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For those unfamiliar with Bioshock, it is an award winning, critically acclaimed FPS (first person shooter) based in the city of Rapture. Rapture was built by a mad genius type Andrew Ryan; the premise of the first Bioshock was that the game’s main protagonist (you) crash lands over the ocean and ends up in the underwater city of Rapture. As the game progressed you found that there are many twists and turns in what became a very immersive game and storyline. I wont go into too much detail regarding the first Bioshock as many of you might want to play it before getting your hands on this much anticipated sequel. Bioshock 1 is retailing for a very low price on PC and other platforms at the moment so you may want to check that out.

Bioshock 2 takes place 10 years after the first game and has you, the player, playing the role of a prototype Big Daddy. The world of rapture is now also populated with not only splicers, big daddys and little sisters but also big sisters who are not as nice as the name would lead you to believe.

A big sister... not what you pictured I'd bet?

As you now play the role of a big daddy in the game you will experience something that wasn’t present in Bioshock 1 and that is the freedom to step outside the confines of Rapture, using your suit you can step outside into the ocean which will no doubt add an interesting game play dynamic to Bioshock 2. Bioshock will indeed feature a multi player mode where players will take on the role of a Rapture citizen who is a guinea pig of sorts as you test out various plasmids (plasmids give you an array of superhuman powers such as the ability to shock or fry ones enemies to death); the multi player interestingly enough is set a year before the first Bioshock.

Little sisters are used to hunt out and harvest the ever precious Adam chemical found in the world of Rapture

From what can be seen in the game play videos, the designers are going for a mix of survival horror and fast paced action. Bioshock 2 maintains the authentic “retro” feel its predecessor managed to capture and will no doubt be an experience like no other title out there.

The prototype big daddy suit

Bioshock 2 will be a great addition to any gamer’s library and will available in the next few days for the Playstation 3, XBox 360 and PC.

As the name would imply; the gesture cube is a gesture based interface system. Being a cube the gadget allows you to use, twist, turn, minimize and pinch data via a three dimensional interface. You must really have a look at the video I posted at the end of this to get a better understanding of how this device’s interface will look and work.

The interface is setup so that each side of the cube serves a different function and by “throwing” or moving data around you are allowed access to each different function. Think of it as a touch screen mini PC with your e-mail on one side of the cube and mp3 playlist on another and so forth.

The gesture cube will allow many of the functions we’d expect in a modern “tablet” device such as this, including the ability to sync with mobile devices. The way the Gesture Cube works on a practical level is it detects movement and distance in three dimensional space, thus allowing the user to interact with it and use it without any physical touching of the device (get ready to scream at your little nephews/brothers/sisters to please not TOUCH the screen!).

Here’s a video giving you more details on this gadget, it will also give you a better idea on just how practical and useful this device can end up being, it’s really a very cool concept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieolCZBvKPQ&feature=player_embedded

If you remember, last year’s Trade-in promotions had some amazing speicals with Incredible Connection selling the cheapest Apple iMac and Macbook’s in South Africa for the month of February. This year, it’s no different.

How does Trade-in work?

All you have to do is bring in any old computer or accessories to claim the discount on all the products on special. It doesn’t even have to work! What Incredible Connection then does is either refurbish the items and donate them to charities in need, or if the product is not usable, they will make sure the electronics are disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner with Enviro Connect and Desco.

Trade-in Specials

Lets kick off the Trade-in specials with gaming. How about the XBox 360 Elite for R2699?

For those of you looking to upgrade your happy snap digital camera to a more serious DSLR camera, the Nikon D3000 with 18-55mm kit lens is going for R4499. If you want something a little more mid range, the Nikon D5000 with 18-55mm kit lens is R7499 and the Canon 500D with 18-55mm lens is R8499.

Incredible Connection also have a few Apple iMac’s and Macbook Pros on special. The 21.5″ 3.06GHz 500GB HDD iMac is R13500, with the 13inch 2.53GHz Macbook Pro going for R16000.

All of us have some old computer or accessories that are collecting dust and probably don’t work. Why not bring in that old junk to get some really great discounts at Incredible Connection? You not only saving money, but helping the environment by disposing of your old hardware in an environmentally responsible manner.

We all knew it was going to happen and now it’s been confirmed; EA will be releasing the only officially licensed game for the 2010 World Cup. As can be expected, the title will be released across all major platforms. How the game will differ across each platform remains to be seen and can be tracked at: www.easports.com .

Players will have access to each and every team that took part in the World Cup qualifiers for 2010 (199 teams). All of the South-African stadiums will feature in the game as well as others based abroad (for qualification matches). If you’ve been following and playing the FIFA franchise as long as I have you’ll know that a World Cup game is quite standard issue; having said that, it must be noted that EA have packed this particular instalment with some features that have never been available before.
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The latest creation coming out of Cupertino, Apple’s headquarters, is the iPad. As Steve Jobs announced on Wednesday night, the device is going to fill the gap between smartphones and laptops. It has a 9.7″ capacitive touchscreen that runs a operating system very similar to the one we see on the iPhone. Apps that currently run on your iPhone and iPod touch will also run on the iPad.

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