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  • Turns Out Kinect Can Read Sign Language

    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…


  • First Touch Football Is Full-Featured Footy – With Familiar Names

    Typically, upon hearing that a sports game is unlicensed, I expect completely generic teams populated by bland rosters. First Touch Soccer is hardly gimped in such a way. Yes, the team names themselves are altered. But draw up a match with “Manchester Red”, and sure enough, there is “Rooney” at forward.


  • BulleTrain’s Open Letter To EA Still Leaves Many Missing The Memo

    About a year and a half ago, Pandemic Studios – you may remember them for Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries and Star Wars: Battlefront – was shuttered by Electronic Arts, which bought the studio in 2007. Four developers who were pink-slipped formed Downsized Games, and BulleTrain, released late last year for iOS devices and updated recently,…