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R2-D2 Arcade Machine’s Got Game
Star Wars and Gaming fans unite in awe at this R2 with more gaming power than the original Star Wars special effects computers and C-3PO combined! PopSci reader and engineering student Brian De Vitis converted this R2-D2 cooler into the ultimate Arcade Droid with eight game consoles, even including a projector in it’s dome just [...]
Continue reading...E3 ’09 Microsoft’s Project Natal vs. Sony’s Eyetoy Motion Controller
If anyone was still unconvinced that motion control was the future of gaming, there can be no question now after it was the star of the show at all three press conferences at E3 2009. And while Nintendo brought the idea to the forefront first in most gamers' minds, the fact is that Sony did it first on a much smaller scale with the original EyeToy. And while Nintendo tried to market their Wiimote add-on Motion Plus at E3 as the next step forward in waggle gaming, Microsoft and Sony smashed their hopes with ambitious plans of their own.
So now the question that will be debated long into the foreseeable future is which of the two technologies reigns supreme. We'll try to answer that question as best it can be with what little we've seen of both so far.
Xbox 360 Motion Controller Detailed, and DS Gets Motion Too
You may recall the news that In2Games was making their own Wii-like motion controller for [true] next-gen consoles. Now In2Games has become ‘Performance Design Products’, and more details are starting to flow in about their GameTrek Freedom device including how it works, when it will be released, and on which system. Note the lack of [...]
Continue reading...Gaming’s Worst Gaming Ideas Ever
Sometimes that "forward-thinking" mentality in the games business backfires, blowing up in we the gamers' faces. Next Generation (yes, again) takes us for a ride through ten horrible “innovative” features that video gamers have had to endure over the years.
Continue reading...The 30 Defining Moments In Gaming
In 1977 the Atari 2600 launched and along with it much of what we know today as the videogame industry. How did we get where we are today? Next Generation investigates.
Continue reading...Wiiware™ Revealed!
The search for the next ingeniously ground-breaking video game has begun, and you could be the one making it! See how Wiiware will bring Indie games to the mainstream!
Continue reading...Duck Hunt Heavy Metal Video
As if playing heavy metal music while gaming is not cool enough, a heavy metal band makes a video game dedicated to the 8bit classic Duck Hunt™!
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