Innovation

PC

A Game Called Achron And The Theory That Games Would Be Better With Time Travel

8:00AM July 12, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

In the first mission of the upcoming computer game that Chris Hazard, PhD, has been trying to make since 1999, our hero, a man named Holloway meets himself. More »


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Best New Idea In Zombie Games Lurches Through Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

2:00AM April 14, 2011 | StephenTotilo

That moment I knew Resident Evil: Raccoon City could be a multiplayer game worth playing was when I turned the tables on my attacker. The game is a third-person shooter. You can play it competitively, and, as is possible in many games of this type, an enemy player can get the jump on you. More »


Nintendo

They’ve Hidden A Free Role-Playing Game In Every Nintendo 3DS

3:00AM March 19, 2011 | StephenTotilo

Among all of the many surprises pre-loaded into the 3DS, Nintendo’s next big handheld device, the biggest is that the thing is packed with a hidden role-playing game. It’s no Final Fantasy or Dragon Age. It’s something simpler and, arguably, more important. More »


News

Super Monkey Ball Uses One Of The 3DS’ Odder Features

9:00AM February 25, 2011 | StephenTotilo

The new Super Monkey Ball game for the Nintendo 3DS will let you unlock a character in the game if you walk around a lot with the 3DS. The price is 20 3DS Play Coins, the currency Nintendo said would be earned by any 3DS owner for the steps they take each day. More »


PC

Control A Video Game By Kissing Passionately

7:00AM February 22, 2011 | StephenTotilo

We sit here stunned, amazed and just a little bit sceptical that artist Hye Yeon Nam has found a way for people to control a bowling video game by French kissing. Kissing and playing video games were just never fun enough on their own, now were they? More »


PC

Odd Quake Controller Made Of Mouse, Keyboard, Masking Tape

7:00AM February 16, 2011 | StephenTotilo

In 2006, before Kinect and maybe even before Wii, gamer Niel de la Rouviere decided to make a motion-controller for Quake III. He says he was bored; I say that Niel de la Rouviere, armed with masking tape, was efficient. More »


Mobile

How To Kill A Super-Hero Using Foursquare

7:00AM February 2, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Foursquare could be more deadly than Kryptonite, according to the smartly written – really! – 60th issue of the latest Supergirl comic. A bright Harvard guy makes a crowd-sourced Foursquare-style app that lets supervillains hunt super-heroes. Mark Zuckerberg meets Lex Luthor? More »


PC

This Might Be The World’s Most Dangerous Game

7:00AM January 28, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

The instructions for the Wii-based game Akashi couldn’t sound more dangerous: “Players are blindfolded and a sword is given to them in order to play.” Good thing we have video of this one in action. More »


In Real Life

New And Maybe Better Way To Stop People From Being Jerks Online

2:00PM January 14, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

The people running the video game League of Legends knew they had a problem. They had the same problem that makes much of the internet unpleasant. Too many people were being jerks online. They’re hatching a novel solution: citizen justice. More »


News

We Don’t Shoot Green Things Enough

2:40AM January 5, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Exploding red barrels are a video game cliche. The people making the video game Bulletstorm wanted exploding barrels in their game, but they dreamed to make their barrels green. Then they woke up. More »