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Lively

Google Launches Its Own Second Life

Google launched Lively today, a 3D virtual world that can best be described as the search and advertising giant's take on Second Life. Currently, the service is for Windows users only and requires Internet Explorer or Firefox, as well as a Google account, to take part in. We quickly downloaded and fussed about with Lively earlier this afternoon, a process that was rather simple, but did have a minor registration hiccup. It was also painfully slow on my Windows box, which is by no means state of the art.

Lively is already loaded with hundreds of virtual rooms of varying themes, not to mention thousands of furries, one of the stock avatars that one can then further customize. Navigating around the world, which also seems to feature some light game like elements, took some getting used to. The novelty wore of quickly for me, as chatting with strangers on the internet is more frightening than in real life, but we'll have to dig deeper to see what Google has in store.

We'll check back in with it soon.

Lively by Google [Lively - thanks, DaveKap!]

6:40 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Michael McWhertor
7,073 views, 61 comments

Latest by Pi-face: Did someone just say "furries"? 'Cause I think I just heard someone say "furries". more »

konami code

You Got Konami Code In My Google Reader

Any of you use Google Reader for your RSS needs? I do. Mostly because I can access it from any PC, and it's super-easy to use. Anyway, enough of the free advertising! Seems somebody at Google HQ is a fan of the ol' Konami code, because it's been found that if you open up your Google Reader and punch in the code on your keyboard (with arrow keys for direction), you'll get a neat - if tough on the eyes - little treat.

Google hearts the Konami code [CrunchGear, via Boing Boing]

1:30 AM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Luke Plunkett
5,291 views, 15 comments

Latest by DONNYchiban: WOOOOOW. I can't read it, but it's cool. Too bad its just the Ninja theme for your shared items page, though. more »

gta iv

Google Maps Can't Resist Liberty City

Liberty City's a big place. Huge place. Lots of roads, lots of places to see, lots of ways to get lost. Lucky, then, that your woeful Liberty City navigation skills can be bailed out just as easily as your real-world navigation skills, with Google Maps helping set up an interactive map of GTA IV. On it, users can post the exact location of stuff like restaurants, ATMs, easter eggs and strip clubs, should you ever feel up to driving around Liberty City while checking the laptop perched precariously on your lap.
Grand Theft Auto Big Map [Google Maps & IGN]

7:20 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Luke Plunkett
25,359 views, 53 comments

Latest by The_Vindicator: The versatility of the google maps API is amazing, makes kicking back in liberty city all the more fun :) more »

gphone

Will Google Phone Be Good For Gamers?

For those of you who don't follow the gadget world as closely as my alter ego who writes for Gizmodo, there have long been rumors of a Google Phone (as in cellphone) hitting the market and revolutionizing life as we know it. Today the Google Phone was officially announced, not as one particular phone, but as a software platform (like Palm or Windows Mobile) that will run on Sprint and T-Mobile phones produced by big companies like LG, HTC, Motorola and Samsung when launched in 2008. So why should gamers care? More »

10:20 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Mark Wilson
5,215 views, 29 comments

Latest by AllKindsOfRalph: i dont think that this is necessary .. i havent found mobile games to be that great, they usually just drain the battery very quickly on my phone ... and with the great portable like my Nintendo DS i don't more »

thank you overlords

New Google Earth Adds Easter Egg Flight Sim

The newest version of Google's 3D Earth mapping tool not only includes Google Sky, sure to be a hit with astronomy dorks, but it also contains a hidden flight simulator. Only two aircraft are currently available in Google Earth 4.2's flight sim (an F-16 jet fighter and the Cirrus SR22 prop plane) but there are plenty of airports and real world locations for one to fly around.

Not a bad deal for zero dollars.

Google Earth Flight Simulator [Marco's Blog via Google Blogoscoped]

7:40 PM on Fri Aug 31 2007
By Michael McWhertor
5,996 views, 32 comments

blame google

Online Gaming to Get In-Game Advertising?


The Guardian Unlimited reported on Saturday that Google has "drawn up plans to compile psychological profiles of millions by covertly monitoring the way they play online games". In English, it means that the search engine has registered a new patent that can spy on us. After gathering months of online behavioral patterns, Google could try to make this information available to their advertising overlords for a small fee. More »

10:40 AM on Mon May 14 2007
By Kim Phu
1,009 views, 20 comments

no wiider puns

Google Releases Reader For Wii

Google has released a customized view of their RSS feed reader, which the marketing guys agreed to dub Google Reader, for the Nintendo Wii. Using the Wii Internet Channel browser, a custom version of Opera, Google has provided console internet surfers who have a taste for breaking news with TV screen readability and Wii remote specific controls. More »

4:40 PM on Tue May 8 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,709 views, 32 comments

google

Playing Xbox Live In The Car Expensive, Maybe Dangerous

Best way to show off you've got too much money and time on your hands? Drive around the Google Wi-fi enabled city of Mountain View, California in your Jeep Wrangler Rubicon while playing Uno and Rainbow Six Las Vegas over Xbox Live. The whole set up will allegedly hit you in the wallet for about $4000, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. More »

