A newly formed interactive game publishing company that brings ‘games-with-purpose’ to market, today announced the availability of “City Rain”for the new Xbox Live Marketplace ‘Indie Games’ site. Created as an initial student concept project, City Rain is a puzzle and simulation game based on urban planning and sustainability. Players must rescue cities that are being [...]
City Rain – Award winning XNA XBOX and PC Game
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: · city rain, green, mother gaia, ovolo, pc, sim city, Sustainability, tetris, urban planning, xbox, xna
Tv TrickleSaver – Fend off those energy vampires
July 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
We already know the effects of so called vampire energy drainers, these are the devices that in the background secretly suck your electricity supply whilst you not using the device. An awful lot of electricla devices we use use pretty much the same amount of energy in standby mode as they do when they are [...]
Tags: · bills, consoles, electricity, Energy, games, microsoft, nintendo, plasma, ps3, Sony, tricklesaver, tv, tv tricklesaver, wii, xbox
Hacking down on video game energy use
November 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Individual gamers and console makers could significantly reduce energy use from video games, according to study that identified the Nintendo Wii as the industry’s most efficient “juice sipper.”
Gamers waste a lot of energy simply because they don’t turn their machines off when they’re not playing, according to environmental advocacy group the National Resources Defense Council [...]
Tags: · ds, games, microsoft, nintendo, ps2, ps3, psp, son, Video, wii, xbox
Video Games Suck Up Energy Like Vampires
November 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Want to cut down on your utility bills? You may want to take a second look at your Wii, Play Station and X-Box. A video game console can suck up as much energy as two refrigerators. Alex Cohen talks with Noah Horowitz, consumer electronics expert with the Natural Resources Defense Council, about the organization’s new [...]
Tags: · 360, games, microsoft, nintendo, ps3, psp, Sony, Video, wii, xbox
Gaming goes green with eco friendly store
August 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Jason Renfro to Open First Gamer Doc Video Game Store In California – Highland Park Store will be Eco-Friendly
The store design is eco-friendly, incorporating solar panels and 80% recycled building materials. Jason expects to open for business in mid-September. The Gamer Doc store will feature 20 HD gaming stations with full Internet access, a fully [...]
Tags: · games, home, live, microsoft, nintendo, ps3, psp, Sony, store, wii, xbox
Games consoles ‘not green enough’
May 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Greenpeace took the consoles and controllers apartSony, Microsoft and Nintendo are not doing enough to eliminate potentially harmful chemicals and metals from their games consoles, Greenpeace has said.
The body examined materials used inside the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.
Greenpeace said that while all three machines complied with European laws, the [...]
Tags: · consoles, environment, games, green, microsoft, nintendo, ps2, son, wii, xbox
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