See the yellow guy in the picture? Total badass. He, of course, is the star of Alien Hominid, a wondrous little flash game from 2002 that went on to become a fully flledged game on PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and GameBoy Advance. (more…)

This guy just became a Sony fanboy. He's also buying a Mac tomorrow.

Sucks to you, Jimmy Fallon! The American talk show host had been bragging for weeks that Cliff Bleszinski - or Cliffy B, as he hates to be called – would announce his “hot new game” on Fallon’s TV show. If you ignore the fact that everyone knew Bleszinski would be announcing Gears of War 3, then Microsoft stole Fallon’s thunder by recently announcing the game over the Xbox Live dashboard. Probably by accident. Oops.

The game is out 11 April 2011.

This post was exclusively written for Bandwidth Blog by Ad Dynamo CEO – Sean Riley

Ad Dynamo has made great strides since launching in March 2009. We have taken the approach of getting it right in South Africa, and then leveraging this successful model in global markets. South Africa, as many Internet entrepreneurs will know, is a relatively small market when compared to established geographies such as European countries or the US. This makes it harder for local start ups as the market is small and to launch a profitable business you have to truly dominate. The upside, is that if you get it right in SA you will most likely succeed in larger markets.

The downside is that many great SA start ups do not succeed but would have in a bigger market. We believe that Ad Dynamo has successfully established itself as a clear alternative in the contextual advertising marketplace in South Africa and are now looking to use our local success as a launch platform in other markets.

Over the past year we have achieved consistent growth of our publisher base, traction amongst most of the advertising agencies, and as a result, recognition as an important role player in the ad delivery industry. We have made significant investments into our technology and believe we have sufficient infrastructure to grow without re-investment into hardware for the next 2 years. We are currently streamlining many business processes – April saw the first complete automation of payments to over 1,000 publishers. Personal customer service remains a big driver and differentiator for us and whilst this may not always be possible we are trying our best to provide this at all times. (more…)

The Pokemon series, which has only just launched its SoulSilver and HeartGold iterations, is due for a fresh makeover, in Japan at least. Pokemon.co.jp revealed that Pokemon Black and Pokemon White will be coming to the DS in Japan this year, with no mention of a western release or any of the game’s features, for that matter. We do know that more information will be forthcoming on th 15th of April, this Thursday. So let’s wait and see.

Another live action trailer for a video game. Pardon us, developer dudes, but are your polygons on strike?

F.E.A.R. 3 is coming out later this year. John Carpenter, of Halloween fame, has been signed on to flesh out the creepy story. Take a look:

Steve Jobs, wearing his customary black polo-neck, yesterday gave the market a preview of Apple’s iPhone OS4 software. Over 100 new features will be available to iPhone and iPod Touch users when the software update is released around the middle of the year.

New features include

• multitasking for third-party apps
• folders to allow for better app organisation and access
• unified inbox in Mail, allowing users to see messages from all their email accounts displayed together in a single inbox
• fast inbox switching and threaded messages
• iAd, Apple’s new mobile advertising platform
• iBooks, Apple’s new ebook reader and online bookstore
• enhanced enterprise support, including better data protection, mobile device management and wireless app distribution

Not all features will work on all devices – for instance, multitasking will only run on the iPhone 3GS or third-generation iPod Touch.

Watch the video of the iPhone OS4 event for more details.

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We were browsing through the ever-entertaining OneLargePrawn the other day, when we came across something really cool… the minimalist heaven that is Simple Desktops. Run by Tom Watson, a product designer for Facebook, it features a fantastic collection of no-fuss, no-frills wallpapers that will leave your desktop looking simple and serene. (more…)

Must. See.