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Getting all tangled up in wires when playing games or making a call on Skype is not our idea of fun. Bluetooth headsets can help, but they have an annoying lag that gamers and phone talkers won’t tolerate. That’s...
POSTED Friday, May 9, 2008
I think I'd be perfectly happy decorating my apartment solely with objects from my child hood. I'd be even happier if they were all video-game-related objects because, frankly, video games played a pretty serious role in my childhood. That's why...
POSTED Thursday, May 8, 2008
The original Nintendo Entertainment System is a pretty strange choice for a gadget to redesign, what with it being a couple decades old and everything, but you can't argue with how slick the reNESED concept design is. Featuring wireless controllers...
POSTED Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Cellphones and UMPCs are perfectly powerful for some basic handheld gaming, but the trouble arises when you actually try to play games on these business-minded devices. The controls just don't feel right. You cant use a keypad for a...
POSTED Tuesday, May 6, 2008
If you love precious metals in your computer peripherals, you'll love SteelSeries 7G keyboard, designed specifically for PC gaming. Belying the company's name just a bit, the 7G has 18-karat gold plating in every key switch to reduce latency,...
POSTED Monday, May 5, 2008
Since the introduction of the Nintendo Wii with all its Wiimote goodness, videogame controllers have gotten more and more sophisticated, going way beyond button pushes to read gestures and even emotions. Add eyeballs to that list. Researchers at Britain's...
POSTED Monday, May 5, 2008
Attention Foosball players: Here’s the largest table football game in the world. In fact, Table Football XXL is so huge, two entire soccer teams — 22 players — could face off with it, settling their challenges without ever setting...
POSTED Friday, May 2, 2008
If you're tired of the precise control that using a regular Xbox 360 controller with both hands give you and are looking for something more clunky and gimmicky, have I got the product for you. Qmotions is working on a...
POSTED Friday, May 2, 2008
Your lights, air conditioning, electricity, gas — it all comes at a price. Whether you've settled in as a homeowner or you're still dormin' it up, the excess energy you use and the waste you don't recycle hurts more...
POSTED Friday, April 25, 2008
Nintendo mods don't get much cooler than this. It's a Super Mario Bros. cartridge from the original NES, and it just so happens to have an entire NES crammed inside of it. Yes, an entire console. It has the ports...
POSTED Tuesday, April 22, 2008
I hate to drop a word like electroencephalogram on you on a Friday, but you're looking at one. Designed by researchers at the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre in Belgium, the headset provides biofeedback by measuring the electric impulses your brain...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
If you're looking to make your Playstation 3 even bigger and more awkwardly shaped, have we got a mod for you. This enterprising tinkerer build an extra hard drive bay onto his beloved console, making it sort of blend in...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
The Playstation 3 is a big, awkward, hulking piece of machinery, one designed to be placed under your TV and then not moved at all. But some people just don't take hints from the designs of their devices, and they...
POSTED Thursday, April 17, 2008
While Nintendo has released a "classic" controller for the Wii for use with playing retro NES and Super Nintendo games via the virtual console, it's not quite the same as the old controllers. For one, it has a couple of...
POSTED Wednesday, April 16, 2008
With tales of gamers in Asia literally playing themselves to death filling the media it should come as no surprise that the latest odd item to come out of Japan is a vitamin supplement for gamers. The Game Suppli supplements...
POSTED Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The late, great Neogeo has gotten a new lease on life with the Nintendo Wii, what with loads of Neogeo games being available for download via the Wii's virtual console. That's awesome. Less awesome? Trying to play Neogeo games designed...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
If you’re a Second Life player, you know how cumbersome the keyboard and mouse feel when you’re trying to move around that virtual world, interact with others and construct stuff. Second Life creator chairman and designer of groundbreaking spreadsheet software...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
No reason to beat around the bush. You need the Franklin’s Official Scrabble Players Dictionary because you're weak. You can't hack in the wild world of gladiatorial wordsmiths. So you cheat. Weak! Weeeak! If you must use one, at...
POSTED Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Nintendo Wii's remote, with its motion sensing abilities, has made the console a breakout success, making it still difficult to come by in stores well over a year after its launch. So is it really any surprise that Microsoft...
POSTED Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Just when everyone thought the game of catch was one of the most exhilarating sports around, a company comes around and kicks it up a notch. The Tospom is a device that adds a new twist — it includes...
POSTED Monday, April 7, 2008
Of all the ways to pay homage to Earth's savior in Bungie's Halo series, turning the Master Chief into a pony is by far one of the oddest. Cobbled together by a lass known as AnimeAmy, the Chief won...
POSTED Monday, April 7, 2008
Try as it may, it seems the Zune just can't match up to the iPod. Why not? Well, A.J. Kandy, creative director and prez of King Marketing, posits that Microsoft needs to stop simply following in Apple's footsteps with...
POSTED Thursday, April 3, 2008
Japan's Taito corporation is going all out to promote the 30th anniversary of the classic arcade game Space Invaders. Teaming with Yahoo Japan, Taito set up a page on the Internet where anyone can play the old school game without...
POSTED Thursday, April 3, 2008
Daisy is a robotic arm several times taller than a human, and it's got a massive fiberglass cargo ship propeller attached to it, which it'll randomly wave about in the air (slowly, luckily). It also has cameras fixed to its...
POSTED Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Mods don't get much cooler than this, my friends. It's an original NES controller that's turned into an MP3 player, which is cool enough, but when coupled with an original NES cartridge that's been turned into a speaker you get...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Since Blu-ray has won the high-def-disc format war, the HD DVD add-on that Microsoft released for the Xbox 360 has become completely obsolete. It only seems natural, therefore, for Microsoft to be working on a Blu-ray add-on for its console,...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
In a unique new feature, the upcoming crime blockbuster Grand Theft Auto 4 will team up with Amazon to bring digital music distribution into the game. Since the music and radio stations have always been a huge and important part...
