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
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
Using a traditional woodblock printing process, Jed Henry‘s Ukiyo-e Heroes come to life as tradition Japanese illustrations. Check ’em out, and watch a video about Jed’s woodblock process here. [via BuzzFeed]
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
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
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 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
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