Pac-Man Runs Amok
French prankster Remi Gaillard brings us a real-life version of Pac-Man, and leaves chaos behind! If you enjoy this sort of thing, see a dozen more real-life video games here. [via Metafilter]
Category Archives: Games
Mirror’s Edge Recreation (May Cause Super-Cool Motion Sickness)
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Mirror’s Edge, the EA game that sold over a million copies in just a few months, features a first person perspective that makes it pretty stylistically distinctive, and lots of running/jumping/sliding that gives it a kind of frantic feel. This video recreates that style/feel in real life, with the […]
Illusion Labs brings multi-touch gaming to the big screen
In the following video, Swedish gaming company Illusion Labs shows a few of their games running on a large multi-touch display. The games run on any multi-touch hardware, including mobile devices, multi-touch laptops and large window displays. [Via Newlaunches]
Microsoft agrees to free repairs on E74 Xbox bug
Microsoft has agreed to extended the warranty on the Xbox 360 to cover the ‘E74’ error. This bug is different to the much-publicized ‘red ring of death’. It’s indicated by one quadrant of the power indicator glowing, and an on-screen message displaying the error code E74 and informing users to contact Xbox customer support. Once […]
Skydiving Simulator
I don’t exactly know how difficult moving around this skydiving simulator is, but it sure does look like a lot fun! I’ve seen simulators similar to this in the past, but the only thing they allowed was to hover in mid-air. Certainly nothing as cool as this thing! [Via TechEblog]
Feature: Wait, did you say “Flamethrower”? – The Robogames Combat Robots
Combat robots aren’t exactly new – the first season of the Comedy Central show “Battlebots” aired in 2000 and the games had been going strong since 1997. What’s interesting, however, is how 11 years of robot evolution have affected the sport. Back in 2002, the spinners ruled the day. But today’s robots are meaner than […]
Hot New Video Game Consists of Shooting People in The Face
As with everything coming from the Onion News Network, don’t take this news report too seriously. Oh, and if you can’t stand the sight of a bit of virtual gore, you shouldn’t be watching this.
Turbo Movie Trailer
Entirely shot on a RED camera for a USC graduate thesis, Turbo is a high-adrenaline 20-minute short featuring Hugo Park (Justin Chon, Twilight), a misspent youth whose only outlet for angst is a 4D fighting video game called “Super Turbo Arena”. Check out the official trailer below. [Via Gizmodo]
Monday Morning Humor: Abstinence Programs
World of Warcraft: Because $15 per month is a really small price to pay to keep your son’s virginity!
Space shuttle Q&A leads to video game Discovery
If you asked 100 adults which question they’d most like to ask an astronaut, probably 95% of the responses would involve bodily functions. But American children have a different question: Do astronauts play video games in space? That was the first question asked by a group of schoolchildren who joined Barack Obama for a live […]