By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you “always bet on Duke,” then you’ve made a bad bet. Game developer 3D Realms, publisher of the seminal first-person shooters Wolfenstein 3D and Duke Nukem, has closed its doors. This is bad news for FPS fans that have been looking forward to Duke Nukem Forever, the planned […]
Rock Band players who want the full experience for the next installment of the game had better get saving now. If you want John, Paul, George and Ringo, you’ll need Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin and Benjamin – and Ulysses Grant in the Yoko role. The game by itself will cost $59, but it’s now been revealed […]
Tech site Endgadget is reporting that Microsoft plans to launch a gadget for the Xbox 360 which extends the Wii-style motion control to cover the entire body. According to the site’s source, which has the somewhat lightweight description of “someone who purports to be in the know”, the system would not involve controllers. Instead there […]
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Maybe you’ve heard about the recent controversy over the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. This device, probably the most complex machine ever devised by man, has been the focus of much debate because of its potential to do two things. Be an enormous waste of money Create a black […]
Apple has pulled an iPhone application which simulated shaking a baby until it fell asleep. But the firm hasn’t given a clear explanation as to how it was approved in the first place. The application was produced by third-party firm Sikalosoft and approved for sale through the App store section of the iTunes store. Costing […]
This one is for all the geeky ladies reading us: Jeri Ellsworth is one hell of a geekette. She took a NES/C64-on-a-chip system, an lcd screen from a portable DVD player, 2 NES controllers, and assembled everything on a purse for the ultimate in female geek fashion. Unfortunately, I don’t think Jeri plans to commercialize […]
Many naughty children have been ordered to hand over video game controllers and disks to their rightful owners. Now Activision, makers of Guitar Hero, have suffered the same fate. It’s the result of a legal case involving Activision and Genius Products, both of whom are working on DJ-related games. Genius is working on a game […]
A simple pair of polarized 3D glasses, a 10′ x 10′ x 10′ white room, and $600,000 worth of projector and computer equipment, combined with the smarts of the folks at Eon Reality, results in one insanely real experience. [Via Newlaunches]