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N-Gage Gaming: Pinball, Racing and Strategy

Crave They're just perfect handheld fodder, and Mile High's take on the game of balls and flippers is to remove the table and make an outlandish 'extreme' version. The aim is still to get the ball bouncing around off the flippers, but you can flip it...

Tags: nokia, console, handheld, balls

4 November 2005, 10:54

The 30 dumbest videogame titles ever

Crave Premise: Spanky is a monkey with balls. Throwing these balls is his way of attacking enemies, and at the end of each level there's a boss. Without videogames, many of us would have lives, children and permanent jobs.

27 March 2008, 9:21

Gizmondo: giving the PSP a run for its money?

Crave We also managed to get hold of two games -- Sticky Balls, which started life as a free online game, and Trailblazer, which is effectively F-Zero crossed with Tron. Sticky Balls is a little confusing at first but shows promise in quick five-minute...

Tags: console, balls, gadget, tiger

6 July 2005, 10:33

Photos: At home with Google and friends

Crave The balls room, as we like to call it, is where Googlers can mess with balls and stuff. Offices are usually very dreary places filled with boring furniture and discontent -- but it all depends on who you work for.

14 May 2008, 10:20

The ten most addictive online flash games ever made

Crave You've got to shoot different coloured balls from a frog's mouth at a growing line of coloured balls to make them all disappear -- otherwise the frog gets it. For others online flash games are a passionate hobby that keeps glued to their monitors...

6 November 2007, 8:00

New Sony Bravia ad: Paint the town red. And yellow and blue

Crave Sony's first Bravia ad was a terrific example of this: borrowing the techniques and aesthetic of installation art, it was simply footage of thousands of coloured balls bounding down a hill in San Francisco, with a lovely indie theme tune.

Tags: sony, ads, ad, san francisco

18 October 2006, 12:02

Sony's new LCDs: Home of the Bravia

Crave But all it took was a load of bouncing balls (and a decent product, of course) to make the Bravia range one of the most recognisible LCD ranges in existence, and a powerful statement of intent to the likes of Panasonic and Sharp.

Tags: sony, eye, lcd, panasonic

22 March 2006, 10:42

Photos: The wizardry of pinball machines

Crave One of many pieces created with salvaged hardware from other machines and neon lights is the Pinbowl Chaos Generator, a plexiglass bowl that sends the balls bouncing around in a virtually continuous display of sound and light.

26 June 2008, 11:33

Student hopes Web site will propel him into space

Crave Anyone who has seen Star Wars, Aliens or Crave's personal favourite, Space Balls, will have thought, 'Space is cool'. But it seems as though one student isn't content with just thinking about it: he wants to be the first student space tourist.

Tags: star, space, student, dream

23 November 2006, 11:30

LG HomNet: Home automation gone mad?

Crave We've just enjoyed a morning of being shot in the face with balls of smoke and racing virtual sharks by flapping our arms maniacally. Crave has spent the last few days in Korea with LG, and it's all very bizarre.

Tags: lg electronics, switch, mobile phone, lg

14 November 2006, 9:59

Microsoft Vista late -- but why?

Crave Is Microsoft taking time to get things right; is it trying to be fashionably late; or is the whole thing a complete lateness balls-up that would make the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium look like a well-oiled machine?

Tags: microsoft, windows xp, windows vista, manufacturers

22 March 2006, 11:46

CNET.co.uk Downloads: Mapping your way to pool

Crave You can often catch us shooting some balls, but not in smoky pool halls -- we'd much rather be sitting on our sofa with a cup of tea, playing for free. The best things in life are free. Okay, that's not always true.

Tags: ball, london, pool, app

18 August 2006, 13:54

Wasp T12 - the speechtool revolution has begun

Crave Although this is the only model with the 'X-Ray Protection for both balls', you must wear it in the optional codpiece accessory. Forget smartphones. Forget portable gaming consoles. The Wasp T12 is the first of the new generation of speechtool...

Tags: tech, london, pool, cast

3 February 2005, 17:50

The 20 greatest slow-motion videos ever

Crave Golf ball versus lava lamp If Tiger Woods smoked pot, he too might enjoy smashing golf balls into 1960s lights. So thank heavens for high-speed cameras. These marvellous inventions can capture thousands of frames per second, allowing a producer to...

2 June 2008, 16:39

Flying gadgets: PicooZ & Mini Bi-Plane in aerial assault

Crave Balls are thrown around the office, superiors are groped inappropriately, and songs with rude words are sung, often about the managing director (always behind his back, mind). Here at Crave, we're all about the HR violations.

30 April 2007, 12:21