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April 9th, 2008 Posted in
games gadgets | wong it! by
JEO
 Ernie Cline, the co-writer of the controversial movie, “Fanboys,” has just sold a spec script entitled “Thundercade” to Lakeshore Entertainment. The story centers around an adult video game phenom who embarks on a journey with his best friend to reclaim a record which has recently been broken by a younger gamer. Cline says he was inspired to write the story by his nephew while playing Xbox. He says, “I fell in love with the idea of pitting…the Atari 2600 generation vs. the Xbox 360 generation.”
This sounds like a cool idea to me. After watching “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters,” I really did wonder what it would be like to see some of these older gamers try to compete at the newer games. There were so many interviews with the first generation of gamers saying that “Donkey Kong” was more challenging than any modern games that I really wanted to see them play. Having played games from every generation (on the original systems, no less), I don’t think you can honestly say one is more challenging than another. They all just require different kinds of skills. What do you guys think?
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January 15th, 2008 Posted in
games gadgets | wong it! by
Jeff
BeatBearing is the newest in a line of stylish music sequencers. Developed by Peter Bennett of Belfast’s Sonic Arts Research Center as the result of human behavioral research, the BeatBearing is a slick transparent grid with metal receptors. When metal spheres are placed on the grid musical sequences are formed.
I’ve been left asking myself if these sequencers are really any more of an innovation than ipod skins. To me they “feel” like nothing more than dressed up drum machines. They all seem to lack the true innovation represented in instruments like the Moog keyboard and I doubt that they’ll stand the test of time as true leaps forward. They do, however, light me up in regards to the fashion of technology. I love the idea that as our technology develops we’re able to house it in new and innovative ways.
VIDEO available on Make
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January 4th, 2008 Posted in
games gadgets | wong it! by
Jeff
Last October a Polish traveler was detained at the Vancouver airport and ultimately killed by an RCMP officer’s overzealous use of a tazer. Now, Mike Greenway has uploaded a re-enactment of the incident casting it in the context of a Mega-Man level. Does this signal a post-modern trend toward casting all visual information as one weird emotionally disconnected medium? I’m not sure, but these quotes from Mediapost’s Gaming Insider show the public relations responses to the video from both sides.
” The video was my view on the YVR tazer incident last October, and specifically the ineptness of the RCMP and airport staff’s dealings with Mr. Dziekanski. My intent was to remark towards their conduct and maybe reach an audience that would not have had the opportunity otherwise.” - Mark Greenway
” This tragedy should not have been portrayed as a game. It is disrespectful to the victim, his family and the Polish community.” A Canadian Police spokesperson said, “Any right-thinking person who would look at the video would be offended by that. A gentlemen lost his life and it is in extremely poor taste.” - Spokeswoman, RCMP
Watch the video, listed on youtube as a reponse to the 8bit Chocolate Rain Remix below.
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January 4th, 2008 Posted in
games gadgets | wong it! by
Jeff
Over the last week the Optimus Tactus concept keyboard has been getting a lot of bad buzz. I think it looks ridiculous… ridiculously cool. If the specs pan out it’s a fully customizable keyboard interface complete with multi-media functions. The argument has been that there are currently available tablet PC’s that make this obsolete before it even hits stores. I completely disagree with that assessment for two reasons. First, I don’t enjoy the experience of typing on the monitor surface, it’s not natural for a human to work while looking down on the monitor surface. I’ve tried and it’s very uncomfortable. Also, I can see some very cool uses for devices like this embedded in walls or desks giving people multimedia connectivity without the “big box” feel. As we integrate more devices in to our environments I think it’s important not to make these small wired devices too “work like”. Using the Optimus for intercom, telephone and inter-office messaging uses could be a very good way to strip out the majority of the OS capabilities on stationary communications devices. I applaud the designers for their efforts in developing this type of concept.
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New Transformers Animated Movie
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