US special operations forces carry out some of the military’s toughest, most high-stakes missions. To pull them off, the commandos need speed, agility and swift perception skills akin to those of top-tier professional athletes. That might explain why the military’s latest commando training program will rely on a virtual-reality system already employed by pro sports teams.
Don’t get us wrong, we’re totally blown away by Photobucket user gpinzone’s retro gaming-themed bathroom that incorporates elements from Super Mario, Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. We just can’t help but feel they missed a fantastic opportunity to turn the throne into a functional warp pipe that sucks down more than just plumbers.
Google first teased us with a demo video of its map-based Cube game way back in January. But instead of having it ready to kill time during the cold winter months back in February, the game has only just been released this week. Finally.
If you find yourself with 80 extra hours in your week, and a penchant for classic Star Wars games, you might want to follow in hacker Le Chuck’s footsteps. He built this impressive 1:6 scale 12-inch replica of Atari’s original Star Wars game.
When Harvey Norman staged a 50 per cent off games sale last month, it attracted lots of buyers keen for a bargain. However, not everyone is happy with the outcome: some shoppers are reporting extended delays in receiving their games, along with poor and conflicting information from customer service.
Over the weekend, a renegade group of student gamers from MIT hacked the Green Building, home to the MIT Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, to play a giant game of Tetris.
AFACT’s loss in the high court on Friday brought to an end the current legal woes for iiNet, but it’s far from the end of the story. In the press conference held afterwards, iiNet’s Michael Malone repeatedly pressed home the point that a lot of the problems would go away if Australian content delivery mechanisms were better. I agree with him, but I’m left pondering if that won’t bring with it a whole new host of problems.
Even though most of the civilised world has stopped playing Draw Something by now, there was a moment where everyone was drawing. Even if you sucked at drawing. This video shows 15 different types of Draw Something players, which one are you?
Believe it or not, Frogger has been skipping his way across busy highways for 30 years now. And to celebrate his anniversary, Tyler DeAngelo created this updated version of the arcade classic that now has the frog dodging the real-time traffic on New York’s Fifth Avenue.
In a publicity stunt to demonstrate just how quickly an electric car can accelerate, Smart created this unique test drive where a couple of electric Fortwos were used as controllers in a giant game of Pong.
