Henry Crouch

39 posts

Nintendo will release a Circle Pad Pro XL for the 3DS XL after all.

When Nintendo’s rumored 3DS reboot was officially announced last week, some remarked skeptically about a lack of dual circle pads. Nintendo fanboys rejoice: in speaking with Famitsu, Nintendo has announced that a Circle Pad Pro XL will be released at some point this year. They haven’t set an officia

You can’t win against this cheating robot.

video They say you can’t cheat a cheater, which is particularly true if the cheater is a robot designed for cheating. Engineers at the Ishikawa Oku Lab, University of Tokyo have created a robot with a high-speed vision system built solely for the purpose of beating human players in rock, paper, scis

Realm of LARP dabbles in magic and "reality"

video If you were anything like me as a child, your parents dragged you to LARP in the forest on weekends when you would’ve much rather been at home playing videogames. “It’s just like a videogame, except in real life!” They would try to explain, hoping you’d find the RPG-elements shared between vid

Mass Effect 3’s new "extended-cut" endings arrive to mixed reviews.

video Remember this past March when much of the internet had a conniption fit over the ending(s) of Mass Effect 3? Well, Bioware has officially release an extended-cut DLC  group of endings that have been met with mixed response. Evan Narcisse over at Kotaku describes the new content as “swollen wit

The Love Punks browser-game is a psychedelic romp through the Outback

video When Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure was released last year to much awe and adoration, it proved that kids could make computer games— really awesome, weird computer games. Enter: The Love Punks, a group of 7-13 year olds from Roebourne in Western Australia who, with the help of Yijala Yala

Nintendo announces a bigger, (questionably) better 3DS

Nintendo announced yesterday that they will be introducing a second-generation 3DS to the market this summer. Like the DSi XL before it, the 3DS XL will feature larger screens (90% larger for both top and bottom screens) as well as an extended battery life. This will be ideal for those craving a bet

The pause menu is our greatest gaming innovation, right?

According to Kate Cox, the key to progress is flexibility. In her commentary over at Kotaku, she reflects on the pains of growing up with video games during an era of less accomodating play: If I could have hit a single key at any time, and paused any game in progress no matter what was going on at

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