In the rock-paper-scissors game of life, nature beats nurture, and here's the proof: A hook-up in Spain between geeks and the military has begot an algorithm for troops' battlefield maneuvers based on the behavior of ant ...READ»
If you could earn virtual coin in exchange for doing simple real world tasks, would you do it? Now there's a way to find out: Gambit, a company that specializes in monetizing social gaming, has teamed with Crowdflower, which manages ...READ»
Nintendo's just announced a newer, bigger DS handheld--the DSi LL. The whole aim of a bigger machine is a bigger screen, of course, and Nintendo's delivered that with a 4.2-inch screen in a body that's still very ...READ»
Today Sony will begin shipping its next-gen portable video game device, the PSP Go. With the iPhone fast becoming the new hot gaming platform, it stands to reason that Sony would take a few cues from Apple. Then why is the PSP Go ...READ»
Good-bye, consoles! Steve Perlman says his OnLive can stream video games over the Internet. Whether it succeeds or not, this will be the future of gaming.READ»
Sony's just officially pulled the wrappers off its motion-control peripherals--the one's we're eagerly awaiting. They're due in the Spring, which is probably before Microsoft's Natal will arrive, and they'll beat the next-gen Wii by a year.READ»
Dig through YouTube's sands, and you'll find this: An HP concept video from 2007 about an augmented reality game called Roku's Revenge. (No, not that Roku.) It looks like fun. A lot of fun. So what ever happened to it?
It was ...READ»
We knew it was likely to happen, we just didn't realize how big the effect was going to be: According to some reports, the PS3 make-over and price drop has resulted in sales rocketing 1000%. Is Sony beating its gaming rivals?
The ...READ»
Sony's Computer Entertainment head Kazuo Hirai has been speaking to the media about his company's gaming plans, and one little nugget slipped out: The PS3 Motion Controller is due next year. Is Xbox 360 beginning to lose to the ...READ»
There's been much hand-wringing about the PS3's price and the fact it needed a cheap revamp ever since it launched in 2006. But here's the thing--Sony didn't drag its feet on the issue at all, especially if you look at the PS2's ...READ»
To no one's surprise, Sony pulled the wrappers off its skinnied-down PlayStation 3 games console yesterday, the PS3 Slim. It's been long expected, and comes with a much-needed price cut. But will you buy it? Here's three reasons you ...READ»
We've heard rumors for a while, but now Web site Pocket Lint is saying it's got the reliable honest-to-goodness real word on the matter: Sony's revamped skinny PlayStation 3--the PS3 Slim--is real, and it'll be announced next ...READ»
Chris Ferguson (#100 on our list of the
100 Most Creative People in Business) and other poker pros are in Washington D.C. this week to sweet talk members of Congress into lifting a three-year-old ban against online gambling in the ...READ»
There's a strong rumor this morning that Sony's busy prepping a discrete part of the PlayStation Store for new games and apps that'll be directed at the PSP and PSP Go. Sounds like Sony's also jumping on the App Store ...READ»
Designers at all levels of experience could probably list hundreds of opinions about what makes design successful. After two decades of designing and leading numerous design teams I have quite a few myself. But I've filtered them down ...READ»
Since 2001, seven of the nine athletes chosen for the cover of Madden
NFL have ended up injured or ineffective after that season. "I never
really thought the curse was real," says Madden NFL
senior project manager Anthony ...READ»
Greenscreening is about to make the leap from dodgy movie and TV special effect to a home entertainment social game in the style of Guitar Hero. At least, that's what YooStar, who'll be marketing the new device, is ...READ»
Sony, not content with merely bumping up the specs of the PSP into the new Go version, is considering transforming the PSP into a phone too. Is this a smart move by the consumer electronics giant, or a very dumb one?
PSP Phone ...READ»
The Palm Pre has only been in customers' hands a few weeks, and already the hackers are hard at work tearing down the guts of the software to make it do wonderful, unnatural things.READ»
