Design

In Real Life

How The Sega Of The Future Could Look

4:30PM February 2, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Sega is an old brand. There’s heritage in that, but also baggage. So French design firm SYN decided to take a swing at sprucing the company’s image up a little! More »


Retro

This Man Is Keeping The Spirit Of WipeOut’s

6:00PM December 29, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Xander Davis is a game industry artist and graphic design fan, who after seeing the recent feature we ran on WipeOut and The Designers Republic dropped us a line. More »


PC

Razer’s Combat Knife-Inspired Blade Gaming Laptop Will Be Home For Christmas

4:40AM December 8, 2011 | Mike Fahey

With only a few short weeks before Christmas, Razer prepares to take preorders on their dedicated gaming laptop, the Razer Blade. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan explains what’s changed since the “world’s first true gaming laptop” was revealed in August, and talks about the Army origins of the laptop’s sleek and sexy design. More »


In Real Life

William Gibson On Cyberpunk’s ‘Dirt In The Corners’

4:40AM November 3, 2011 | Joel Johnson

In an interview with author William Gibson, the creator of the notion of “cyberpunk” — a milieu that remains heavily influential to the world building of video games — comments on what inspired him to deviate from the then-too-polished world of mainstream science fiction. It’s relevant to today’s Neuromancer-inspired video games: Make sure you put the dirt in corners.


Retro

Put Some Wakka-Wakka On Your Walls With Pac-Man Blik Decals

11:00AM September 30, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Blik, maker of fine stickables, and Namco Bandai, the people who own Pac-Man, are combining their respective powers to bring Inky, Pinky, Blinky, Clyde and other memorable 8-bit sprites to your wall. Starting today, you can put only the finest of Pac-Man decals on your walls, safely and stylishly. More »


News

Arcade Machine Inverts Gaming-Laundry Relationship

3:00AM September 27, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Playing video games and doing laundry are two activities that don’t go well together at all, unless you’re Kingston University design student Lee Wei Chen, who has used his magical powers to combine to join the two tasks in unholy matrimony. More »


In Real Life

Finally, A Video Game That Also Washes Your Clothes

8:45PM September 22, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Lee Wei Chen, a design student at Kingston University, has come up with an arcade cabinet that washes your clothes. Which is also a washing machine that plays games. More »


News

Blip Japan Artist Profile: M7Kenji

8:00AM September 20, 2011 | Nick Partyka

Are you guys excited about the Blip Festival Tokyo? For those of you who are, we’ve got an interview with one of the artists who will be playing during the shows dates of October 22-23, 2011. More »


In Real Life

This Guy Just Wants To Hold A Controller (So Do I)

9:30PM August 22, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Game designer Xander Davis recently started a new game design show on YouTube called “THINK TANK!” (his caps, not mine), where sounds off on game design. More »


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Kinect Was Tested By Dropping It On Concrete

6:00AM August 22, 2011 | Owen Good

The Microsoft engineers building Kinect “knew this thing was going to be viewed as a toy,” says one, “and so it was going to be abused.” So they abused it first, toughening the thing up to the point it could be dropped on concrete and still function. More »