Gaming Technology Blog

We all know online gaming– World of Warcaft, Lord of the Rings Online, and all those other immersive, sprawling time suckers– can get pretty addictive, and some of us are more addicted than others.
Well if you do your compulsive online gaming on a Mac, here’s something that might help: an application that disables your machine’s [...]

Define Godlike: you think it, and it is so. Or if you’re an atheist, think of it as telekinesis practice, moving things with just your mind.
I’m talking about Emotiv’s EPOC game control helmet, which allows players to move items on their screens by just thinking about it.
It reads your mind–no, really– using 16 brain-wave sensors [...]

If the biggest Nintendo announcement in recent times–its newest accessory, the Wii Motion Plus–isn’t enough to get your pulse racing in anticipation of increased precision for your existing Wiimote controller, here’s a quick cheap thrill: the Wii add-on’s going to be very reasonably priced.
So says Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, during a Wall Street Journal interview. [...]

So the prices came out earlier this week for Intel’s latest batch of processor chips, and boy those Core 2 Extreme Quad-Cores cost a bundle. Way more than earlier reports led us to believe.
Why? Is it because desktops have been making a comeback lately, thanks to frugal techies looking for a cheaper alternative to laptops? [...]

It could the next generation in motion-sensitive gaming: the Darwin controller. Like Nintendo’s Wii controller, it transmits the player’s movements to the gaming console, which converts them into in-game actions.
But what makes the Darwin different (and possibly dangerous to the Wii) is that its sensors don’t rely on infrared in order to orient itself in [...]

What else can you do with your gaming machine? No really, what else? Aside from using it as a doorstop?
Sony wants your Ps3 to become your music, TV episode and movie download outlet.
And while you’re waiting for your download you can check the out the weather or the news.
The Xbox 360 can be converted into [...]

Sales forecasting company Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) has predicted in a note to investors that Microsoft will likely announce a price cut for it Xbox 360 game console in the USA at E3 this year.
It was added that such a price cut would probably have Sony following suit with a similar price cut [...]

Don’t click on the image above! The link to the actual video is at the end of this post.
This Youtube vid-slash-flash-lecture is by a certain Daniel Floyd, who works at the Savannah College of Art and Design. In it he explores the oft-discussed relationship between video games and sex.
You can watch the clip by clicking [...]

The Nintendo Wii, Microsoft’s XBox 360, and the Sony Playstation 3 all contain too much bromine, according to environmental watchdog group Greenpeace.
Bromide is classified by Greenpeace as a chemical that’s hazardous to the environment,and the PS3 had the highest levels of it.
The XBox and PS3 also had beryllium-containing alloys, which Greenpeace found worrisome. All three [...]

A far as Microsoft is concerned, the video game retailer GameStop has put a stop to the Zune game.
Gamestop says it decided to cease Zune sales because it wasn’t a gaming gadget. It has been selling Zune, however since 2006, when the gadget first launched.
Gates and co., though, have thus far shrugged the snub off, [...]