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Why Robin Makes Batman Better We’re going to have a pretty big competition this week – stay tuned for that – but in the meantime Gizmodo is giving away a frickin’ car. And not just any car – a car completely tricked out, pimped if you will, with all the latest gadgets and stuff. Yes. Nick Broughall is our resident Xzibit. He heard you liked Gadgets. He put them in a car.
From the moment Rockstar unveiled their trailer for upcoming detective thriller, L.A. Noire from Aussie developers Team Bondi, we’ve known that the bar for motion capture in video games has not only been raised, but sent through the roof. Animators have been flirting with the edge of the uncanny valley for years, but now using some incredibly intelligent and advanced technology, the guys from Team Bondi have created the 21st century version of Pinocchio, turning digital game characters into realistic, animated people. A few weeks ago, we got to see the technology behind this amazing step forward up close.
You may have seen the impressive L.A. Noire tech video we posted earlier, but Nick Broughall, my esteemed counterpart over at Gizmodo (and over the desk in the office) just got back from a swanky tour of the tech over in Los Angeles, and he’s written an appropriately swanky feature which you can read here.
Both myself and Nick Broughall, from our sister site Gizmodo, managed to get hold of Kinect early this week, and we’ve been messing around with it for the past couple of days. So we thought we’d do a quick little convo, just to let you know our early impressions from both a tech and a gaming perspective. Let us know what you think below – has anyone picked up Kinect yet? Impressed? Disappointed?
Gizmodo has this video of a very unfortunate attempt to fire a watermelon out of a giant slingshot, aiming at a fake knight across a field. As seen on the amazing race.
Gizmodo currently has a post about a 10 story tall skill tester. The main prize? A Toyota Hilux – if you can snatch it out of the Magnatron, that is.
The last thing the world needs is another set of plastic musical instruments cluttering our collective living room. Nintendo knows this, and their answer to music hungry fans is Wii Music, a game all about jamming and enjoying playing with your friends. There’s no competition, no rhythm, and no timing.
“This game is one of the titles we started designing around Wii Sports, Wii Play and Wii Fit” said Miyamoto, who had appeared on stage during the game’s introduction, playing the sax. “We designed Wii Music to allow everyone the joy of performing music”.
Details are still forthcoming, but we know that around 50 different instruments will be playable, from traditional Japanese drums with balance board support for drum kits, standing bass, violins…a virtual symphony. The game even features drum lessons for the rhythmically challneged.
The game supports four players, and can not only evaluate your performance, but also record videos of your performance to share with your friends.
Nice! all the fun of a Rock Band game without making you look like too much of a tool for failing.
Have a QR-enabled phone and a burning desire to win a PS3? Then head over to our sister site, Gizmodo AU, and check out its exclusive PS3 competition! Things wrap up on July 4 (this Friday), so there’s really no time to dilly-dally!
If you’re wondering if your phone is QR-enabled, here’s the info you need (taken from the Giz AU post):
… Either a NextG handset from Telstra (you’ll probably have to download the software to make it work), or certain Nokia phones (with additional software).
If this sounds like you, hit the link below.
Sony’s First QR Code Is A Giz AU Competition To Win 10 PlayStation 3s! [Gizmodo AU]
