Gaming

Why Kinect Should Really Come With Sunglasses

They had me at, “Good morning, Batman.” So much so, in fact, that I didn’t bother reading the rest of this comic (which I assume is an earnest plug for the future of everything as we know it). [Reddit]


July 1, 2010
Gaming

The Evolution Of The Controller

I know that I’m supposed to snicker at the human doing the crane as if he’s a less organic entity than, say, the perfectly normal DualShock – a controller that dropped from a tree like an acorn. [Extralife via Kotaku]


June 30, 2010
Gaming

Microsoft’s Kinect Can See You (From Between 1.2m, 3.5m Away)

UK-based online retailer Play has “gone live” with a list of tech specs for Microsoft’s happy-clappy new Kinect controller, revealing many deeply technical things about the internal workings of Microsoft’s Magic Eye.


June 19, 2010

Question Of The Day: Which Is A Lamer Gimmick, 3D Or Motion-Based Gaming?

3D and motion gaming. Two stupid things that I don’t want, yet both have millions of dollars and major electronics companies behind them, meaning they’re not going away anytime soon. Which is worse?


June 18, 2010
Gaming

Xbox 360 Kinect Puts ‘Play’ Back In ‘Gameplay’

I can’t remember the last time I jumped so high. Kinect Adventures looked so lame in Microsoft’s press conference just two days ago. But now I find myself leaping and lunging like a stuck lamb to win. I’m frolicking.


June 15, 2010
Gaming

The New Xbox 360 In Person: So Glossy It Hurts

The new Xbox. Oh dear. It’s like if Sony designed the Wii. And even feels a little 2006! Shiny, glossy, fingerprint-y, except for a smatter of texturing on the side. I think I miss the old white Xbox.


Cameras

What Is Xbox 360 Kinect?

Cameras? IR emitters? Natal? Kinect? Xbox 360? WTF? Give us three minutes. We can explain everything.


June 9, 2010
Software

It’s Like Project Natal For Your HTC Evo 4G

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Soon, you’ll be able to control Android phones with a front-facing camera through hand gestures. Brush left and right to move through photos, wave up and down to scroll through web pages, it’s a non-touchscreen from the future.


May 25, 2010
Gaming

Sony Doesn’t Want Another Wiimote Situation

The Wii has a handful of great games and an even smaller handful of great games that truly exploit the Wiimote’s capabilities. The rest? Complete waggleriffic crap. Here, SCEA’s Rob Dyer gives some tough love to would-be PS Move developers.


April 26, 2010

In India, HP Pavilion PCs Ship With Wii-Like Swing Motion Controller

Details are sparse at the moment, but something is happening in India. Something wand-like and prone to waggling. Called the Swing, it’s a motion controller HP cooked up for their Pavilion PC desktops.