New Hampshire Man Loses His Life Savings At Local Carnival Trying To Win An Xbox Kinect
He did, however, win a stuffed banana wearing dreadlocks. (via boston.cbslocal.com)
He did, however, win a stuffed banana wearing dreadlocks. (via boston.cbslocal.com)
Shut up and take my money.
It’s a concept from Microsoft called the Illumiroom. And it’s real. Ish.
Don’t love your Christmas present this year? It could be worse. Remember the presents you wanted every single year but your parents never got you until the year AFTER it was cool?
If you’re looking for another glossy Jedi game, keep on moving. LucasArts is about to get gritty with a look at what life is like for regular guys with guns.
Seriously, after four days of cosplay in Southern California in July, some sections of this convention hall smell like sweat and pleather.
These documents supposedly detail the next Xbox (“Xbox 720”), the Kinect 2, virtual reality glasses codenamed “Fortaleza,” along with the rest of Microsoft’s vision for the living room over the next four years. It looks pretty wild.
With ESPN, Monday Night Football, the NBA, and NHL content all soon to be available over Xbox Live, many people will lose their last reason to be cable subscribers.
You’ve never a video shot like this before — a strange CGI/video hybrid combining 3D data with film. It’s trippy.
Except Microsoft wants to eat your living room.
The new Apple TV unveiled yesterday wasn’t the mythical Apple television. But it’s still the future of TV, in a manner of speaking.
No sign of Ripley in “Aliens: Colonial Marines” — just a bunch of soldiers battling acid blood-riddled monsters, and that’ll do just fine. The game’s release, originally slated for the spring, has been pushed back until fall 2012 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
A man whose son died after playing video games for long periods is campaigning for greater awareness of the risk posed by excessive gaming. Chris Staniforth, 20, who would play his console for up to 12 hours, died in May from deep vein thrombosis (DVT). His father David believes the condition may have been triggered by long gaming sessions Watch Video ›
I am C-3PO. Human-controller relations. Unfortunately the R2-D2 console doesn’t come with 3D hologram of hot princess. (via shortlist.com) View Image ›
E3 is behind us, but the road that every gamer must travel starts with the pixel. That’s the premise behind this video from CBS News, which gives a brief history of video gaming. Watch Video ›
You may have seen some of these before, but never like this. And never in such [delicious] quantity! View List ›
Webtrends analyzed tweets, blogs, and various other social media statistics to determine which company, publisher, and celebrity generated the most buzz at this year’s E3. Who do you think was the winner? (via mashable.com) View Image ›
Utterly charming cakes from nerd nuptials. Much more fun than all of that William and Kate, Royal Wedding stuffiness. View List ›
One does not. Even if you don’t play video games, you have to admit the the following pun was gift-wrapped and delivered in a bow. View Image ›
Videogame food is probably the best food. Check out more awesome, geeky, bento-related buzz over here. View Image ›
German student director Florian Smolka takes you on a 4-minute trip through the past, present and possible future of gaming. This made me pine for my old systems. I miss you Sega Genesis! (Via) Watch Video ›
Xbox Kinect goes rogue. My God, it’s full of stars. Watch Video ›
A street artist is posting stills around San Francisco from the WikiLeaked “Collateral Murder” video as seen through the eyes of Master Chief. This is a Halo: Breach of security! View Image ›
A mod of the XBox Kinect that follows your boobs when…hey! Eyes up here, buster! You’re a disgusting pig, Kinect. Now they need a Pecker Predictor for Brett Favre and Charlie Sheen. Watch Video ›
Consumer Reports gets to the bottom of the accusation that the new XBox peripheral is all Mel Gibson and stuff. Watch Video ›
Microsoft unveiled their new motion detecting add-on called “Kinect” a couple weeks ago, and it’s quickly proving to be one of the more dangerous gaming accessories ever made. Not surprisingly, packing people into a small space and making them flail around like idiots leads to a lot of injuries. View List ›
We’ve just made the Xbox 360 Wireless controller even better with a brand new version that includes a transforming D-pad. The engineers have come up with an ingenious solution with a d-pad that can go from a plus to a disc with the twist of the wrist. Watch Video ›
It’s not actually possible to cancel XBOX Live. Which means this is less of a how-to guide and more of a rant. View Image ›
Our choice of video games, like music and film, say a lot about who we are. Some people like to take this form of self-expression and run with it! These creative “soles” use video games as their inspiration in foot-forward fashion. View List ›
The Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Package will be available on June 3, 2010.