When it comes to artificial things it’s all about two things – feel and appearance. If you’re going to play with something that is fake, good tactile response and a lack of defects is the Visit Cool Material for the full post.  Read More →

Imagine if your Android cellphone could play Playstation-like games. Now further imagine that in place of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, it had a slight-out game controller, complete with D-pad, buttons and an analog control-strip. What you are imagining exists inside Sony Ericsson’s labs, and may be coming to you as soon as October of this year. Engadget cites a “trusted source” inside Sony Ericsson and has some surprisingly... 

Somebody needs to make an iPhone game-pad already. The iPhone is great for games and all, but for old-school platformers and beat-’em-ups like Streetfighter IV, nothing beats having some real buttons to mash. Enter the gPod, a be-buttoned case into which you slide the iPhone. It has a d-pad, four control buttons along with select, start and a pair of shoulder-buttons. It is the perfect thing for playing old Super Nintendo games. But we... 

Having an actual arcade game in your house was a dream for every guy at some point. That and a water bed. And the giant keyboard from “Big”. And Heather Locklear. And While the arcade game itself Visit Cool Material for the full post.  Read More →

You already know what Bear Pong is – it’s big ass beer pong. But Bear Pong is careful to point out that “THIS GAME IS NOT INTENDED TO BE USED WITH ALCOHOL or by children Visit Cool Material for the full post.  Read More →

Blogs and message boards have been lighting up with the buzz about Apple’s family-friendly App Store policy, which bans soft porn and satire — but a game that glorifies smoking somehow got the green light. Apple on Monday approved Puff Puff Pass , a $2 game whose objective is to pass a cigarette or pipe around and puff it as many times as you can within a set duration. So much …  Read More →

The over embellished patterns and ornate old typefaces of the average deck of cards seems out of place in a modern minimalist world. These Swiss designed playing cards challenge the standard card design with a Visit Cool Material for the full post.  Read More →

Nintendo Wii users don’t have to feel left out anymore. Netflix has started shipping instant streaming discs to Wii owners who have signed up for it. The move makes Wii the last console among its peers to get the service. About a year-and-a-half ago, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 became the first console to offer direct access to Netflix for gamers. Sony’s PlayStation 3 users gained access to Netflix’s instant streaming service... 

There are three* video games I know anything about, and all of them I played obsessively through my college years. One of those games is Streetfighter II, Capcom’s amazingly popular (and awesome) one-on-one beat’em-up. So when Streetfighter IV turned up on the App Store yesterday, I downloaded it to my iPod Touch and pretty much lost the rest of the day. Here’s a quick first look at the iPhone version of the world’s most... 

Intel’s first 32-nanometer, six-core processor is ready for prime time. It’s clunky moniker aside, the chip called the Core i7-980X Extreme edition will offer some serious artillery for gamers and heavy multimedia users looking for a faster processor. The chip is based on Intel’s platform codenamed “ Gulftown ” and will include features that improve on computing speed and power efficiency. Intel launched the first... 

Don’t lose another deathmatch because you didn’t hear your enemies sneak up on you. The Astro A40 Headset coupled with the MixAmp lets you experience 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound and communicate with your teammates clearly Visit Cool Material for the full post.  Read More →

Touchgrind, the iPhone skateboarding game I briefly loved last February, could be coming to the Mac. Normally Mac games are cause for disappointment, but this one has a new angle: multi touch. The oversized MacBook trackpad can recognize up to eleven fingers at once (we’ll leave the precise positioning of those fingers to your imagination). So far we have seem little more than fancy swipes and pinch-to-zoom, but gaming seems an obvious... 

When it comes to flying, video games have left thumb sticks in the dust in favor of intuitive motion controls. But it seems like radio controlled aircrafts never got the memo, well until now. The Visit Cool Material for the full post.  Read More →

Manufacturers market lightweight, miniature netbooks as the ideal product for “road warriors.” But what do you call customers who buy beefy notebooks for gaming? Geek warriors? Whatever you call them, Asus R.O.G. G73Jh is a serious portable gaming machine. Unveiled at CES, the notebook is equipped with the quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (like the one seen in Apple’s awesome new 27-inch iMac). It features a 17-inch display,... 

When you think about it, most card games are really all about probability, you know—math. So it only makes sense to use a deck of cards that simplifies the suits and numbers into math Visit Cool Material for the full post.  Read More →