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Gamers: For $550k On eBay You Can Buy 6850 Games, 330 consoles, And 220 controllers

by Morgan Williams on February 11, 2013 in News

After a lifetime of collecting games, a gamer in Italy has decided to put the massive collection up on ebay with a starting bid of $550,000. $550,000 – an insane amount of games The 137-page long inventory includes 6850 games, 330 consoles, and 220 controllers. …I realized that if I want to play at least half [...]

We Partnered With The Makers Of Infinity Blade And Other Game Companies To Create The Ultimate iPhone Gaming Controller

by Drew on January 8, 2013 in ZAGG News

Here’s another new product we introduced at CES 2013: The Caliber Advantage. It’s a tactile, analog game controller that directly attaches to the mobile device. The Caliber Advantage controls the action via Bluetooth® connection, providing the lightning-fast response needed for today’s mobile gaming. The dual slide-out analog controls of the gaming handset feature tactile, responsive [...]

An iPad steering gadget for the serious gamer

by Joshua H. on November 19, 2012 in Gadgets, Product Reviews

A square iPad doesn’t always feel right when you play a racing game and need to turn the device side to side to turn your race car. Kolos has created a steering wheel product that should make you feel like you’re in an arcade when you’re playing that iPad racing game. Flying and Racing With [...]

iFixit tells us what’s inside Wii U

by Joshua H. on November 19, 2012 in Gadgets, News

Lately the iFixit team has been giving a decent number of reparability ratings on devices. Their latest review of the Wii U is a solid positive. The score was a respectable 8 out of 10. The console and motherboard The console had all the connectors and features listed on the box: SD card slot, HDMI [...]

Mobile Gaming needs tactile controllers as well

by Joshua H. on November 16, 2012 in Gadgets, Product Reviews

Okay, so mobile gaming is taking off. The iPod touch is the ‘funnest iPod.’ We’re all impressed by the graphic and technical advances on these mobile devices. But in the end, they’re still all touch screens. Touch screens are great Nintendo understands the value of a touch screen. Just look at their last couple products. [...]

Video: The CEO of Nintendo unboxes the Wii U

by Joshua H. on November 7, 2012 in Gadgets, News

If you’re going to have an unboxing video, or unboxing pics, there may not be a better actor than the CEO of the manufacturing company. Mr Iwata opens the Wii U Premium Pack for the first time. I love his little joke that the white gloves make him feel like Mario. Check out the video: [...]

$59 8-bit plug-and-play Pac-Man console

by Joshua H. on October 26, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology

My family loves Pac-Man. Everyone. A good retro game deserves a good retro design. The young kids think it’s a new toy, and for the adults it has a bit of a nostalgia feeling to it. Most of us would have been exposed to video games at an early age via classics such as Galaga, [...]

The NES Toaster For Nintendo Fans Everywhere

by Joshua H. on August 31, 2012 in Gadgets, Wishful Thinking

This is a 3D rendering of a possible product. After all, a real toaster would melt the sides of the NES in a few seconds flat. Wouldn’t it? If this were real, I’d be picking one up for my office in an instant. My only question: do you have to blow on the toast a [...]

Hilarious easter egg, exclusive to the Apple II, turns everything you knew about computers upside-down

by Morgan Williams on August 17, 2012 in News

I’m a big fan of easter eggs. In fact, many of my articles contain easter eggs. Jordan Mechner created a brilliant surprise in the Apple II version of his video game Karateka. When you insert the floppy disk upside-down, the game is also upside-down: Not only does this make the game harder, it could really [...]

3D Eye Tracking Glasses let you play games without your hands

by Joshua H. on July 31, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology

Have you ever been too tired to sit up and play games, but too wired to fall asleep? The future might come with a solution for you: Play with your eyeballs. A team at UK’s Imperial College lead by Dr. Aldo Faisal has rigged eye tracking circuitry that take advantage of new 3D technology. The [...]