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Here’s Your First Blurry Look At The PS4
We didn’t get to see the PS4 at Sony’s big reveal event a few months ago, but with the NextBox announcement right around the corner, Sony’s showing off a sneak peek to get us all riled. It’s hard to make out much of anything other than the vague shape of the thing, but it’s better than nothing.
The Latest ‘Working Portal Gun In Real Life’ Hack Is Pretty Damn Cool
Mirrors lined with blue and red LEDs have long been a staple of Portal-themed decoration. Taking it to the next level, however, is jamin101wolf. He bought the Portal gun prop available through ThinkGeek and Amazon, then plugged the two mirrors into remote-control power boxes. With this he pulls off the effect of firing a red and blue portal (which are located on opposite walls, creating the requisite hall-of-mirrors effect.)
Sony Patent Could Stop You From Playing Used Games
A patent application published today resurrects the rumour that Sony’s next gaming console will suppress the playing of used games and outlines how such a scheme would be accomplished without the use of an always-on internet connection for verification. In short, an RFID ID stamped onto the new discs would track their usage history and restrict them to one console.
These Are The Graphics That Gaming PCs Shall Be Judged By
FutureMark, the folks behind the 3DMark performance benchmark, will have a new gaming benchmark for PCs out later this year and that trailer above is its tech demo. As you can see, the future of video game graphics would seem to depend on lots of swirling fire embers.
Play Counter-Strike On Your Android Device
The gang at XDA-Developers are hard at work on a full port of Counter-Strike to Android devices, but they’ve already released two playable versions Android owners can run right now.
Not Only Does This Nerf Lancer Fire Darts, It’s Fully Automatic
Sure, Nerf Lancers have been done before, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be done better. This one, from reader Nick G, is also for sale on eBay.
Space Station Internet Too Slow For Online Video Games
Regarding life in space, everyone has three questions: How do you poop, has anyone screwed, and can you play video games up there. Alright, maybe the first two are more commonly asked, but we have an answer to the third question now.
Rumour Has Microsoft Announcing TV Service At E3
I love the weekends before E3. I’ve worked four. You get everything in the tips jar—yesterday we got one that said Half-Life 2: Episode 3 would be a Wii 2 launch title. It was too earnest to be a troll.
These Are The Big Games Of E3 2011
Guns. Swords. Balls. The video games of E3 2011 will have all these and much more when the industry’s annual conclave kicks off this week in Los Angeles.… [Kotaku]
Turns Out Kinect Can Read Sign Language
Kinect’s patent application said the device could recognise American Sign Language. Microsoft then backed off the claim, at least for the initial generation of the device, saying that sort of application would be supported in later models. Then people started developing open-source Kinect drivers and doing all sorts of cool things with them. And lo and behold, the commercially available Kinect recognises sign language.
