What We Want for Christmas

The 2011 Christmas shopping and gifting season is now in full swing, and there’s plenty of data concerning what tops most peoples’ list of wished for gifts this year. It cannot be denied that the holidays have changed over the years. Gone are the days of Beanie Babies and action figures. Modern kids want technology, in the form of gadgets, music devices, and yes, video games. Adults are interested in video games and other “intangibles” too, such as money, gift certificates for online goods like playing time in World of Warcraft, e-book and software or app downloads, and other things like adt that are not physical objects. Let’s take a look at what are expected…

The Week in Tech: Google+ Games

Google+ finally rolled its online social games addition as an added feature earlier this week.  Google owns a stake in Zynga games as one of its biggest investors, and Google+ adding Zynga (and Angry Birds) to it’s online offerings is a natural extension of that relationship.  It’s also a move that could pose an impressive threat to Facebook and its social gaming.

5 App Games to Love

App Gaming is at an all time high these days and Apps are even branching into other media types by either being available on those platforms or being accessible through different media. the new Nexus commercial should show that as well. HTC powered and Google to the core they offer Angry birds which beforehand was an Apple exclusive.   Angry Birds The app even has commercials on TV about making your devices most fun to play Angry birds on. How could you not love this game? It has adorable birds mad at the evil pigs for stealing their eggs. You can play it on any of the iDevices as well any Google device or browser. Pocket Legends (3D MMO) It reminds…