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Kinect hack: Controlling an AR Drone
Kinect isn't making you feel enough like an omniscient being? Perhaps you'd prefer controlling actual, physical things with your movements, rather than a virtual representation? Boy does Tom Zickel have a Kinect hack for you!
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Minecraft Given a Release Date
Name one massive, open, sandbox game with snowy areas coming out on November 11. If you said The Elder Scrolls: Skyrm, you'd be correct, but we would also accept Minecraft as an answer. Yes, the game that hundreds of thousands of people have already bought and are actively playing is being "released" on the same day as the next title in Bethesda's flagship series. This, along with news of a ...read more
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Kinect Hacks: Invade space to control Space Invaders
Space Invaders is a classic arcade title, presenting a simple premise and an almost infinite progression system. But there's just one thing needed to make it perfect. According to coder Derrgis, who created this version for the ElectroShock Festival, it's motion controls with Kinect. video in read more
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Black Ops Map Packs ‘Have Value’ – Treyarch
When Activision started charging an unprecedented 1200 Microsoft Points for its Call of Duty Map Packs, gamers immediately called foul. And eventhough many cry about these gaming atrocities, people still buy the packs and see them as a value when you consider how much gameplay is in each one. Josh Olin of Treyarch recently defended the price point for the Call of Duty: Black Ops map packs in an ...read more
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Minecraft beta update 1.5 to include weather effects
Since everyone knows that Minecraft's raked in a cool $33 million to date, Notch has taken it upon himself to, in true rock star fashion, make it rain. In a series of Tweets this morning, Notch revealed that Minecraft beta update 1.5 will add precipitation to the game, which could possibly have gameplay implications like watering crops, putting out fires, filling small holes and moistening ...read more
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Minecraft mines $33 million in revenue
The unflappably popular indie game Minecraft is a mega huge hit. While still technically in alpha, the game has raked in millions. According to the Minecraft stats page, the game has 1,813,527 paying customers, which puts the total revenue for the game at over €23 million, or just about $33 million. Have you purchased Minecraft? What do you think of the game?
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Modern Warfare Will Stay With Activision
If you've been following the news regarding the lawsuit that has been heating up between Activision and its former employees, Jason West & Vince Zampella, you've likely heard that the pair are seeking the rights to the Modern Warfare franchise. Attorney, analyst, and all-around best-guesser, Michael Pachter thinks the pair have zero chance of securing these rights through legal ...read more
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Xbox Development Kit arrives with 'significantly reduced price,' Slim Sidecar
What's this, you ask? The next generation of Xbox 360 development, that's what. With a shockingly small amount of fanfare, Microsoft has ushered in a striking new Xbox Development Kit, which is purportedly designed to increase efficiency and reduce cost for Xbox 360 dev teams. Aside from boasting an undisclosed uptick in RAM, built-in flash memory, a more capacious hard drive and a slimmer form ...read more
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Former Infinity Ward heads seek to void original contract with Activision
The complex and claim-ridden story of Activision and Infinity Ward won't get any legal clarification for some time still, but that doesn't stop former IW heads Jason West and Vince Zampella from trying to annul their original contract with Activision. According to a GameSpot report, an amended complaint filed by the duo late last week alleges that Activision began development of "Modern Warfare ...read more
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Gmail april fools becomes a reality due to Kinect Hack
Gmail Motion, it was Google's april fools prank that pretended to allow e-mail users to navigate their account with the power of gesture controls. Feeling inspired by the prank, some folks got to work making it a reality! video is in the read more
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