5:30 PM on Mon Feb 19 2007
By Michael McWhertor
868 views, 13 comments

retro

Space Invaders Invade Google Maps

Expect to see the above shot appear soon on a Google Maps zoom-in starting this February. Some O'Reilly FOO Camp attendees took advantage of an announced Google fly-over to make their mark on Google Maps and Google Earth with some Space Invaders inspired artwork. More »

9:20 PM on Mon Jan 22 2007
By Michael McWhertor
710 views, 6 comments

google

Google Wants In On In Game Advertising

According to website CNN Money, Google Inc. is currently in negotiations to purchase Adscape Media, a San Francisco company that provides in-game advertising to many major companies. This is just another in a long line of bids by Google to buy up companies so they can stretch their advertising presence in as many types of media as they can. If the Adscape purchase goes through, it would mean that Google would be able to deliver in game ads over the internet, directly into the games. How exactly that would work, I'm not sure, but don't be surprised if you wake up one day to find a big ole' Google Billboard staring you in the face when you load up your favorite game. Flynn De Marco More »

11:00 AM on Sun Jan 21 2007
By fdemarco
108 views, 14 comments

Latest by noneother: Google also "wants in" on your soul, which is OK as long as I get a good price-per-click on AdSense. Google ads have thus far been pretty unobtrusive though, usually text or on the sideline. It would be interesting to see more »

ps3

Google Maps Configured To Show PS3 Launch Locations

The intrepid adventurers over at PS3 Seeker have used some Google Maps tools to throw together this nifty Google map showing all the locations selling PS3's at launch. You can see which stores will be opening and selling at midnight on the 17th or you can search by location. You can even see if there are any PS3 auctions available in your location. PS3 Seeker is on the job for you, adding addresses as they find them. More »

4:40 PM on Sat Nov 4 2006
By fdemarco
552 views, 15 comments

Latest by testudorex: I like how it shows the locations of the ebay sellers, so I can finally go to their houses, beat the shit outa them and take the goods. more »

nintendo

Google Doesn't Know Wii (Wikipedia Does)

I hope for Nintendo's sake that the Coke-bottle bespectacled fungineers at Google update their search suggestion spell-checker before the November launch. Right now, looking for news on the Wii asks if you're really interested in reading about is World War II. And thinking about Nazi's and the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki just take the fun out of accessible console gaming. More »

10:05 PM on Sun Aug 27 2006
By Michael McWhertor
1,356 views, 11 comments

goggles

Goggles, the Google Earth Flight Sim

Here at Kotaku I usually am the one who pounces on these independent game posts, probably because everyone else here is jaded, and covered in an oatmeal-like crust that issues from their sinuses when the term "indie game" is brought up. Especially Bash, who had to be chipped out of his desk chair with an afro pick after I brought Re:Mission into the office. More »

6:20 PM on Mon Aug 14 2006
By egauger
753 views, 2 comments

world of warcraft

Today's Barrens Chat is Tomorrow's Blackmail

Virtual world-obsessed site TerraNova has an opinion piece about something that haunts most of us who were raised in a computer tower: persistant records of our teenage exploits online. A great many of us have ridiculous Geocities pages, embarassing Usenet posts, idiotic forum flames and other errata that comes up when our names or aliases are fed into a search engine. More »

9:20 PM on Tue Jun 13 2006
By egauger
371 views, 3 comments

google earth

Multi-User Tabletop Warcraft 3

I will always suck at RTS games until someone figures out a way not only for me to play them psychically, but invents a drug that will cause extra brain hemispheres to spore, mycelium-like, within my largely fluid filled skull. Who the hell can control a million units in unison? What the crap do I look like, RTS designers? Cylon Briareus? More »

5:00 AM on Mon Jun 12 2006
By brownlee
221 views, 2 comments

frappr

Use Frappr to Swag An Early DS Lite

If you're wondering whether or not you live within driving distance of one of the unscrupulous merchants who broke the DS Lite release date almost two weeks early, you should check out this Google Maps based tool for finding the closest on sale DS Lite near you. More »

9:40 AM on Thu Jun 1 2006
By brownlee
59 views, 1 comment

nintendo

The DS Sucks, Folks. Look It Up.

This video editorial from Jon of Talking With Jon fame clearly outlines why the Nintendo DS is inferior to the Sony PSP. For instance, can you use the DS as a PlayStation 3 controller? No. Is the DS widescreen, the future of gaming? No. Does it have the gigabytes? No. Can you play it without plugging it into the wall? Apparently not. Pretty damning evidence. More »

10:37 AM on Sat May 20 2006
By Michael McWhertor
2,898 views, 29 comments

coolness

Gamercards on Google with Friends

Over at Xbox Forums, there's a rundown on how to install Gamercards on Google and even add yer buddies. Here's how: More »

8:22 AM on Mon Feb 6 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
162 views, 1 comment

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