Students at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program weren’t trying to make video games when they found ways to use a rocking chair or two buckets full of water as controllers.
The cry goes out: Another World War II video game? Writer Rob Zacny argues that the war is not the problem. The tired perspective is.
The mad scientists at Microsoft have conjured a technology called Instaload that will allow you to put batteries into a device – in any direction. Look at the batteries in this official Microsoft image here. Madness!
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Gamers young and old dream of the possibility of being sucked into the world of their favourite video game. Over the Weekend I witnessed live action renditions of Atari classics Kaboom and Asteroids at the Come Out and Play Festival.
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Yes, the DS I am holding here is upside down. I have a good reason for that. I am playing a cutting-edge game.
