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How The Oculus Rift Can Turn You Into A Controller
Playing with the Oculus Rift is better with friends. You can get your head chopped off, or use them as your personal “gaming chair”. The idea is simple: the player with the headset on enjoys the game, like this hang gliding simulator, while the others lift, tilt and push the player, following on-screen instructions.
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Where Do These 48 Video Game Fonts Come From?
Typography plays an incredibly important role in establishing video game brands, to the point where a single letter torn from a title can evoke an entire franchise. Paul Brown, creator of the free Font Quiz app (available on iOS and Windows 8) assembled 48 of gaming’s finest in font form, suggesting such an arrangement be…
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Teens Step Up To Launch Portal 2’s Space Core
Last week, my misidentification of a laser engraving on a space part suggested the wrong personality core from Portal 2 was symbolically being flown to space (a fate echoing the game’s story.) A team of 18 teenagers from Nevada stepped in to restore order, and properly send the Space Core — or, well, a plushy…
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The Art, Food And Drinks Of Plants Vs Zombies
Last week’s PopCap Games party at the Game Developers Conference wasn’t just a chance to indulge in Plants Vs Zombies drinks and snacks while watching flowers cavort around the packed room. It was also a chance to check out some really neat concept art from the game and, you now, talk to people.