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Ping pong meets Rez in this retina-burning prototype
Table tennis—with its lightweight white ball bouncing rhythmically across the net—makes the transition into a rhythm game surprisingly well. All that it takes is an interactive table rigged with sensors that produces geometric patterns and plays music when the ball hits. This was proven by the young
This is how David Fincher would portray Mario
There are two conflicting accounts of the Mario Brothers myth. One is of a “It’s-a-me-ing” doughboy and his good-natured sibling from a wonderland where toadstools dress in cat suits. The other, perpetuated by the Dustin Hoffman movie and the Saturday morning cartoon, is of two tough-guy plumbers fr
This is what a 30 million dollar game is supposed to look like
The staggering value of Star Citizen—the upcoming, space-trading, star-battling MMO from Mr. Wing Commander himself—brings up some important questions, but mainly: how the hell does one game raise 30 million dollars through crowd-funding? To put that in perspective, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 cost a
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