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Augmented Reality Game Fights Zombies With Skittles

The Georgia Tech Augmented Environments Lab has come up with a game that combines the joy of shooting zombies with the deliciousness of Skittles.


May 1, 2009

Some Wet, Well-Lit CryEngine 3 Demo Footage

Crysis and Far Cry developers Crytek don’t just make games. They make game engines. And their latest engine is the CryEngine 3, which struts its stuff in the above video.


December 19, 2008
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Yahoo! Names Rock Band 2 One of the Best Tech of 2008, Blu-Ray One of the Worst

Yahoo! Tech writer Christopher Null listed Rock Band 2 among his personal eight best tech products of 2008.


November 6, 2008
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Gamer Builds Extremely Ugly Gameboy-Sized NES Portable

While I’ve long been a supporter of the custom console movement, sometimes I see a project that really makes me wonder what the point is. Take this portable, Gameboy-sized NES, based off of a Super Joy III Nintendo clone. Sure, it’s slightly smaller than the original Gameboy and contains 72 built-in games, but oh my god is it hideous to look at. “But it’s all about the convenience!” you say? I have at least five devices within my reach that are smaller, prettier, and more than capable of tackling an 8-bit Nintendo title should I deem it necessary.


July 1, 2008
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Get Portal’s GLaDOS On Your GPS

If you’re gettin’ around town via GPS but find you just don’t have enough maniacal supercomputer guidance? Should you be technologically slightly ahead of the curve and in ownership of a Garmin Nuvi (or possibly StreetPilot) GPS device, you can now receive your driving directions courtesy of the GLaGPS — Genetic Lifeform and Global Positioning System — a ‘bot that does a near pitch perfect impression of Portal‘s GLaDOS.

Hit up the official site for download and installation instructions, but obviously not before you check out the compatible hardware guide. And the demonstration video, natch.

Genetic Lifeform and Global Positioning System [via Waxy]