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VI Fit Is Wii Sports For The Blind
Wii Sports can be a big factor in getting sedentary children moving, but what about blind children? A video game research project at the University of Nevada, Reno, is creating Wii Sports-based PC games that don’t require eyesight to play. The two games in the VI Fit line play much like their Wii Sports counterparts.…
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UncategorizedBring On The Monkey Mind-Powered Robots
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have trained monkeys to manipulate robotic appendages using the power of their minds, once again proving one solid scientific fact: monkeys kick ass. Just look at that monkey in the picture there. Is that not the coolest monkey ever? He’s manipulating a robotic arm with seven-degrees-of-freedom through two motor…
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Cole Sports A Sharp New Look In inFamous 2
Coming as a surprise to no one, Game Informer’s July issue confirms the sequel to Sucker Punch’s PlayStation 3 superhero hit inFamous, with a cover showing off a new look for series protagonist Cole MacGrath. inFamous 2 is no real surprise. Soy registered Infamous2TheGame.com back in April, and voice actors were talking about auditioning for…
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Olivia Munn’s Debut As The Daily Show’s Senior Asian Correspondent
Witness Olivia Munn’s debut on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, covering the plight of Gulf Coast Vietnamese fishermen as the program’s Senior Asian Correspondent. As reported earlier this morning, the co-host of Attack of the Show is taking a spin as a faux news reporter for Comedy Central’s hit show, and now we’ve got a…
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1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die
Coming this October from Universe Publishing, 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die sounds like the sort of book that could seriously chew up your free time from now until you die. Compiled by an international team of critics, 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die is a collection of chronologically-ordered…
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BlackLight: Tango Down’s Technology Is Part Fact, Part Fiction
Summer shooter BlackLight: Tango Down features the Hyper Reality Visor – an advanced imaging system that uses augmented reality to deliver battlefield intelligence. Lead game designer Jared Gerritzen tells Kotaku about the real-life inspirations behind the game’s tech. BlackLight: Tango Down is more than a video game. Ignition Entertainment and developer Zombie Studios’ futuristic first-person…
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The Curtain Rises On Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock
Activision reveals the next entry in the Guitar Hero franchise, Warriors of Rock, featuring more than 90 tracks, a Gene Simmons-powered quest mode, and new challenges for every track in the Guitar Hero catalog. Check out the first 35 tracks! The biggest change coming to the Guitar Hero franchise in Warriors of Rock is the…
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