity, to even more impressive technical product, to a real piece of consumer hardware before the end of the year. Its launch could usher in a new medium of entertainment and new gameplay experiences …

The internet has given us a lot of great things. We have instant communication with people on the other side of the planet, endless amounts of (mostly) watchable media content, up-to-the-minute news and even methods of circumventing dictator crack downs on expression, that have ended up aiding revolutions. But one …

You might think with the strength of music streaming offerings from companies like Amazon, Apple, Spotify, Pandora and Youtube, the illegitimate, often unrecognised but exceedingly popular cousin, that the landscape isn't ripe for another competitor – there's just not a lot of room left in the market. And you might …

In its latest Caturday Update, the boys over at Team Meat have shown off their first bit of in-game footage, in GIF form, featuring an air-humping daddy cat and a spotty mother pumping out multiple kittens that are easily identifiable as children of their parents' lineage. If that sounds a …

We all have that one game that we've poured enough hours into that we almost wish Steam would stop reminding us just how many: for me it's Mount and Blade: Warband but for many gamers, it's League of Legends. Of course with any such game, especially one that's 100 per …

With ISPs all over the world (and especially in the UK) rolling over at the merest hint of copyright infringement, Google removing ownership from Youtube videos with just a sniff of a copyright protected song and Pirate Bay domains being taken down almost daily at this point, it's rare to …

Rust, the open world, survival sim by Gary Newman – the man behind the supremely popular Gary's Mod – is doing very well considering its in the early stages of development. Available now on Steam Early Access, it's sold over 150,000 copies already – a major achievement – but it's …

Despite almost universal condemnation from anyone that hears about it and large, influential organisations like Doctors Without Borders, the Trans Pacific Partnership, a non-debated, corporate lobbied piece of legislation that won't need to see congressional scrutiny, is being rushed through the US Senate. Just like SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and other …

While we're all pretty well connected today, there are still parts of the world that aren't quite so great when it comes to internet access. My house is one of them, but also – as you might expect – the bottom of the sea isn't the best either, but that's …

That's right folks, one of the most hated (and justifiably so) games from the Mega Drive era could be making a come back. Shaq Fu, a beat 'em up featuring Shaquil o' Neal  kicking' ass all over China with broken controls to boot, might be coming to current gen systems …

We heard a short while back that the NSA had, during its time playing watergate-world, sent a bunch of agents to also-play World of Warcraft, Second Life and a bunch of other MMOs, as it was believed that terrorists were using the virtual worlds to communicate with one another. While …