MediaCoder 0.6.1.4185
September 12, 2008
Chris Wiles, vnunet.com, Friday 12 September 2008 at 00:00:00
Encode or decode AV media
Working with video and audio codecs can be a real pain, for the professional media designer and for the home user who wants to playback old video they’ve downloaded from…
Review: Arcon 3D Home Designer Expert design software
September 8, 2008
Jason d’Allison, Personal Computer World, Monday 8 September 2008 at 14:00:00
Powerful and intuitive architectural software to help with your DIY
If you’re thinking of adding an extension, refitting your kitchen or even self-building a house, 3D Home Designer Expert is aimed at you….
Review: Mr Site Takeaway Website Pro design software
August 29, 2008
Paul Monckton, Computeract!ve, Friday 29 August 2008 at 10:00:00
A complete e-commerce website in a box (except it’s not in the box)
Mr Site Takeaway Website Pro gives users everything they need to create their own websites without any prior experience. Not only will it create and manage web pages, it will…
Review: Magix Xtreme Photo & Graphic Designer graphics suite
August 25, 2008
Ken McMahon, Personal Computer World, Monday 25 August 2008 at 10:00:00
Some useful tools, but this suite could do with tighter integration
A suite of three applications, Magix Xtreme Photo & Graphic Designer comprises a photo editor, vector graphics application and a photo manager….
Review: PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 6 security software
August 25, 2008
Paul Lester, Computeract!ve, Monday 25 August 2008 at 10:00:00
Kill off viruses and spyware
Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 6 is the latest in a series of security applications from PC Tools designed to protect your PC from a range of spyware and virus threats….
Review: Homepage Maker 6 Ultimate design software
August 21, 2008
Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 17:19:00
This browser-based tool can get complicated
Homepage Maker 6 Ultimate bills itself as a business website maker that’s easy for home users too. While it’s certainly powerful enough for many small businesses, we reckon home users, unless…
EA Showcase 08: Hands-on with NERF N-Strike for the Wii
August 15, 2008

NERF N-Strike is easily going to have the best peripheral ever made for a game. You will actually get a real working NERF gun that also doubles as the gun cradle for the Wiimote. There will be a removable one-shot NERF launcher where the Wiimote fits, and the NERF gun is even designed to accept the MotionPlus and allows for the Nunchuk to plug in for easy access.
There will be a story for the single-player mode, designed in a Saturday morning cartoon fashion, where the main character joins an elite NERF group and fights with NERF guns against robots. This is a kids’ game after all, so there won’t be any humans that are yelling out horrible one-liners to shoot at.
The game will support up to four players with around 24 events to play. I played a game with Emily from Ripten where we had to shoot as many balls as we could. Each time we hit a ball, a machine hanging above the stage would paint the ball your team’s colors until all the balls were destroyed. 
Players will have access to 25 guns, 12 of which are real NERF guns and 13 of which are brand new NERF guns designed for N-Strike. I played with a handgun, an automatic rifle and a sniper rifle during my playtime.
The game basically feels like Time Crisis, but with NERF guns. The main downside to all of this is that the gun and game package will cost .99, and the gun by itself will go for .99. That’s a great price point for the gun, but no arcade-style on-rails shooter is worth more than . Both the gun and game will be out in your local videogame section and toy section this November 4 for the Wii.





















