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more about #patent Voyou_Charmant: God; I hate the Xbox 360 avatars so much. Seriously, who signed off on those things? more » G1bblets: So would I get punished for being about 20 pounds underweight? more » NonaDeimachus: "So therefore, if you're fat, your avatar will be fat - or vice versa" I don't know which one of us is at fault here but I honestly read that as havi... more » Teammash: Now I can spend MS popints to get my avatar addicted to avatar diet pills. more » mythofdemons: upon hearing of this, sony has announced their new tag line~ playstation~ exercise in your world, lose weight in ours. more » timmy166: "given the butthurt that went up when Wii Fit started" lol that made me laugh. more » Graizur: Why should any one feel guilt for being perilously close to a heart attack. It's your life. You're only hurting yourself which, I guess if you believe... more » GorbyGipper: So my Avatar will look like my fatass Mii? It's funny, I don't think there's any concept of muscle on the Wii. I'm not really a wide man, I've got re... more » PanicDriver: Being 108 pounds and 6'0, I bet my money that Microsoft will make my avatar a fattie with all my food consumption. more » zbend002: 'Microsoft wants to link some sort of tangible benefit to a healthy, balanced lifestyle.' . . . How about a longer life? better mood? more and better ... more » AV-WAVE: I can't gain weight. I've TRIED to gain weight several times, but I just can't do it. I guess it's my genetics or something. Curse my perfect body! more » The Maginomicon: Reminds me of this short video I saw a long time ago of how our in-game characters would fare if they had the same physical condition as their players... more » TRT-X: encourage good behavior (e.g., healthy behaviors, virtuous behaviors, etc.) So if I'm not virtuous...my avatar will be pictured with my buddy's girlf... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Are avatars allowed to carry weapons because I've got some guns. (Eats another roll of cookie dough) more » deliciousburglar: hahaha you're fat and i'm here to remind you. more » fuchikoma: That would make sense if the 360 had the balance board and could actually weigh you... ...except I made my avatar to look like me already, and if som... more » Surreal_Sunshine: The "suck your gut in" button should also make your avatar wink and say "how you doin'?" more » njnaz765: You want your kids to get healthy and fit? Why would you rely on a console to tell them that? I play games to escape my reality, not be reminded of i... more » Mad-Hobo: vise versa? If my avatar becomes fat so do I? D: more » D-K The Grey: So, Microsoft would be pushing people to go exercise so they'd look more like the ideally-proportioned avatars.. Makes sense.. Bonus points for havi... more » -
#avatars
Microsoft Patents the Exercise Guilt Trip
Microsoft's filed a patent that would make avatars more realistic and less idealized, with the point of getting your husky ass out to exercise if what you're seeing in the dashboard is a more realistic presentation of yourself. More » -
#nintendo
Nintendo's Nutso Football Controller Patent
I'm just about at my breaking point with these wacky controller patents, but this one's so wacky - a football you stick your Wii Remote into - that it's worth a closer look. More » -
#laughter
Sony Files Patent for PS3 Laughter Detection
Sony Computer Entertainment America filed a patent a couple months back, for a system using coffee mugs to play a video game. Now they've filed one to make your laughter into a controller. More » -
#thisisnotajoke
Nintendo's Shameful, Inflatable Horse-Riding Wii Controller
Read that headline one more time. Then look at this picture. And prepare yourself for the eventuality that no, this is not a joke, meaning yes, Nintendo actually patented an inflatable horse-riding peripheral for the Wii. More » -
#wellplayed
Can 2009 Innovate Itself Out of a Recession?
The past week in gaming news gave us a glimpse into 2009.
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#trainingwheels
Developers Respond To Nintendo's Hint System Patent
Today a Nintendo patent came to light for a hint system which would allow gamers to essentially let games play themselves. We reached out to game developers for their opinion on the patent.
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#motioncontrol
Sony Patents Ultrasonic Waggle Controller Technology
A patent application filed on October 23rd that surfaced over at NeoGAF reveals that talk of Sony creating a break-apart controller that surfaced back in July of this year might not have been as far-fetched as was originally thought. The patent is for a method by which a system could track the movement of one or more controllers, with video tracking the position of the controllers and ultrasonic frequencies used to determine their distance from the console. What this means is that two different controllers would submit data to a video input device like the PlayStation Eye, with the Eye's microphone picking up on both the visual location and aural distance to track motion. More » -
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#rumor
Zounds! A New Wii Controller Patent?! No.
What the?! Another Nintendo controller peripheral? This recently published US Patent and Trademark Office filing would certainly convince one to believe so! That is, until one looked at the date of the patent application submission, which dates back to 2005. Sure, the patent was published on June 28 of this year, but it references foreign application data that predates the official unveiling of the Wii Remote prototype. More »