POSTED Friday, March 28, 2008
We decided to take an advance look at the Wii Fit a few weeks ago by getting a hold of a Japanese version, which our intrepid Vanessa Rae tried out in this video. We had tons of fun with the...
POSTED Wednesday, March 26, 2008
TARDIS, the savvy time machine and spacecraft from Doctor Who, is finally back, but now it no longer provides time warping, but rather, retro gaming, which is debatably as good as time travel. This is a TARDIS MAME cabinet...
POSTED Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Guitar Hero series of games is insanely popular, and with good reason: they're super fun! They let you pretend to be a rock star, playing along with your favorite games on a simplified guitar controller. It's awesome. The only...
POSTED Thursday, March 20, 2008
The world of Dungeons & Dragons needs no introduction. Recently, however, the D&D community suffered the loss of one close and dear as the game's co-founder Gary Gygax passed away after battling for some years with heart ailments. But...
POSTED Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Gameloft plans to expand its mobile gaming service to iPhone owners when Apple's App Store launches this June. Gameloft puts out a lot of simple arcade puzzle game clones, but is also responsible for some pretty well-received ports of big...
POSTED Monday, March 10, 2008
Real computer nerds who want to put together a monster of a gaming PC build their own computers. They know that doing it themselves saves all sorts of money and lets them get exactly what they want. Lazier, richer people...
POSTED Monday, March 10, 2008
Available in Japan since December, the Wii Fit is scheduled for a spring release Stateside. We couldn't wait that long. Determined to check out the Wii Fit early, we went to Chinatown in New York City to search for a Japanese version. Mission accomplished. But is it any good? Vanessa has the verdict.
POSTED Friday, March 7, 2008
With the unveiling of the iPhone's software development kit, it turns out the iPhone may be a serious handheld contender in the mobile gaming market on top of being a smart phone killer. We're not just talking Pong and Tetris,...
POSTED Friday, March 7, 2008
Sneakers have become a new hot item to collect, but I don't really get it. I mean, they're shoes, and they're shoes that you take such good care of you never wear them? What's the point? There's only one way...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
A new accessory from a British gaming outfit is taking gaming to a new, scary level by incorporating electric shocks. The MindwireV5 is a device that works with most current PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and PC games that support traditional...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Your mouse, it's boring. Why should you, a unique and beautiful snowflake, us a pointer for your computer that's just like the pointers everybody else has for their computers? It's just plain criminal. You need to show off your totally-unique...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The VirtualGT personal racing simulator is an arcade-style machine that'll let you live out your dreams of professional racing right in the comfort of your own home. To spice the experience up and give it a bit of personalization, however,...
POSTED Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Okay you twitchy gamers, here’s a gaming mouse that just might be faster than you are. The Razer Salmosa has a lightning-quick 1ms (that’s millisecond for mere mortals) response time, faster than any game, display, and certainly quicker than...
POSTED Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Why is it gaming PCs always have to be the craziest-looking machines to ever be sold at Best Buy? Who decided that people who enjoyed PC games also wanted a gigantic computer that looks like it was stolen off...
POSTED Tuesday, March 4, 2008
I find it a little ironic that the Nintendo Wii was lauded as the system that redefined gaming with it's amazing new controller, yet it's the system that has the most accessories available to make said controller better. Take this...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
Nintendo has enjoyed a pretty solid grip on the handheld market with its Game Boy and DS units, and now it's looking to expand that influence to dominate our stomach - or at least one talented chef of a fan...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
This neuro-headset by Emotiv will allow people to interact with video games using only their thoughts and emotions. I know what you're thinking — you've seen these before. The difference is, this one's actually going to go on sale...
POSTED Monday, February 25, 2008
With everyone picking their moment to jump from the HD-DVD ship following Toshiba's decision to discontinue the format. It was only a matter of time before giant Microsoft would have to bite the bullet and axe the Xbox 360...
POSTED Monday, February 25, 2008
So you must think you are king of the miniature RC helicopters? It's time to brush up on your flying skills because there is a new miniature RC flying toy around and it's the Palm-Z Silverlit Mini RC Indoor...
POSTED Wednesday, February 20, 2008
A new arcade game by Japanese entertainment purveyor Konami has players armed and ready with a giant fist. Called Byon Byon, the game's screen present something like a digital Whac-A-Mole, with cutesy little characters and targets flying around, waiting to...
POSTED Friday, February 15, 2008
As much as I try to prevent pink, plastic toys from entering our house, that damn tooth fairy has been a cash cow lately, and my daughter’s toy collection is reaching critical mass. Extreme situations call for extreme measures,...
POSTED Friday, February 15, 2008
This Nerf Wii Blaster combines two of the most fun things any kid could ask for: Nerf and Wii. Yes, it's a Nerf gun, so it can fire off soft darts at targets, cats, sisters, and things of that nature....
POSTED Friday, February 15, 2008
The folks over at Head in the Game Controllers love the Xbox 360, but they aren't as excited about the controller. The reason? You've got ten buttons on the controller and ten fingers on your hands, yet mysteriously most of...
POSTED Wednesday, February 13, 2008
The Genius Navigator 365 by Evergreen works like your standard cheap mouse, but you can flip it open to reveal a little gamepad on the inside. It's eight buttons and d-pad will most likely satisfy your needs if you're...
POSTED Friday, February 8, 2008
Who needs to fly an actual personal helicopter with all that danger when you can vicariously fly a Silverlit Picoo Z that's about the size of a deck of cards? They've been improved, flying forward now instead of just...
POSTED Friday, February 8, 2008
Ever since gadgets became style statements, unsightly scratches went from annoying inconvenience to deal-breaker (remember the armored iPod nano?). The idea behind the Gon portable game console is to ensure your handheld's precious screen never gets defaced. No plastic...
