don’t blame me, this is actually a fact
Shifts perspective of games via eye tracking camera in combination with an accelerometer. No stupid glasses needed, can’t wait! I heart the way they can stay ahead of the ipad in doing all of the above. Giz does a killer roundup of features and functionality that can be found here.
In a classic case of releasing product that caters to the high end ProSumer and implementing a ‘top-down’ approach to building demand (mostly seen in the sports space) Astro Gaming has released a follow-up to their A40. And I want one now. Not only is the design rock solid but it scales well; use it for team-based gaming and remove the boom mic to take calls using it’s in-line 3.5mm mic cord, then take it on the road for listening to .mp3s with a decent pair of cans. Can’t wait to see what their product lineup looks like by the holiday season since it’s easy to platform allot of the components into the pure audio space. Not bad for a brand built by San Francisco ID consultants Astro Studios, part of a recent trend set by FuseProject and Jawbone. Check out the full article on Astro in fastcompany
If Mario and René Magritte got together I would imagine the result would be this. $10 until the end of the week on Threadless.
If Apple considers it’s salvo of IP filings on mobile interactions to be defensible in court I sincerely hope Nintendo covered their ass. I hate to say it but other than camera interaction (good luck with anything other than gross movement) I don’t really see anything I would consider to be ‘next level’ gaming interaction based on what I can see and read up on online. The whole ‘handing off of the ball’ is unique, but how far can you push that? It should be noted that Nintendo kind of blew it with regards to camera and other accessory tie-ins to date from a platform standpoint. Read up on it at Kotaku.
I love seeing stuff like this where Consumer Electronics manufacturers literally take aim at one another. In this case Nintendo, via interview with WSJ basically throws down and says ‘we ain’t scared’ to all of it’s peers. Since they have a stranglehold on the youth demographic it’s well served, although Little Big Planet represents vulnerability to say the least. Do they deserve points for style–absolutely. Image and link via Gizmodo.
If you haven’t played Beatles Rock Band it’s worth it to unlock these eight chapter animations done by MK12. Not sure if they did the killer title intro as well, but browse Vimeo to see them all if you can’t earn them on your own. BTW, if you can’t your gaming skills are in the negative….just saying what we are all thinking.
It doesn’t get much designerdier than this. That being said I am still thinking about purchasing one. Pick it up for $15 here. Via FashionablyGeek.
Take two parts Gorrilaz, mix one part Akira, add a splash of Animatrix, stir, and serve over ice. Forget the title since I haven’t been able to figure out it’s connection either, and since this was done for MTV Asia I’m not sure it matters. Axis Studio just keeps on cranking out quality animation work, branching out from just video game cut scenes and trailers. Check out their Summer ‘09 cut reel here.
Monopoly Revolution looks a lot better than it sounds (formulaic, no?) since it’s reincarnation is pretty slick from a product/graphic standpoint. Too bad it comes a little late, but that doesn’t mean that loyal gamers won’t love up on it just the same. There is a flip side to things since it would appear that the fundamentals of the game must have changed to a certain degree to fit the format.
Does having a speaker, keypad, and button array make this a different breed of board game? Will this alienate their base or act to grow their population of users? Regardless, it’s about time that board games took some inspiration from the rest of the world and got with the program for their interaction and product design. Pre-order here for $39.99 Via IfItsHip
It’s textbook use of the ‘Mario Brothers’ approach to innovation. Via Gizmodo.