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Kinect Forza Demo: Do Not Want
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To show off the capabilities of the new Kinect, Microsoft presented a demo of Forza Motorsport, which will be released next year. The demo showed how we can drive cars just by putting our hands in the “10 and 2 positions,”… as if holding a steering wheel. I think |
June 17th, 2010
Playstation Move Ray Gun Controller: Didn’T Marvin the Martian have One of These?
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If you didn’t think you looked stupid enough flailing your arms around with Sony’s new PlayStation Move motion controller, wait till you get a load of this. Sony has revealed their first add-on accessory for the Move, which looks like a ray gun. The odd-looking attachment for the Move docs… |
June 16th, 2010
Child of Eden: Crazy Music Game for Xbox 360 has Us Scratching Our Heads, but We Like It
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Child of Eden is the latest casual video game from Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of REZ, Space Channel 5 and Lumines…. The trippy psychedelic visuals and audio carry on the tradition of weird, wild, and addictive music games from the slightly off-kilter mind of the gaming genius. The game |
June 15th, 2010
Kinect: Xbox 360 Project Natal Gets a Name
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I’m betting Microsoft is a little disappointed with USA Today, who let slip today that the name for what was previously known as Project Natal, will be released under the name “Kinect.”… |
June 13th, 2010
Playstation Move Price and Release Date Move Into Focus
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Sony today took the wraps off of their new PlayStation Move controller system, their much-anticipated answer to the Nintendo Wii-mote and Microsoft’s Project Natal. The PlayStation Move is actually a set of motion controllers, sort of like the Wii-mote and Nunchuk. However, the PS3 Move components connect wirelessly via Bluetooth,… |
March 10th, 2010
Posimotion Helix: Get a Grip on Your iPhone
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This new add-on for the iPhone and iPod Touch gives your handheld extra gripping power for playing motion-controlled video games. The Batman logo-esque Posimotion Helix clips onto the back of your iPhone or iPod Touch, and adds large hand grips on either side of the device. The grip is designed… |
January 2nd, 2010
Blaze PS3 Motion Controller: PS3 Meets Wii
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Sure, the PlayStation 3 is eventually getting its own official motion controller from Sony, but while you wait for this bit of futureware, the guys over at UK gaming outfit BLAZE have announced their own motion-sensing PS3 controller. And it looks an awful lot like a Wii-mote.… |
October 13th, 2009
Turbo: Action-Packed, Geeky Teen Movie. So Yeah, Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed.
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But hey it’s for free, so we can’t really complain. No one’s forcing you to watch it. But let me let me tell you more about the movie so you can decide if you’d rather watch a puppy who can’t get up. Turbo is basically Karate Kid 4.0. The movie… |
October 8th, 2009
Sony Patents Their Part of the Motion-Controlled Future
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Move over, Project Natal and Wii-mote: here comes Sony, trying to break into the let’s-make-it-real movement with a new patent for image-scanning with their EyeToy camera. Oh, did you think I meant their oddly-shaped wand controller from E3? No, friends, this is altogether different. The new patent expands on the… |
July 8th, 2009
They’Ve Got Wii-Sports, We’Ve Got V-Sports
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Too cheap to buy a Nintendo Wii? Then look no further than the latest Wii knock-off to find its way from the streets of China. The V-Sports console from Hong Kong electronics outfit Rumdes does its best to copy the motion controller concept of Wii Sports, but without any of… |
August 6th, 2008