POSTED Friday, February 8, 2008
Intrepid tinkerer Keith Lam has created a version of the famous level 1-1 of the original Mario Bros. game in real life that's playable with a Nintendo controller. What's that mean? Well, it involves a long scroll that has...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
To most people, the fun that can be had with video game consoles happens once they're plugged into a TV and, you know, they play video games. But to a smaller, much crazier group of geeks, the real fun comes...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
Technology is pretty hard on our hands, and only getting more so: typing on a keyboard, twisting your fingers around a video game controller, thumbing your cell phone. With all that strain on your digits, you may be wondering...
POSTED Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Remember that touchless touch interface? Here's another take on an alternative way to control your devices, and this one looks like it will give your wrist a real workout. KEYnetik has a prototype handheld that's designed to be controlled...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
If you want to show off both your love of Halo 3 as well as your lousy taste in footwear, you can't do much better than Adidas' new Halo shoes. Sporting Halo logos and accents and a seriously ugly design,...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
This touchless human/machine user interface by Norway's Elliptic Labs is a surefire way to avoid grubby touchscreens as it allows the user to manipulate objects on the screen by simply waving their hands like a wizard. The technology uses...
POSTED Monday, February 4, 2008
Are you still waiting for Wiis to show up at your local GameStop? Have you worn out Wii tennis and baseball? It's time for motion-controlled games on a different platform. Darwin's new Motus controller is meant to work with...
POSTED Monday, February 4, 2008
Ben Heck is a modding god. The guy can take any console and make it sexier and more portable, as he's done many times before. But now he's gone and outdone himself. He's gone and turned an Xbox 360 Elite...
POSTED Monday, February 4, 2008
The Nintendo Wii already has more controllers and peripherals for itself than one person can handle, what with the Wiimote, the Nunchuck, the Classic, and soon the Wii Fit all made just for the system. But can you handle even...
POSTED Friday, February 1, 2008
The Playstation 3 isn't exactly known for being a slim device; in fact, quit the opposite is true. The thing is a monster, weighing more than a grade-schooler and taking up loads of space in your living room. That...
POSTED Friday, February 1, 2008
If you're the sort of person who just can't stand wires in any situation ever, even if they're part of the design of an object, this Wireless Wii Nunchuck Converter is for you. Sure, the Nunchuck controller for the...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
While game consoles are a much cheaper and easier way to play video games than getting a full-fledged gaming PC that costs three times as much and needs to be constantly upgraded, for some games the controllers leave a bit...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sony really has problems keeping its Playstation 3 lineup stable, with adjustments seemingly being made every few months, keeping itself in the news and consumers on their toes. The latest adjustment? The 80GB model has been splashed, soon to be...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
Sony teamed up with the Nichia Corportation, a Japanese manufacturer and supplier, and the happy result is a smaller Blu-Ray laser. Measuring in at 3 millimeters, the new laser is cheaper for Sony to manufacture, and anything from laptops using...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
For gaming warriors constantly trying to find the latest way to get a leg up on the competition we bring you the FPS Gun Mouse. Now all that machismo you display during your virtual shootouts can be backed up...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
One of the big announcements from last week's MacWorld keynote was the upgrade to the iPod Touch. This upgrade included Mail, Google Maps, Weather Stocks and Notes, all for $20, which was odd given that new iPod Touches would...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
It still boggles my mind that we can develop amazing technology, but still have yet to put a man on the moon. Oh wait, we have? Well, then maybe it's the Etch-a-Sketch that is slow to get with the...
POSTED Saturday, January 19, 2008
This roll-up chessboard may not help you defeat a Russian chess legend in a Cold War battle, but it will help you impress your friends a bit and take the game of chess anywhere. The board rolls into a...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
If you're on the hunt for a Nintendo Wii, be careful that you're paying attention; there are plenty of people out there trying to get your hard-earned cash without actually delivering a fun-filled Wii to you. So if you seomthing...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
Rock Band is clearly one of the most fun video games, well, ever. I mean, can you really go wrong with you and three of your drunkest friends playing along to some of the best (and some of the worst...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
We've seen quite a few pretty amazing console mods here at DVICE, many of which crammed previously large consoles into handheld casings. They're usually done with skill and look really professional. Usually. This portable GameCube mod? Not so professional...
POSTED Monday, January 14, 2008
So you finally, at long last, managed to get your hands on a Nintendo Wii. Congrats! Now that you have one, the shopping time isn't over yet, no sir. Not by a long shot. Now it's time to waste...
POSTED Monday, January 14, 2008
The woman in this photo is freaking out because she's wearing the 3rd Space FPS vest by TN games. The technology was supposedly developed for doctors to work via the Internet, but it didn’t fly. In a nutshell, it’s a...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
If you're really, really into driving video games, you know that using a regular controller or a keyboard is for chumps. It's a driving game, so clearly you need a steering wheel. But while most people are satisfied with just...
POSTED Thursday, January 10, 2008
When it comes to serious gaming, LCDs are kind of slow. And most screens are just so square. This week Alienware introduced a 2880x900 curved monitor. It's a DLP rear-projection monitor that lit by LEDs, so it's easier on...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
It's so boring to play chess on a computer. What ever happened to knocking your opponents pieces over in person? Excalibur Electronics has devised a solution: a physical chess board that can move pieces itself. You can play against...
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The current crop of next-generation consoles support high-definition resolution, but for users who have limited budgets or just haven't made the jump to HDTV there's an alternative option: Put that PC monitor to use as a high-resolution gaming display....
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Oh Dreamcast. You were so loved by people when you were around, but you still didn't sell well enough to keep Sega in the console game. But just because it's a dead console doesn't mean the games aren't fun anymore....
