The Olympic Games is the sort of sporting event where you expect to see hurdles jumped, javelins thrown and weights lifted. You might even catch some synchronised swimming if you are lucky. However, can you imagine settling down to watch some Olympic competitors pick up their gaming controllers instead? This is exactly what would happen if the man behind the massively...
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Do you think that you could design a video game that would sweep the world and become a favourite of millions of games? Yeah? You want to go to Dundee then. No, really. The Scottish city is currently home to an international competition called Dare to be Digital. This is an opportunity for students to design a new video game that will beat off the hundreds of other entrants. The...
So, it was true after all. We reported last summer than mystery surrounded the burial of a bunch of Atari’s ill-fated ET game in the New Mexico desert. It all seemed a bit far-fetched at the time but a dig at the supposed burial site turned up lots of old Atari cartridges. Yes, our old buddy with the big head and the urgent desire to make a phone call was there along...
There is some very good news for Xbox One owners who like to get instant access to an awful lot of their games. A question on the entertainment site Reddit was recently answered by Larry Hryb, and he said that the console will soon have external game storage. Who’s Larry Hryb and what would he know about it anyway? This guy is the Microsoft Xbox Live director of programming,...
Admit it; you’ve never really got over the lack of Pac Man, Frogger and Space Invaders in your life. Sure, some of the games around these days are alright but you secretly long for the return of simpler days and simpler games. Well, your wish has come true. Some of the classic and most well-remembered video games from back in the 1970s and 1980s have been put onto the...
Sometimes in life you need to make a choice between treating your partner to something special or playing some games on your PlayStation. It’s a tough choice or at least it used to be, until some genius came up with the frankly insane idea of turning the PlayStation controller into a jacket. The jacket helps you give massages while you play you play your favourite games. The...
The people behind the classic Myst game are looking for cash to start a new venture. The name of the company is Cyan Worlds and they want to raise $1.1 million, which is £679,000, in order to produce their latest game. They have turned to the crowdfunding website Kickstarter to try to get the money together. Initial response has been good too: I’m giddy to...
The new Valve Steam Controller has just been revealed to the world and it looks pretty interesting. The announcement comes hot on the heels of announcements detailing a new Linux based operating system and the new Steam Machine games console. The controller comes with a couple of trackpads and gives the player haptic feedback in the form of different sensations which they...
An exciting sounding new gaming accessory called Omni could be with us soon. It is being made by a company named Virtuix and it involves, well, virtual walking really, Hold on though, virtual walking could be the future of gaming as we know it. The Omni set up includes a special platform and some shoes. You can control the on screen characters using your foot movements....
If you can remember Christmas of 1982 then you can almost certainly remember the ET movie. However, do you remember the Atari 2600 game based on the film as well? This was one of the most disastrous games releases in history and Atari are said to have lost millions on it. It was one of the first ever film tie in games but it got awful reviews and, to be fair, it was awful....