Archive for October, 2008

Psyclone’s TouchCharge Kit for your 360 controller finally puts WildCharger to good use

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
We keep waiting for “wireless” contact charging pads to blow our minds and revolutionize the way we use gadgets, but perhaps we’re just being idiot optimists. Or perhaps not. We’re seeing great possibilities with this latest implementation of WildCharger’s tech, the TouchCharge Kit from Psyclone for Xbox 360 controllers. The kit includes [...]

Variety: EA making Dante’s ‘Inferno’ game, studios bidding for movie rights

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Filed under: Culture, Business

Variety reports that four movie studios are currently bidding for the film rights to Electronic Arts’ as-yet unnannounced game based on Dante’s Inferno. EA’s recently been on a movie deal bender, selling the rights to films based on Army of Two (suckers) and Mass Effect, but this is the first real “cart [...]

JVC’s Sound Garden concept thrives beneath a black hole sun

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio

See that? That’s how far JVC’s eco-friendly designers will prostrate themselves in hopes of recycling your paper money into their bank accounts. On display in Tokyo at the Designer’s Week exhibition, the Sound Garden “Kirikabu” speaker combines your choice of potted plants with multi-directional speakers consisting of a woofer, and left- and [...]

Nintendo DSi coming Stateside by summer 2009, tomorrow in Japan

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Nintendo’s tip-toeing around an overseas, US release date of its new DSi handheld has now been narrowed to the summer of 2009, according to president Satoru Iwata. That’s a whole lot better than “well into” 2009 if you ask us. Meanwhile, Japan gets theirs starting Saturday for ¥18,900 or about $192 tax-inclusive — that's up [...]

The Sega Genesis Turns 20 [Happy Birthday!]

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Twenty years ago today, Sega released in Japan what was to be the most successful console in the history of the company. While the Sega Master System had only really taken off in Europe, the Sega Mega Drive, later renamed the Sega Genesis for its North American release, took the western world by storm. [...]

Useful Windows 7 touch and multi-touch gestures demonstrated on video

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops

We saw Windows 7’s multi-touch capability way, way back in the day when Bill Gates was still at the wheel of Microsoft (uh hem, May). That demo was pretty limited to in-application touches and did little to show off the interaction with the OS and Internet browser — the two places we find [...]

Windows 7 details galore: interface tweaks, netbook builds, Media Center enhancements

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

Microsoft’s Windows 7 announcement earlier today was followed up by an extensive demo of the new features during the PDC keynote, and since then even more info about the new OS has flooded out, so we thought we’d try to wrap up some of the more important bits here for you. Microsoft [...]

Prince Of Persia, Inspired By Jordan Mechner’s Kid Brother [Prince Of Persia]

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Wish there was a word more awesome than awesome. Because this would be that. Above is the original animation reference footage for the original Price of Persia. From 1985. That’s PoP creator Jordan Mechner’s little brother, running around in baggy pants. Mechner took this footage, tracked his bro’s movements then based the Prince’s animation [...]

Prince Of Persia, Inspired By Jordan Mechner’s Kid Brother [Prince Of Persia]

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Wish there was a word more awesome than awesome. Because this would be that. Above is the original animation reference footage for the original Price of Persia. From 1985. That’s PoP creator Jordan Mechner’s little brother, running around in baggy pants. Mechner took this footage, tracked his bro’s movements then based the Prince’s animation [...]

PS3 Guitar Hero: World Tour drums not Rock Band 2 compatible; Gene Simmons guitar controller not compatible with taste

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming

Guitar Hero: World Tour has only officially been on shelves for a day or so now, but unhappy PS3 customers are already making a fuss — the game’s new drumkit isn’t compatible with Rock Band 2. That’s a major disappointment — having redundant guitars because Activision and Harmonix can’t play nice is annoying [...]