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
Like most people, you probably spend 12 to 18 hours a day playing video games. You are painfully aware that the digital processing in many displays adds latency — a time lag between a console input (like pulling a...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
Anyone who bought an Xbox 360 this holiday season hoping to play on Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service most likely ran up against the outages plaguing gamers around the world. I know I did. For over a week,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 2, 2008
I'm guessing those of you who purchased the light-saber Wiimote probably are not better Jedi, and I'm guessing the latest Wiimotes for the Cooking Mama: Cook Off won't make you better in the kitchen after scrambling up some wins...
POSTED Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Nothing says fun like classic video games, and luckily, even if you haven't kept your old Nintendo or Sega Genesis from 20 years ago, there are plenty of ways to get your retro gaming fix on. Ways such as this...
POSTED Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Bean bags and those funky rocker video game chairs are great, if you are still living in mom's basement, but what about for the single bachelor who still enjoys video games but doesn't want to look like a complete...
POSTED Saturday, December 29, 2007
If only the most realistic car-racing simulator will do, you might want to check out the VRX Mach 4, a gaming system that goes to incredible lengths to give you the most gut-wrenching driving experience you could possibly have...
POSTED Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Modding old video game consoles into small, handheld cases is all the rage these days. So is wrapping otherwise normal devices in pretty, pretty wood. So it's really no surprise at all that we're a little bit taken with...
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
We're at least a year into the release of the three next-generation gaming console — the Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. That has given you plenty of time to brush up on your knowledge. Put your...
POSTED Monday, December 17, 2007
Have you been desperately searching for a Nintendo Wii this holiday season but refuse to be degraded by being forced to wait outside in the cold for a few hours early some morning in order to snag one? Nintendo feels...
POSTED Friday, December 14, 2007
There was a time when I spent more hours logged in as my brazen, orange-bearded gun-nut of a dwarven hunter on World of Warcraft (a bit like the guy above, minus the wussy bow) than I did walking around...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Neurosky has been in the mind-control business for quite some time, but its bio-sensor and signal processing system is finally getting put to good work. NeuroSky and Sega Toys will be teaming up to create mind-controllable toys capable of...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
It was almost a year ago that Sony's original Aibo robotic dog was euthanized for the world to see, and now it seems this dog is making quite the return. Stuff Magazine has this little gem, which is being...
POSTED Monday, December 10, 2007
There are plenty of joysticks out there that are loaded with small games, allowing you to plug the joystick directly into your TV and play without a console. They're all well and good, but the games are rarely anything...
POSTED Friday, December 7, 2007
If you're like me, you care a lot more about your HDTV handling games well than you do it handling movies or TV shows. Personally, I use HD for gaming at least twice as much as I do for...
POSTED Thursday, December 6, 2007
It's been in the works for years, but design Paul Wessel has finally gotten Nintendo to buy into his diabetes games that uses real blood and a glucose-level detector. The premise for the device and game is fairly simple...
POSTED Thursday, December 6, 2007
This here is an old NES that's been completely gutted and stuffed with a PC. But it's cooler than just a PC case mod; it's designed to still act as a gaming system, filled with emulators that'll let you play...
POSTED Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Once you get seriously into playing World of Warcraft, it seems like that's all you use your computer for. Sure, you can surf the web and check email on it, but if you're a real WoW addict, you barely have...
POSTED Tuesday, December 4, 2007
We just told you about Blockbuster's plans to offer cellphone movie rentals. Now, Japanese print house DNP and am3, a media distributor, are hoping to do the same for the DS, also offering e-books, Japanese comics, and television shows....
POSTED Friday, November 30, 2007
Ever wonder what's inside that fancy console of yours? You might have noticed that consoles, like public restroom stalls at airports, all have special security screws that a Phillips or a flathead screwdriver can't back out. That's where the...
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
At long last, a View-Master we adults can all sink our eyes into. YelloMosquito, the division of 22Moo that brought us the EVG230, is about to unleash the QingBar EG300, billed as the world's first wireless video eyewear. To...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Next time someone boasts that they can play Game Boy with their feet, whip out this 8-way foot pedal-controlled Game Boy Color and show them you can, too. And another surprise for 'em: you won't be playing games, but...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Classic game nuts will be sure to love this Nintendo DS Famicom Adapter, a hulking cartridge adapter that'll let you play old Famicom (NES here in the States) games right on your fancy little handheld. You might need an...
POSTED Monday, November 26, 2007
If you've got a Wii, you probably have a bunch of games and controllers kicking around. And since the Wii controller has two parts to it, that can add up to some clutter pretty quick. You need a way to...
POSTED Monday, November 26, 2007
Ever since companies realized they could enhance the Nintendo Wii experience with add-ons for the Wiimote, the weirdness has been rolling out. Take this sword accessory that looks surprisingly like a lightsaber. While it isn't required to play any...
POSTED Friday, November 23, 2007
Video games have come a long way from the days of the side scroller and computer-generated voices. Gaming companies like Halo 3 creator Bungie Software have been nabbing top voice talent for years, and you may not have noticed,...
POSTED Thursday, November 22, 2007
Life is full of boredom. From being stuck on a train to waiting for the dentist to visiting your in-laws, there are plenty of times where you just wish you had something to distract you. That's why this new...
POSTED Friday, November 16, 2007
Alienware, known for its high-end video game-centric machines, is offering up a teaser of two of its yet-to-be-seen laptop designs: the Area-51 m15x and the Area-51 m17x. Reportedly 15- and 17-inch systems, the two new machines will sport entirely...
POSTED Friday, November 16, 2007
Got time to sneak in a few rounds of Counter Strike at the office? Why be ashamed? You got your work done early and now it's time to relax. (Yeah right.) This Pyramat Wireless PC Gaming Office Chair 2.1...
