Category Archives: PC

Kinect for windows coming February, BUT all is not peachy

Microsoft have announced over at their blog that Kinect for Windows is coming this February 1st in 12 countries including the UK, Japan, Australia, Germany, Spain, USA, canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, and New Zealand. Though i can see no … Continue reading

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its a block eat block world out there, figuratively speaking

I take a break from my evening grind of catching up on tech/game news to mention 2 interesting blocky games in development, both of which where tweeted by @notch, so if you follow him on twitter no doubt you’ve already … Continue reading

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iTunes match is in the UK Now

Excellent news this pre Christmas, Apple has released iTunes Match outside of the US earlier than what was reported. iTunes Match is where for a subscription of £21.99 a year, iTunes will scan your music, and find it in its … Continue reading

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Ooops, we forgot to mention, Minecraft is officially launched, but you knew that already

So last weekened was the big MineCon in vegas, where 5000 met to celelbrate the release with @notch and the rest of Mojang. As we here at grig can’t afford a plane ticket, 3 nights in a hotel, and the … Continue reading

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Need to buy a new Kinect, don’t use the one you got?

Well folkes, here’s the skinny, over at the Microsoft Research Kinect for Windows blog, there’s news that next year will see a new kinect that will have “optimized certain hardware components and made firmware adjustments which better enable PC-centric scenarios”. … Continue reading

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720 inbound?

Following on from yesterday’s article by actually bothering to write something new for the Grig, I venture forth once more and set my sights firmly on the future as we plot a course for the next generation! Now this is … Continue reading

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IGN are gonna live stream some MineCon goodness woo hoo

News of the day is that if you are a fan of Minecraft, but do not live in the states, and cannot afford to go to MineCon over the 18th -19th of Novemeber, then fret not, as Mojang have partnered … Continue reading

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Kinect for Windows SDK beta 2 is out

It’s great that Microsoft have put efforts in helping the community utilize the power of kinect, and now we’re seeing proof that they are continuing that commitment. Today i saw a news item in my rss feeds from Microsoft Research … Continue reading

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Minecraft 1.9 pre 5 is up for download for the impatient

What up minecraftalonians, if you’re one of those who likes to take a sneak peak at whats new, then you maye be intereseted in tehis here link http://assets.minecraft.net/1_9-pre5/minecraft.jar which will be the latest build for hardcore fans to test out, … Continue reading

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Cheap lazy roundup 23/10/2011

Well folks it’s been over a week and nobody had any grigging time to blog for you, so here’s the quick fire round of whats been and whats coming, are you ready, here we go. Batman Arkham City is out … Continue reading

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