Chime for Charity

A new Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) game was released this morning called Chime and it seems pretty interesting when compared to the usually weekly fare. Chime is a new puzzle game that has players placing blocks against time while remixing famous artists' music. Its gameplay is heavily influenced by its music. Artists such as Moby and Philip Glass are featuring their tunes for this game.

The developer of the game, Zoë Mode, states that over 60% of the profits made from this title will be going to the charity, OneBigGame, who in turn intend to donate over 80% of their income towards their chosen charities, Save The Children and Starlight Children's Foundation. I'm looking forward to playing this game and giving my impressions of it.

Geek Chic

I've always been a fanatic when it comes to technology, gadgets, and gizmos. Anything tech related gets me excited. I'm usually treading on the bleeding edge of all the new geeky toys being released. The simplest of inventions intrigue me from an automated home hand-soap dispenser, to the Roomba, to the integrated bluetooth to cellphone connections in a car.

Technology, electronics, and digital innovations are at its peak at the present. There are constantly new tidbits on tech news to keep updated with. The latest in the hype at the moment is the recent unveiling and imminent release of the new Apple iPad in March. There will be plenty of tech news to come that I'd love to keep up with.













A simple idea I had is to assess the new Xbox Live arcade game that is released every Wednesday. Xbox Live is the internet service that the Xbox 360 video game console provides. Every week a new casual game is released on Wednesday morning that ranges from an old-school game that is revamped and released for the modern gamer to new casual games that are completely designed from the ground up.












Hopefully I can accomplish my task of making geek, well, chic.