POSTED Thursday, November 15, 2007
The Xbox 360 has a big ol' software update coming on December 4th, and in addition to less-than-exciting new features such as parental time limits and the like, there is a neat new feature that we're excited about: original...
POSTED Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Bigger isn't necessarily better, but, generally speaking, bigger is oftentimes more impressive. Just take a look at this arcade cabinet, dubbed the largest in the world. Is it more functional or necessarily more fun than its reasonably-sized cousins? No,...
POSTED Tuesday, November 13, 2007
At first glance, this is a gaming console, but what's that underneath? A beer tap? Whoa, now our interest is piqued. Up top is an arcade game emulation system, giving you access to just about any arcade game you...
POSTED Tuesday, November 6, 2007
After releasing the new slimmed down PSP the reaction was less than overwhelming, so Sony has decided to release a new series of PSP in color. The newest PSP has been dubbed PSP Deep Red. Other than a new...
POSTED Tuesday, November 6, 2007
If you're a child of the 1980s, you're no doubt well aware of the movie The Last Starfighter, the fantasy epic about a videogame lovin' kid in a trailer park who's recruited by aliens as a gunner an intergalactic...
POSTED Tuesday, November 6, 2007
The traditional coin-operated arcade is nearly extinct thanks to in-home options and the need for higher-tech gaming solutions. Some would say that the UltraPin digital pinball table is blasphemous for eliminated the heart of a pinball table, but I applaud...
POSTED Saturday, November 3, 2007
We've seen the PlayStation 3 go though its ups and downs and now the latest story line involved another rumored price drop ... of the PlayStation 2. There will be a rumored "compact" PS2 that includes an integrated power supply...
POSTED Saturday, November 3, 2007
There's something about this odd-looking Saitek Cyborg gaming mouse that we really like. It's similar to the Microsoft Sidewinder gaming mouse, reminding us of a shoe sizer. Available in two different versions as you see here, notice how the...
POSTED Friday, November 2, 2007
Your golfing buddies are either going to think you have the coolest putter ever made or that you're a complete dweeb, but few will be neutral about this limited-edition Golfsmith Enterprise NCC-1701 putter. We thought we'd seen in the...
POSTED Monday, October 29, 2007
Actually, these cases touch upon a Wii little gripe I have: still just boring white, Nintendo? It can't be said that the lack of variety is hurting sales as the console continues to sell out, but personally I think...
POSTED Monday, October 29, 2007
If gaming wasn't already on the hot seat, now those violent games your parents and senators hate so much can now simulate gun shot and other torso wounds. The TN Game's Third Space Vest is the work of physician...
POSTED Sunday, October 21, 2007
The HD DVD and Blu-ray format war has been going on for an exhaustingly long time. We've been hoping for a definitive resolution (go Blu-ray!) since both formats debuted more than a year ago. There have been several developments...
POSTED Sunday, October 21, 2007
Boy, the timing is quite peculiar, but a mere day after Sony announced a cheaper PlayStation 3 to combat the Xbox 360 and its cheaper price tag, a "senior Toshiba executive in Singapore" has come out of the woodworks saying...
POSTED Friday, October 19, 2007
Love planes? So do we, but it's probably a safe bet that John Davis loves them more. Rather than go for a bedroom built into a plane, he turned his own into a fully functional, professional-grade simulator. Now 47...
POSTED Friday, October 19, 2007
Hey racing buffs, do you find it's just not as satisfying to pull off hair-raising turns with your average controller? If you're looking for the off-screen action to match your gameplay, the D-Box GP-200 gaming chair might do nicely....
POSTED Thursday, October 18, 2007
The ongoing drama that is the PlayStation 3 just took another dramatic twist, this time in the form of a 40 GB variant and price cuts. I'll start you off slow. The current 80 GB PS3 will be receiving...
POSTED Thursday, October 18, 2007
Giant robot lovers, rejoice! And then buy plane tickets to Japan. Japanese game purveyors Banpresto and Bandai joined forces to release Senjo No Kizuna, which features mechs from the ultra-popular Gundam universe blowing each other up. Sitting inside a...
POSTED Thursday, October 18, 2007
Microsoft is giving the boot to the cheapo Xbox 360 Core system, replacing it with the newer and better Xbox 360 Arcade for the holiday season. While the Core had no storage at all and a wired controller, the...
POSTED Saturday, October 13, 2007
Have you been waiting to buy a Playstation 3 not because it was too expensive or because there are few good games out for it, but because you didn't like its boring black case? Well… that's weird. Seems like...
POSTED Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Looking for a way to get your girlfriend interested in video games? Halo 3 isn't going to do it, my friend. No, you need something that'll get her immediately interested, and sweet explosions and graphics aren't gonna do it....
POSTED Monday, October 8, 2007
Above all, the one thing that really gets me about gaming-centric peripherals is how sweet they can look. Check out that gallery! Your standard keyboard isn't quite as functional as it could be for serious gamers who enjoy playing...
POSTED Friday, October 5, 2007
If you're gonna live out your driving fantasies via video games, tearing up tracks with the world's hottest and most expensive automobiles, you can't use a boring old controller to handle your virtual wheels. You can't use a cheapo,...
POSTED Thursday, October 4, 2007
One of the major gripes about the Playstation 3 is that Sony decided to ditch the rumble that was present in the PS2 controller, instead sticking in a half-baked motion-sensing apparatus. Well, it looks like they've finally listened to...
POSTED Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Remember the good old days, when there was only one model of each game console? I mean, I had a Super Nintendo, and that was an easy choice for me. I didn't need to worry about a newer, cheaper,...
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
Like to play PC games? Like to play PC games when you're on the road? Like to play PC games on the road on a glossy, brightly colored laptop that screams, "Steal me"? Then you're the exact customer HP...
