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The Las Vegas Pinball (And Arcade Game) Hall Of Fame: A Photo Essay Through Time It would be even cooler if the games were playable, but Tonner Vi’s retro gaming-themed video-mapping installation called Visuatari is still pretty fantastic to just sit back and enjoy. Particularly since it features Mario wandering into other classic titles like Pac-Man and Duck Hunt. Forget the Virtual Boy and the 3DS, this is the only kind of 3D gaming we’d like to bring home.
The best part of YouTube user ConnorRWilson’s faithful stop-motion reproduction of World 1-1 from the Super Mario Bros isn’t that it’s all made from paper. Or that they even animated the flashing version of Mario when he’s invincible.
It’s not the first attempt to put a new spin on Scrabble by adding another dimension, but this 3DX Word Game is different in that it doesn’t tie you down by some overbearing board telling you where you can and can’t place your tiles.
The Wiimote is cleverly designed so that when turned on its side it functions as a classic video game controller. But if you’ve filled your Wii with classic 16-bit titles from the Virtual Console, you owe it to yourself to pick up this classic Super Famicom controller instead.
With a host of improvements rumoured for the next Kinect, it’s a little surprising to see that there’s still room for the current Kinect to get better: Microsoft has added face tracking capabilities to Kinect through a software update. Which means, Kinect will be able to read and react to your facial expressions.
Plenty of major retailers have sold parallel imports in-store: GameTraders did it to get a headstart on local release dates, EB have sold imported games, and troubled retailer GAME has also sold imported games as ‘pre-owned’. Now JB Hi-Fi is getting involved, but its scheme is a little different…
The image here, which popped up on Twitter not long ago but has now — unsurprisingly — vanished from the internet, shows what looks like, at first glance, a tablet controller for Nintendo’s Wii U. Except it’s not quite the same as the promo shots and preview devices we’ve seen. For one thing, it has real-proper analogue thumb sticks, instead of the flat, nub-like ones of the old model.
Xbox Live Gold is one of those things you’ll see the most value out of if you’re a heavy gamer — but if you are a heavy gamer, there’s always better things to spend your money on. OzGameShop is selling off Xbox Live Gold 12 month memberships for $45.99, a solid saving over the regular $79.95 price. [OzGameShop via OzBargain]
This isn’t a Kickstarter post. This is a post about Tentacle Bento, the card game that allows players to “assume the role of tentacle monsters disguised as buxom students at an all-girl’s school in Japan”.
