Category Archives for Video Games
Second Life Dublin
RTÉ News had a report on tv yesterday about a virtual Dublin built in the 3d multiplayer experience 'Second Life'. The reporter created an avatar for himself and interviewed the owners of two businesses (a pub and a promotions agency) … Continue reading
Bonobo Chimp playing Ms. Pac-Man
A gem from youtube in the form of this documentary film of a bonobo that has learned to play Ms. Pac-Man. The look of deep concentration on the apes face at 00:19 is classic. It's plain to see he (or … Continue reading
Unofficial MPC1000 OS ver 3.0
A guy in Japan has made a new operating system for Akai's MPC1000 [ link ] it adds a bunch of new features found previously only on the MPC2500, including a grid based editor and four tracks for direct recording … Continue reading
A Dictionary of Video Game Theory
Does exactly what it says on the tin: link It contains a reference to triangularity as featured in the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors… that would have been handy for the Bionic Roshambo project…
Urban Dead – Zombie MMORPG
“Urban Dead is a low-tech massively-multiplayer zombie apocalypse game where the living and the undead compete for the control of a quarantined city.” Awesome stuff… The user starts by selecting their player type (civilian, military, scientist or zombie) each with … Continue reading
Game Theorists win Nobel Prize
Simulating and predicting the outcome of life threatening conflict through gaming: “Game theory was first developed by Hungarian mathematician John von Neumann in the 1940s and 1950s as a way to understand decision-making in the real world where several parties … Continue reading
Nintendo Revolution Controller
Nintendo's new controller for their forthcoming Revolution console has been unveiled at the Tokyo Games Show. A lot are unimpressed by its tv zapper style look, but looks are deceptive. The gyroscopic control aspect of it should hopefully bring new … Continue reading
Ultimate Arcade Games
The first commercial video game title that I’ve had a contribution towards gets released this October. Ultimate Arcade Games by Melbourne based Nocturnal Entertainment is published by Telegames and is a compilation of 13 retro styled arcade games for the … Continue reading