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
Today in New York City, HP revealed "for the first time outside of the lab" a concept handheld for the company's Mediascape (or "Mscape") gaming software. The handheld has been sighted before, though — specifically in an HP commercial...
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
Personal-viewing eyewear — wraparound sunglass-type video-projection goggles that create the illusion of watching a movie on a big screen floating before your eyes — has been around for years. None model has taken off because the resolution is too...
POSTED Saturday, September 22, 2007
Kicking off the Tokyo Game Show Sony's Kaz Harai officially announced the long rumored Dual Shock 3 wireless controller for the PlayStation 3. According to Harai the essential design will remain the same, but under the controller's hood will...
POSTED Thursday, September 20, 2007
Our interest was piqued with those radio controlled tanks that fought with infrared cannons, but here's the next step in model warfare, Remote-Controlled Laser Combat Cars that use that same infrared laser tech to vanquish their opponents with even...
POSTED Monday, September 17, 2007
Having just re-watched the movie "Tron" (inspired by the news that a remake is coming) I wondered how the video arcade culture ruled by Jeff Bridge's character "Flynn" in the film was fairing in the real-life video game Mecca...
POSTED Thursday, September 13, 2007
Saitek's new Cyborg Rumble game pad is customizable, letting you swap the positions of the left-hand thumbstick and directional pad. It's perfect for people who are used to the positioning of the PS3 or Xbox 360 controller layouts and...
POSTED Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Oh, Sony. As soon as it seems like it might be a good time to get a PlayStation 3, your people go and do something that makes it make more sense to wait. First, they launched it at an...
POSTED Monday, September 10, 2007
We told you about the new Xbox 360 Messenger add-on way back in April, but Microsoft has just now decided to let us know the pricing and release date. It'll hit stores next week for the price of $30....
POSTED Friday, August 31, 2007
Here's a bachelor pad's dream: a coffee table that doubles as a gaming rig. The high-gloss top of the Surface Tension table adds a taste of arcade chic to a living room, housing a monitor beneath the glass tabletop...
POSTED Friday, August 31, 2007
Last year, my colleague Adam Frucci took the position in his weekly column that video games are art. And in the last several months the debate has heated up with differing points of view. Film critic Roger Ebert weighed...
POSTED Thursday, August 23, 2007
Although at first glance it looks like a cross between a stealth aircraft and a shoe sizer, this Microsoft Sidewinder gaming mouse is supposed to give top-flight players an extra edge over their unfortunate foes. Like many other mice,...
POSTED Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Some golfers want to go green with solar-powered golf carts, but this Golf Launchpad lets you hit the greens without even leaving your house. The $450 input device works with either the PC or Sony's PlayStation 2 and has...
POSTED Monday, August 20, 2007
Gaming PCs are notoriously expensive, sacrificing reasonable prices for the most top-of-the-line components available. Laptops have never really been good as gaming PCs due to their lack of expandability and the high price of their components to begin with....
POSTED Friday, August 17, 2007
Second Life banned gambling this week in a preemptive move to avoid running up against American and international regulations. Casino owners were furious, as it was unclear what would happen to their virtual assets (many of which were acquired...
POSTED Sunday, August 5, 2007
Rumor has it that Sony is looking to beef up the media center capabilities of its Playstation 3, looking to add DVR support and a digital tuner to the gaming console. What's this mean for consumers? Well, if a...
POSTED Thursday, August 2, 2007
The Playstation 3 recently got a price drop, so it was only a matter of time before the Xbox 360 followed suit. All three versions of Microsoft's console are getting cuts according to a Circuit City ad that's leaked...
POSTED Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Initial D, a popular manga/anime series from Japan, is bringing the world of illegal Japanese street racing into arcades — and in no small way. Instead of the usual wheel-and-pedal setup most racing arcade games use today, Initial D...
POSTED Monday, July 30, 2007
If you love nothing more than playing bar games on those touchscreen machines you find on the bar at establishments likely to also be equipped with Big Buck Hunter and a few TVs showing ESPN, you know that your...
POSTED Friday, July 27, 2007
Another Electronic Entertainment Expo, the annual trade show for the video game industry, has come and gone. Unlike last year — when the focus was on the launch of two video game consoles — this year was more about...
POSTED Thursday, July 26, 2007
If your mom tells you that you spend too much time playing video games and you need to get outside, there's not much you can do. She's your mom, after all. So if you get your Xbox unplugged and...
POSTED Thursday, July 26, 2007
Imagine that you're walking down the street one day and come across a giant screen where little triangular avatars are blasting one another à la Battle Tank. On the sidewalk are cheering men, posh women, grannies and kids, all...
POSTED Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Today in the neverending battle between man and machine, machine wins again. Programmers at the University of Alberta have shown that Chinook, a computer program they created, can beat any opponent in checkers — or at least score a draw....
POSTED Monday, July 23, 2007
If you view videogames as not a way to have fun, but a challenge, something that you need to figure out how to do perfectly and then retire from, then I can see why you might like the Guitar Heronoid....
POSTED Friday, July 20, 2007
The Nintendo Wii is clearly the game system of choice for more social gamers. Sure, it doesn't have the guts to play amazing shooters like Gears of War, but who has a party centered around a game like that?...
POSTED Monday, July 16, 2007
Nintendo continues to go after the non-gamer market with their super-popular Wii system, unveiling their new Wii Fit controller and game aimed at women and adults. The controller is basically an exercise pad. It senses your weight, and it...
POSTED Thursday, July 12, 2007
Sony's hoping to boost the lagging sales of their PSP handheld by releasing an updated PSP Slim model. While it looks nearly identical to its predecessor, it boasts a body that's 33% lighter and 19% slimmer. It also has...
