The Ancient Romans Were Gamers: 2nd Century Glass d20 Sold for US$17,925

Gizmodo US Edition — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:00:00 +0000

We can only guess what the ancient Romans might have thought about the latest revision of the Dungeons and Dragons rulebook (super approachable; they’d love it!), but we do know they were gamers. That’s because an incredibly old, incredibly valuable Roman glass d20 was sold at auction by the famous Christie’s auction house. For US$17,925. Historians know the symbols are Roman, but have yet to figure out which game for which it was used. Any guesses, Gizmodo readers/ancient gaming history buffs? [Christie's]

JDome Gives First-Person Gamers 180-Degree Vision, Gives Me Headaches

Addy Dugdale — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:00:00 +0000

John Nilsson is the man behind the jDome, an invention that will give gamers a massive 180-degree field of vision instead of the usual 15 to 20 degrees they get from their monitors. All you do is put the jDome in front of a projector, mirror the image in the projector, change the Field of View and you’re good to go. Nilsson’s already patented his idea, and he’s looking for donations to get the jDome into production—he reckons it will cost between US$125 and US$200. [jDome]

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The Ancient Romans Were Gamers: 2nd Century Glass d20 Sold for US$17,925

JDome Gives First-Person Gamers 180-Degree Vision, Gives Me Headaches