Over the weekend, Rovio teased “the most epic soft launch ever”, an epic Angry Birds edition teased with a solid medieval theme and precious few (nary any) details. The folks … Continue reading
In November, Blizzard announced the fifth expansion pack for World of Warcraft, titled Warlords of Draenor. Some details were given at the time, as well as a video to whet … Continue reading
The game “Threes!” has been out for a few weeks on iOS for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, currently holding the coveted #14 spot in the iTunes Paid Apps popularity … Continue reading
Here is a great addition for your man cave/game room; OpenPool. This new interactive device will make one of the oldest non-tech games out there extremely high tech and you will have the most talked about game rooms in town. OpenPool takes an otherwise normal pool table and turns it into a hot bed of visual effects. An example of this is shown on their website is called the “Pond” effect, it makes the table look as thought you are playing on water rather than felt.
How this works is through two Kinects, a projector, pocket detectors , and collision detector. The Kinects follow the ball movement, the projector displays the visual effects on the table, the pocket detectors detect when a ball is made into each pocket and displays visual effects, and the collision detector uses a microphone to detect when balls collide to provide a certain visual effect for that as well.
Another really cool thing they have done is made this open source. They have made you the visual effects coordinator for your own game. So sit down, write some code and you have bragging rights to all your friends.
They have started a Kickstarter campaign where you can get one of the full systems for a $5000 donation. Or for a $1000 donation you can get what they are calling a DIY kit which is the software and projector mount. If you have the bucks to spend on this system and are looking for an addition to you game room, this is the thing to have.
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Microsoft is using its users’ data to target political ads to its roster of gamers, the Washington Post has reported. The company wants targeted ads on multiple of its services, … Continue reading
Today Razer has announced its latest device for gamers, the Razer Mechanical Switch, which is the company’s first mechanical switch keyboard designed for game play. The company says it has … Continue reading
Disney has cut back on its Game and Internet division work force, slashing worker numbers by 700 employees — a total of 26-percent of the division’s staff across the globe. … Continue reading
If you love the city-planning aspect of Sim City but can’t handle the pressure of playing god, then you may have just found your new favorite time-waster. Say hello to Mini Metro.
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Technically speaking, you’re not supposed to be able to install emulators on an iPhone to play classic games. But that doesn’t mean it’s not possible. Here’s how to install emulators on any iOS device, no jailbreak required.
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Even when it’s just team deathmatch in a dark, smelly room inside the local roller rink, laser tag is awesome. So imagine how cool it would be if you could liberate it, and play an open-source version wherever you want with game-types you made up. It’d be like a video game in real life! Or paintball without the pain!
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