"Once Virtua Fighter was out, the direction of the PlayStation became instantly clear."
Wired on how Sony almost made a 2D console.
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7161 postsPhoto set of abandoned video stores is a chilling reminder of adolescence.
Flavorwire compiled a list of “ruin porn” images of abandoned video stores. Remember when you could rent a Super Nintendo? Yeah, I don’t miss that at all. Blockbuster Video – New Orleans, Louisiana Credit: Alex Gaidouk – – – Blockbuster Video – Adelaide, Australia Credit: Ryan Smith
This Halo documentary made us crave actual documentaries
Earlier this week, 343i studios released a ten-minute “documentary” about their under-the-radar game project Halo 4, the story of a giant green supersoldier and the hologram that loves him. Halos 1-3 are considered hard-to-find cult classics; even on eBay copies are scarce and rumors swirl of underg
When did space travel become so easy?
I’ve spent a lot of time in outer space. Not me personally, of course, but, me, the other me. The controller-toting me that’s explored the vast distances of the cosmos. For the history of mankind, we’ve dreamed of flight and looked at the moon with wonder. Then there was the space program and now p
Were those Harvard students cheating or collaborating? Game design may have the answer.
Last week, Harvard announced that “unprecedented” levels of cheating had taken place in a government course and the university would investigate more than 100 students. (Students cheat, regardless of their supposed intelligence. In fact, that this story made dozens of national outlets only furthers
Science explains why we love cuteness.
You finally have an excuse for Nintendogs if you’re not a ten-year-old. You’re welcome.
Chinese develop mind-control drone; US scours dog-eared copy of Ender’s Game for ideas
Making controllers accessible to people with arthritis or only one hand is… doable, but kind of hard. Researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, decided to forget physical controllers. They found a way for humans to control a flying robot with their minds. New Scientist reports: The quad
Valve says Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality destined for each other; Singularity to officiate at wedding
Programmers everywhere are excited about the virtual reality headset Oculus Rift. Valve’s Michael Abrash talked about the future of virtual reality gaming and the Oculus over at RockPaperShotgun. In the long run, it seems unlikely [that controllers will be] the interface you’ll want [with VR]. Mayb
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