All the stories tagged with: Gaming
Nokia patents a gaming/cellular device
12/20/2007, Nokia has patented a device designed specifically for gaming, with is a requirement for any serious portable console. Interestingly, the device “unfolds” to look like a PlayStation controller when in “game mode”. Otherwise, it folds back to have the footprint [...]
Ceramic White PS3 coming to Japan
12/20/2007, Sony will bundle a “ceramic white” PS3 console with the Devil May Cry 4 game. The bundle will cost about $425, and it has been announced for Japan only at this time. Sony did a similar thing for the PSP [...]
December update bans modded Xbox
12/18/2007, Horrifying screams are coming form Xbox owners who (hardware) modded their consoles: after the most recent update modded Xbox consoles have been banned, that’s according to tehc blog Crunchgear. They mention that this has to do with the Xbox DVD-Burner hack. [...]
Uncanny Valley Crossing? Not Even Close
12/18/2007, French company Quantic Dream claims that it has crossed the Uncanny Valley (definition). It is a theory that says that as synthetic humans (either robots or computer graphics) become more realistic to the point of being “almost real”, users will feel a [...]
Sonic on the iPod
12/18/2007, iPod 5G, nano 3G and classic iPod owners can now play Sonic the Hedgehog on their favorite music player. The iPod game has been converted from the SEGA Genesis version and will bring back great memories to many of us. [...]
PS3 update 2.1 and PSP update 3.8 are live
12/17/2007, The PSP update 3.8 that we talked about recently is now live. With this update, Internet radio, a TV guide and TV recording become possible (TV functionality requires 1Seg TV Tuner) Also, the PS3 update 2.1 is also available. It [...]
Guitar Hero III sold for $9,100
12/16/2007, A father has made a reaped a handsome profit on his initial $90 investment, selling off his son’s copy of Guitar Hero III for $9,100 in an online auction. Just like the adage goes, “there is a silver lining in [...]
Xbox 360 wireless creates interference
12/16/2007, Staff at Morrisville State College noticed that the Xbox 360 wireless protocol for controllers, headsets and other peripherals emitted really strong interference even at a distance, causing equipment that rely on the 2.4GHz range to go nuts. With more and [...]
Cube-Kun the puzzle solving robot
12/16/2007, Cube-Kun is a robot that can solve Rubik’s Cube within seconds. I know solving it is not a big deal these days for humans, and there has since been variants of the classic puzzle game released. Having said that, I [...]
3D camera uses hand as joystick
12/14/2007, 3DV Systems from Israel has developed the ZCam – a new 3D camera for PCs that are sensitive to motion where players are able to control on-screen action simply by flicking a finger. This is a whole new step upwards [...]
PSP to get streaming Internet radio
12/14/2007, PSP owners will soon be able to enjoy the wonders of streaming Internet radio thanks to its firmware update 3.80. Currently, screenshots of the software abound, showing only “powered by Shoutcast” as a sneak peek. Other improvements include better OPML [...]
Educational Game Tournament
12/14/2007, I guess this is a glorified shoot out of Brain Age – Tabula Digita has teamed up with New York City Schools to organize an educational video game tournament. 25 middle school students will be going head to head against [...]
Xbox 360 HD DVD emulator from MS
12/13/2007, Microsoft has just made known its new software that claims to “streamline development / testing for HD DVD content” as well as “accelerate the advancement” of next-generation interactivity. In layman’s terms, this means the Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator enables [...]
