Games
Straight-Up Wall Chess Makes Knocking-Over Your King More Dramatic [Chess]
Sure, these chess sets aren't quite as neat as the vertical Tri-D chess in Star Trek, but by turning the game through 90 degrees and hanging it on the wall they do turn it into a sort of art masterpie ....... read more
6 days ago
Nintendo Decides You Can Trade in Wii Speak After All [Nintendo]
We were pretty pissed when we found out that the Wii Speak mic comes with a one-time code to download the "Wii Speak" channel that'll let you use it, since a single use, irreplaceable code meant you c ....... read more
7 days ago
Video Game "O Faces" Captured with RED Camera [Photography]
British photographer Robbie Cooper used stills from the video taken by his RED camera to show that look of total concentration achieved by kids as they play some particularly absorbing video games, in ....... read more
10 days ago
Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]
These Gadget Deals of the Day round-ups remind me more and more of Tom Waits' genius Step Right Up*. Everyone's a winner, bargains galore! $500 off! $500 off this 1080p fancy 42-inch Philips LCD TV. Y ....... read more
13 days ago
Pocket Jockey iPhone Game Simulates Horse Racing In Most Suggestive Way Possible [IPhone Apps]
Pocket Jockey simulates those carnival Games where you have to propel your horse down a via any manner of hammer-bopping, ball-rolling or water gun-squirting?only here, the idea is to actually jump up ....... read more
13 days ago
Tectoy Zeebo Gaming System Uses Free 3G Connection to Distribute Games [Gaming]
The Tectoy Zeebo doesn't scream gaming console powerhouse by any means, but what makes it interesting is the free 3G connection as the means to purchase and download games. In addition to keeping dist ....... read more
20 days ago
Interactive Pong May be Most Fun You Can Have With a Whiteboard [Pong]
Pong exerts a vicious grip on the minds of designers—it pops up in hundreds of reincarnations. But this one is sweet: a live "drawing on whiteboard" version, mixing electronics with the joy of d ....... read more
Wed,
05 Nov 2008
Drug Lords For iPhone Takes Dope Wars To the Next GPS-Assisted Level [IPhone Apps]
I spent a large amount of high school playing Dope Wars on my TI-83+. I don't think I was the only one. News, then, that a super-shiny interpretation of the game is being developed on the iPhone, call ....... read more
Mon,
03 Nov 2008
Japanese Nintendo DSi Ad Reveals Hidden Feature [Nintendo DSi]
The first Japanese ad for the DSi not only reveals who they're really targeting—the really young and really old—but a secret feature. In addition to the whole camera and wacky photo editi ....... read more
Tue,
28 Oct 2008
DSi Camera and Sound Demoed, Found Strange [Clips]
The new DSi will not only feature a camera and SD-based music player, but some robust supporting software known as DSi Camera and DSi Sound. Demoed in these two clips, what can we say? Apparently, the ....... read more
Sat,
25 Oct 2008
Racing Games Zoom Faster In the JDome 180-Degree Vision System [Game Displays]
Svenska inventor John Nilsson has sent us a cool new demo video of the JDome, his patented 180-degree surround display. I've to admit that I wasn't convinced by his first-person shooter demo, but I'm ....... read more
Wed,
22 Oct 2008
Next Xbox Will Upgrade Xbox 360 Games to Look Amazing, Use New Controller Features [Big Fat Rumor]
I don't even know how this would work, but Xbox Evolved says that the next Xbox (720 or Next, whatever) won't just be backward-compatible with games, it'll be forward-compatible. What the hell does th ....... read more
Wed,
15 Oct 2008
Dealzmodo: Buy One Wii Game Get the Second Half Price [Dealzmodo]
Circuit City isn't planning on going gently into that good night. First they offered a more aggressive price match guarantee and now they are offering a buy one get one 50% off sale on all $50 Wii gam ....... read more
Mon,
13 Oct 2008
Guitar Hero: World Tour Gets Deluxe $240 Version, Rips You Off [Gaming]
If you're looking to pick up Guitar Hero: World tour when it comes out on October 26th, you'll have a choice between the wussy regular edition and the awesome deluxe edition. While yes, we may be head ....... read more
Tue,
07 Oct 2008
Star Wars The Force Unleashed For iPhone Hands-On [IPhone Apps]
We first saw the Force Unleashed iPhone game back at E3, and since then not a whole lot has changed. You still control Darth Vader's apprentice by drawing shapes on the screen to correspond with force ....... read more
Mon,
29 Sep 2008
Nikkei: New Nintendo DS With Camera and Music Playback Coming This Year [Rumor]
Japan's Nikkei newspaper—their Wall Street Journal, so by no means a shady source—is reporting that Nintendo will launch a new version of the DS later this year with a built-in camera and ....... read more
Sun,
28 Sep 2008
North Korean Arcades Are Incredibly Sad [Arcades]
I've seen some crappy arcades in my day, mostly tucked into some crummy corner of whatever cheap hotel my mom had stashed us at, populated with well-worn Galaga and Street Fighter II machines. They ha ....... read more
Fri,
26 Sep 2008
Third Parties Are Ditching the PSP [Playstation Portable]
The sad thing about the PSP is that it's a solid piece of hardware that people, mostly in Japan, are buying, but in humorless irony, third parties are refusing to support the platform. In this graph b ....... read more
Wed,
24 Sep 2008
iPhone Breakout Knockoffs Being Nastygrammed By Atari [Breakout Clone]
Programmers who made knockoffs of the Atari game Breakout are getting nasty letters from the game developer to remove their apps from the iPhone App Store. So far touchArcade says BreakClassic, BreakT ....... read more
Thu,
18 Sep 2008
Nintendo Patents Now Under the ITC Microscope [Nintendo]
The International Trace Commission?which has the power to ban products in the US in case they infringe any patent?has accepted Hillcrest Laboratories' allegations against Nintendo. The commission will ....... read more
Thu,
18 Sep 2008