POSTED Thursday, July 12, 2007
Do you absolutely love the Halo series? Do you not have an Xbox 360 yet for some reason? Great! Both of you who answered yes, I have some good news for you: Microsoft is releasing a special edition Halo...
POSTED Wednesday, July 11, 2007
The Playstation 3 has taken a lot of heat since its launch, mostly for being much too expensive. At $600, it's much more than the average consumer is willing to pay for a video game system, and the public...
POSTED Monday, July 9, 2007
I know what you're thinking: I love my Wii, I just wish I could play it in the backseat of a car. I know, I know, I hear that all the time. "Adam, the Wii is so fun, but...
POSTED Thursday, June 21, 2007
If you're really into driving games and want the ultimate setup at home, look no further than VRX Triple Screen Limited Edition 001. It includes everything you need to turn your living room into a slick racing simulator, including...
POSTED Friday, June 15, 2007
In a move that's set to surpise, well, pretty much no one, Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer says his company is looking into lowering the price of the much-maligned PS3. With sales lagging behind those of the Wii, Xbox...
POSTED Friday, June 15, 2007
Nearly every major video-game release in North America receives a rating from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, or ESRB, a self-regulatory part of the $10 billion-a-year video game industry. Founded in the early 1990s following a series of Congressional...
POSTED Thursday, May 24, 2007
What would happen if two massive time-wasters morphed together to form the ultimate time-waster? British videogamers are about to find out now that British Telecom (BT) has teamed up with Sony to turn the PlayStation Portable into a voice-over-internet...
POSTED Wednesday, May 23, 2007
I think we can all agree that nothing, and I mean nothing, can trigger romance like a replica of an old-school Atari game controller. So leave it to the visionaries at British design firm Mixko to adapt Atari's classic joystick...
POSTED Monday, May 21, 2007
One thing the Xbox 360 is missing that the other two next-gen consoles have going on is motion-sensing controllers. The Wii is based around it, and the PlayStation 3 has it sort of tacked on as an afterthought, but...
POSTED Friday, May 11, 2007
So, as you're probably aware, there's a Simpsons movie coming this summer. This is a tough one for me. As someone who grew up on The Simpsons and has at least half his brain full of Simpsons quotes and...
POSTED Thursday, May 10, 2007
This VsTank 1/24 scale model of an early version of Germany's Tiger I Tank from WWII is highly realistic and detailed, down to its rubber tracks and growling engine noises. But this $130 radio-controlled model goes way beyond just...
POSTED Wednesday, May 9, 2007
For most people, the prospect of replacing your computer mouse with a bulky apparatus that's almost a cubic foot in volume wouldn't be something to get excited about. That's because most people haven't heard of the Novint Falcon, a...
POSTED Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Youth violence. Does our violent culture cause it? Violent movies? Violent TV shows? Violent news? Violent video games? Of this group, only the latter offers an active, rather than passive, cause and effect. Gamers physically hold an object and...
POSTED Thursday, May 3, 2007
This strange-looking device is supposedly the future of gaming. A company called NeuroSky is developing a new type of controller, one that reads your brainwaves. The NeuroSky folks aren't so ambitious that they claim you'll be able to control...
POSTED Monday, April 30, 2007
What kid hasn't dreamed of having a huge arcade-game cabinet all to himself? Of course, when you finally have the means to actually live the dream, the prospect of a huge stand-up console in your apartment probably doesn't look...
POSTED Thursday, April 26, 2007
Eureka! I've figured out why Sony's PlayStation 3 isn't doing that well! There's just not an expensive enough model out there. Yep, the $600 version with a 60-GB hard drive simply doesn't pack enough punch for John Q. Videogame....
POSTED Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Who needs a Wii? Sure, they're super fun and everyone loves them, but, well… uh, they're hard to find. So just settle for some 15-year-old games while you wait for Nintendo to get its act together and put more...
POSTED Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Headphones that simulate 5.1-channel sound have been around for a while, but I haven't seen too many that are said to render 7.1-channel sound, but that's just what Tritton's AXPC cans claim to do. It appears to have the...
POSTED Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Don't look now, but bathtub racing is a real sport. There are many kinds: in water, over land, Australian, Canadian and others, but those varieties all require the use of real, porcelain tubs. That means design, innovation and heavy...
POSTED Friday, April 20, 2007
Think you have a way-cool PC gaming rig with which to fully experience the blood and glory of a first-person shooter? Your opinion may change after you lay your eyes on Smooth Creations' Diablo PC. Don't expect this bad...
POSTED Thursday, April 19, 2007
Sony has decided to bite the bullet and stop producing the "cheaper" 20 GB Playstation 3. At a whopping $500, the lighter model was vastly underselling the $600 model, one that came with a 60 GB hard drive, built-in...
POSTED Thursday, April 12, 2007
Consumer electronics are so boring with their vanilla design and color scheme. This has opened a whole new industry of cases, skins and wrappers designed to cover up the plain and make your device unique. In the ever-growing battle...
POSTED Monday, April 9, 2007
Xbox 360 owners are going to find that their gaming machine has a few new features in the near future, as Microsoft has a spring update in the works that will add MSN messenger functionality and a sleep downloading...
POSTED Monday, April 9, 2007
It's been pretty well documented that overeager, sweaty-palmed Wii players are prone to flinging their Wii-motes every which way, often destroying property or people in the process. Sure, Nintendo recalled their originally-wussy wrist straps and replaced them with slightly beefier...
POSTED Friday, April 6, 2007
Who needs a Nintendo DS Lite, what with the fancy graphics and touchscreen. That's more sass than I need in my portable gaming. Give me some crappy graphics, some clunky controls, and a healthy splash of nostalgia, thank you...
POSTED Friday, March 30, 2007
Well, that rumored upgraded Xbox 360 we told you about a couple of months ago looks like it's becoming a reality. Microsoft unveiled the new Xbox 360 Elite late last night, a black version of its popular console loaded...
