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Total Addiction – World of Warcraft

Gaming addiction is a curse that plagues the industry, which one gamer in particular “haikstertbh” is all too aware of. Although there is nothing wrong with devoting a sizeable investment of your time to online game-play, we are after all gamer geeks reading this, there comes a point in every gamers life however, where enough [...]

Red Dead Redemption – A further 4 DLC’s planned!

RockStar have struck once again, providing gamers worldwide with an incredibly entertaining and addictive twist on the globally recognised Grand Theft Auto franchise. Red Dead Redemption follows the tales of a conflict hardened cowboy, out for revenge in the rapidly changing wild west. Since the game launched last month, developers have already surprised gamers with [...]

The Truth Behind Search Engine Optimisation, 6 REAL steps to increase web traffic!

Recently, I’ve joined the ranks of bloggers across the globe addicted to Search Engine Optimisation. I’ve tried the good and the bad, from the very best methods to the down-right ugly, and I’ve learned from my mistakes. I’ve also learned that the principle of SEO is next to useless, unless you invest copious amounts of [...]

Caution! iPads have a hidden health risk!

Products purchased from Apple are generally safe for use, however Apple’s latest offering of the iPad is very different. The iPad brings with it the risk of losing your fingers! Alright, so that statement I’ve just made isn’t completely true… Well it’s not true at all. Allow me to clarify. By buying and using Apple’s [...]

South Korea – Wielding The Ban Hammer!

. Gaming addiction is a big issue worldwide, but Korea has often graced the news regarding their ‘alternative’ methods of dealing with the problem. That being said, with young Korean gamers dying of dehydration due to their excessive addiction, it’s entirely plausable that Korea should take further steps to reduce the problem. . As a [...]

Testing, testing. Is this thing on..?

You may have noticed that TechCritic suffered from a little unexpected downtime this afternoon. Whilst I was working hard to bring the site back up, I figured that now would be as good-a-time-as-any to make a couple of other changes to the website. Can you spot them? If you can, well done! If you cant, [...]

Looking for an iPad on the cheap? Then look no further!

The Apple iPad has recently been released in the US, but for those of us who cannot afford the hefty price tag, there’s a cheap alternative. If you’ve already got an iPhone, you can use this rather ingenious hardware tweak to create an iPad environment, by installing the iPhad! . The iPhad, available from Sevensheaven, [...]

Facebook Users: Howto grab photo albums in a flash!

Facebook does a number of things very well, and in it’s defence, possesses a lot of innovative features. However to date there is still no function to download an entire album of photos with a single button press. I would imagine that such a feature would be met with the warmest of welcomes, as many [...]

FEAR 3 Announcement Trailer! Wait, What?!

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video . I’ve just watched the latest FEAR 3 video, oh sorry I meant ‘F3AR’, and although the trailer is a pretty avid watch, it gives away absolutely nothing about the latest Fear outing, which is expected in late 2010. The above video would [...]

Video: An iPad capable of running Windows 95?

If the following video is to be believed, then via some very clever emulator trickery, the iPad is capable of running Windows 95! . You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video . Amazingly Windows 95 appears to work relatively well on the iPad….