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27 May 2009window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; Well, as repeatedly predicted on here, we have the Zune to take on the world. And they haven’t put a phone in it! Features: Wi Fi internet access. Widescreen multitouch OLED screen (nicer display technology). HD Radio. Video and music playback. USA market only. Uses Xbox Live. Downloadable games. Web browser based [...]
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25 May 2009NYC Resistor collaborator Kelly Farrell shows off her latest project: a gazing-ball trackball controller that plays Katamari Damacy the way we should have realized it was meant to be played all along.
How does it work? Kelly explains:
It uses an…
In: Gaming News|Nintendo|Technology
25 May 2009Swedish-developed Ghostwire will let you use the DSi’s camera to hunt ghosts in the real world through augmented-reality gaming, developer A Different Game announced today. window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; In the adventure title, gamers will use the DSi as a portal to the astral plane to find and collect ghosts that exist all around them. The [...]
Sight, sound and smell. Gaming has the first two covered — and maybe soon the third as well. Then again, maybe not. window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; In the UK, the Ministry of Defense is part-funding a project that releases foul smells during training vids so soldiers can learn to smell trouble. According to the MailOnline, this [...]
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20 May 2009In June, videogame crapvendor Innex will start distributing this Retro Adapter by Komodo, a $20 (projected) dongle that will let you plug in and use your NES, Super Nintendno, or Nintendo 64 controllers on the Nintendo Wii, perfect for all those Virtual Console games.
Once was a day parents had to do their jobs, and manually enforce the amount of time a kid spent playing on a console. Now, all they need is the GameDr. This awful thing attaches around the outside of the your console’s power plug, and claims to be tamper proof. It can be programmed to [...]
In: Gaming News|Legal|Sony|Technology
18 May 2009Late last week, we posted what appeared to be the first pictures of the PLAYSTATION 3 “Slim”. Taiwan-based attorney Li Mo & Associates contacted us, potentially giving credence to the validity of the pictures. In their email, the firm stated that these “trade secrets” had been posted online and demanded that the images be taken [...]