POSTED Wednesday, March 28, 2007
While the clip-on pager all but died out with the coming of the new millennium, its successor lives on as the BlackBerry, the ubiquitous device that allows working professionals to remain in constant contact with colleagues and the home office....
POSTED Monday, March 26, 2007
Making the transition from gaming on a computer to gaming on a console is a tough one, especially if you're a fan of first-person shooters. Let's face it: console controllers are nigh-worthless compared to using a mouse. There's just...
POSTED Wednesday, March 21, 2007
A Korean company has patented a technology that uses subliminal messages to get gaming addicts unglued from the screen. By repeating a message telling gamers to hit pause 10,000 to 20,000 times per second, it tricks people into thinking...
POSTED Thursday, March 15, 2007
Still having trouble finding a Wii out there? I know, it's tough. They're so popular that you have to wait in line on a Sunday morning if you want one, even so many months after the release. Well, if...
POSTED Friday, March 9, 2007
For a long time, the notion of a "gaming laptop" was a contradiction in terms. After all, everyone knew that notebooks had to compromise on features and performance to achieve maximum portability, right? And even with advances in chips...
POSTED Wednesday, March 7, 2007
This prototype of a gaming helmet, dubbed Project Epoc, looks to take your Xbox 360 obsession to a whole new level through your brainwaves. Yup, strap this baby on your head and you'll be mentally (and virtually) killing enemy...
POSTED Friday, March 2, 2007
Witness the power of the Control Glove from U.K.-based Engineered Fiber Structures. This spinoff from the University of Manchester looks to have designed a topnotch wireless-gaming gadget which is much cooler looking than a homebrewed Wii gaming glove. The Control...
POSTED Monday, February 26, 2007
If you still haven't bought an Xbox 360 and are waiting for the right time, that right time might be coming up pretty soon. Rumor has it that there's a new version of Microsoft's clunky player on the way,...
POSTED Friday, February 9, 2007
Man, I hope you haven't recently purchased a PSP or Nintendo DS. If you did, you might not want to keep reading, cause I'm gonna make you feel pretty stupid. I just discovered the ultimate in handheld gaming, and it...
POSTED Friday, February 2, 2007
Good news for people who hate white gadgets: the Wii is getting' a facelift. Yes, later this year you'll be able to choose what flavor you want your Wii to be (note: don't actually taste your Wii; it's a...
POSTED Tuesday, January 30, 2007
For those of us who remember the '80s, there's nothing quite so fun as reminiscing with really old video games. Now the same people who brought us tiny Atari keychain joysticks have come up with Nintendo Mini Classics. These...
POSTED Sunday, January 28, 2007
If there's anything Sony is really good at, it's devising new ways to take your money. The new PS3 firmware that was released this morning, version 1.5, includes support for swiping your credit card right into your console. Yes,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The Nintendo Wii is a lot of fun and all, but don't you wish it was, well, a bit more portable? Sure, the motion-sensing Wiimote is best used in a decent sized room rather than in the back of a...
POSTED Monday, January 22, 2007
For the last couple of decades, game controllers have been sprouting more and more buttons, party because today's games have tons of fancy 3D graphics. For PC games, though, you're relying an awful lot on the mouse, which is...
POSTED Friday, January 19, 2007
Video games enthusiasts are seen as having pretty much the antithesis of an active lifestyle, which is what this strange "dream machine" is trying to change. It forces you to be active, move your body around, and work up...
POSTED Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Who says video games separate kids from reality? The way I see it, video games give kids a more interesting reality to aim for. Take Halo, for example. Would you sign up for military service if you knew you would...
POSTED Monday, January 15, 2007
Imagine a video game so lifelike that you're unable to distinguish it from reality. A virtual reality that totally immerses you in the action. Sorry — that technology doesn't exist, at least not yet. Meanwhile there is the Philips amBX....
POSTED Sunday, January 7, 2007
You might think your new PS3 makes you pretty unique — after all, you're probably the only person in your zip code with one at the moment. But what about in six months, when Sony slashes prices, ups production,...
POSTED Tuesday, December 26, 2006
If Santa happened to bring you a Wii yesterday, I'm sure you're having a grand old time playing Wii Sports and whatever other launch titles the elves decided to stick in your stocking. However, the size of the TV...
POSTED Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Am I the only one kind of missing the point of the whole tilt-sensor thing? Yeah, the Wii is cool, and that controller is pretty innovative. Does that mean I want to control every video game from now on...
POSTED Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Well, I guess it was only a matter of time. After Wiimotes started getting flung every which way by overeager Wii owners, breaking TVs and ruining Saturday afternoons, Nintendo has decided to recall all of the Wiimote straps out...
POSTED Friday, December 15, 2006
We normally don't post about homemade mods, be they computer cases or video game controllers, as you can't buy them so they usually just amount to some nice eye candy. But once in a while, a homemade gadget is...
POSTED Monday, December 11, 2006
How many times have you had to pause Gears of War because you needed a free hand to answer the phone, stuff a Dorito into your mouth, or scratch an itch? That kind of thing totally takes away from...
POSTED Monday, December 4, 2006
To put the recent review of the Dell XPS 710 box in perspective for you, here's something you can get for $1,500 less than that quad-core monster: a 100-inch arcade gaming machine. Comprised of a projector, a 100-inch screen,...
POSTED Friday, December 1, 2006
If you're into cars and gaming-gear mods — or just like to look gape-mouthed at the excesses of either — you'll appreciate this concept Xbox car by Suzuki. Called the SXbox (I guess "SuXbox" would have produced some too-creative...
POSTED Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Dell recently set the bar a little bit higher for top-of-the-line machines — the rigs for people who don't care how much their computer costs as long as it's better than everyone else's. Loaded up with Intel Core