New Technology Reviews!.: Penguin

Game Review: Penguin

<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-36741 aligncenter" height="192" src="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2923/penguingjj.png" title="Penguin" width="320" /> Dive into some Tiny Wings action with Penguin, the first Tiny Wings-type game on WP7. By the way, it’s free to download. <h3>Overall Score: 3/5</h3> The gameplay and presentation are good, but the lasting value could see some improvements. However, it’s a great Tiny Wings style game for now! <h4>Gameplay: 4/5</h4> The gameplay feels almost identical to Tiny Wings. You touch the screen to dive down (gaining speed), and then you release the screen to fly. The goal is to get as far as possible without running out of air, so you have to try to catch big jumps as often as possible. If you’re not sure how to play, Penguin has a fabulous adaptive help system that teaches you when to press on the screen, and then gradually fades away once you get the hang of the game. Eating the fish in the game will give you a little speed boost. It feels pretty solid when playing it! <h4>Presentation: 4/5</h4> The visuals are only decent, however the load speeds and music makes up for that! The game loads extremely fast, and will also resume even faster, so you can respond to that text right when you get it instead of worrying about having to wait for the game to resume! The music in the game sounds awesome and is nice to listen to. For HTC phones, there’s currently a bug where the sound effects make constant static, but by turning the sound effects volume off, that static went away. While the visuals could be more interesting, they are definitely effective and work for now. <h4>Lasting Value: 2/5</h4> Unfortuantely, this game doesn’t have a local or online leaderboard. You can sort of compete with friends locally, since it records your best all time score, but a leaderboard system would make the game far better.

Game Review: Penguin

Dive into some Tiny Wings action with Penguin, the first Tiny Wings-type game on WP7. By the way, it’s free to download. Overall Score: 3/5 ...

David Attenborough working on 3D Penguin documentary

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/tv/images/Sky_3D/attenborough_copyright_atlantic-200-200.jpg"> David Attenborough revealed this week that his next 3D documentary project is set to be a 3D show about penguins. Attenborough was speaking at a <a href="">London press launch event</A> this week, at which – in his role as the UK's new unofficial 3D TV elder statesman and spokesperson – he was showing Flying Monsters 3D, the latest documentary from Sky that is set to be screened over the Christmas holidays for those lucky enough to already have a 3D TV with Sky 3D. 3D Penguins on the way 3D tech is clearly something that Attenborough wants to keep working with on wildlife photography and documentary-making, telling us: "We are working on a 3D show about penguins. They are good for 3D shooting as they don't do too much, just sit there. "But we will be shooting underwater, which will look mind blowing. "Penguins may have been done before, but there's a whole new generation watching these documentaries who have never seen the stuff we have filmed before." It is billed as "romance, in-fighting and high drama on the spectacular island of South Georgia" near the Falklands and being made by the same team behind Flying Monsters 3D. It will premiere on Sky 3D before being released worldwide in cinemas. A spokesman added: "It will offer intimate access to the lives of the King Penguins as they lead their families through the trials and tribulations of life on the edge of Antarctica." You can read more 3D prehistoric flying monsters and about Attenborough's thoughts on the future of 3D and how he likens the new tech to colour broadcasting in the Sixties over on <a href="">3DRadar</A>. Flying Monsters 3D makes its debut on Sky 3D on Christmas Day. For more details, go to <a href="http://www.sky.com/shop/tv/3d/">www.sky.com/3d</A>.

David Attenborough working on 3D Penguin documentary

David Attenborough revealed this week that his next 3D documentary project is set to be a 3D show about penguins. Attenborough was speaking...