So motion-based gaming nuts have probably woken up this fine Monday morning already well aware that Project Natal has officially been ousted with the name “Kinect”. And….that’s it. Due out this November, Kinect is undoubtedly Microsoft’s answer to motion recognition gaming that the Wii has been excelling at for several years now. I personally never got into the Wii or the whole fascination with waving controllers around in the air. Perhaps...
If you were cool, you would make an exoskeleton out of LEGOs that you could put on and wear around like a total nerd. Or, you could take that LEGO exoskeleton and go above and beyond by adding in actual “intelligent” motors that would mimic your hands every movement. That’s what David Hyman did anyway. His LEGO Exoskeleton hand is built out of 100% LEGOs yet powered by an external hand controller that will follow every motion his real hand makes. If...
Tinkers in the whole modding scene will know that it isn’t your cute nickname that gets you street cred, it’s what you do that matters. That’s probably a good thing for Nintendo Age forum member “Bunnyboy” whose name is questionable, but his acts of kindness upon nerd kingdom are worth their weight in gold. Using the guts of an old Gameboy and the case of an NES game, BunnyBoy created a masterpiece — an adapter to play Gameboy games on...
Ok, this is hands down the coolest iPhone/iPad app I’ve seen yet. It’s called Chopper2. And the coolest thing about it is that you can use your iPhone (and I presume iPod Touch as a remote control attached via Bluetooth to your iPad. It’s definitely an interesting implementation of how to interact with the iPad… If the iPad’s screen isn’t big enough, you can always pair it up to a big screen with the iPad’s video out,...
The NES was truly a staple of gaming back in the day. While other systems were languishing in averageness and confusion, the Nintendo console came along and caused an explosion in the gaming scene. But those days are long gone. Thankfully, the memories and functionality of that old gaming great don’t have to be. The NES Controller Flash Drive is a perfect example of how the old can become new again… Whether you buy the 4GB model above (Dare Dream –...
