"Guns for show, knives for a pro." The sword is the quintessential close combat weapon, becoming the legendary in right pair of skilled hands. The video game world is full of many weird and wonderful swords - here are ten of the best: 10. Chaos Eater - Darksiders As one of the Four Horsemen, War is more than entitled to wield an enormous sword. The fantastically named “Chaos Eater” i... more.

Recently, I gathered together a short list of the developers on Android that I thought deserved attention. The ones that I felt not only delivered a fun a game or two, but that had shown real effort in developing on Android rather than ignoring the large audience in exchange for the bright prospects of iOS - or that had given equal attention to both. (Ed. note: You should totally go and read that ... more.

Too often developers appear to get stuck in a rut, repeating themselves over and over again with endless sequels. They run out of innovative ideas, and there's barely any inspired changes between each iteration. Sure, they progressively improve, but everyone's bored by now. Time for some radical changes devs! Bungie are doing it. Neversoft are doing it. Insomniac are doing it (well... sort of)... more.

If you scarcely indulge in technology (outside of gaming, of course), I wouldn't blame you for being largely unaware of the Android platform. The Google-developed mobile phone operating system hasn't seen the widespread success of Apple's iOS, somewhat unfairly. Open-source and full of applications that wouldn't be allowed on the Apple App Store because of it, Android has carved a space for itself... more.

Over the past two days there has been over a dozen speakers here at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, each bringing their own unique views, products and stories. Overall, and seemingly unintentionally, the main theme of this year has been strongly focused on both digital distribution and publishing. As the market evolves and changes it brings with it new challenges, as well as new opportunities,... more.

The 3DS. The DS, with an entire additional dimension. But is this the future of gaming? Does another dimension add anything to the gameplay? Maybe it's too early to know for sure, but on Tuesday, some of the NXT Gamer team wandered down to London and got their hands on with what people are (read: I am) already calling "pretty cool" and "technologically astounding." Here's the lowdown on Nintendo's... more.

Art – (noun) the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is of more than ordinary significance. - Dictionary.com’s definition of “art” What is art? I am not here to argue this, as I’m sure it could be argued endlessly, but I can tell you that almost anything can be art. Once it is aesthetically worth mentioning, it becomes art. Accordi... more.