Brain wave control is hardly a new concept. It’s something scientists, designers, and inventors have been fiddling around with for years. Now, however, there might be a new source of innovation and advancement in the field: gaming.
Gaming With Spreadsheets: A Closer Look at Arena.Xlsm
Game development’s big business these days, but what a lot of developers – and gamers- seem to have forgotten is that you don’t need top-tier development tools to create a great game. Sometimes, all you need is an idea and a bit of knowledge: that’s al…
Valve Is Considering Eye-Tracking and Sweat For Gaming
In the games industry, Valve is widely known as an innovator – and one of the most beloved organizations to boot. One of their biggest focus of late is bio-feedback: control of digital devices through one’s own body. To that end, they’re toying with some pretty absurd concepts…including using sweat.
Roll 20 is Bringing the Spirit of D&D to the Silicon Screen
Although this isn’t necessarily my regular fare (if indeed I can be
said to have anything of the sort), I’d argue that it’s close enough to
video games that it qualifies for this blog. After all, a great many
video games could very well be said to owe their roots to table-top
roleplaying; D&D is considered the grandfather of all RPGs by many.
But we’re getting a touch off track, dear readers. Today, I’d like to discuss an innovative new tool known as Roll 20.
Is The OUYA Worth Buying?
The OUYA looked incredibly promising when it first debuted on Kickstarter. Since then, a series of unfortunate revelations have made it look less and less impressive. At this point, one can’t help but question if it’s even worth the purchase.
Feeling Hungry? Try These Video-Game Themed Bento Boxes
For the uninitiated, Bento is a type of lunch-time meal which consists
of rice, meat, and vegetables, the whole array arranged together in a
box. It’s a fairly traditional dish, often prepared for school and work
lunches; it’s also available at most…
Game On: How Video Games Can Teach
It’s said that you learn better when you’re enjoying yourself – when you’re passionate. Today’s youth tend to be quite passionate about gaming, as a whole. It seems fitting, then that games are being used to teach – often in some very innovative ways.
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How Torment: Tides of Numenera Kicks Traditional Morality Systems Aside
Moral Choice systems have always been a bit of a sticky subject in gaming. Most of them tend to be terribly simple, and as a result, thoroughly boring. Torment: Tides of Numenera is looking to change this, with its revolutionary “Tides” system.
Interview with Tactical Haptics’ Professor William Provancher
At GDC 2013 towards the end of March, an organization known as Tactical Haptics revealed a rather revolutionary new piece of motion control technology. It’s called Reactive Grip, and combined with tech such as the Oculus Rift, it could very well revolu…
Optometry At Play: Why Eye Doctors Are Looking At Tetris
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal on Monday made a breakthrough in the treatment of Lazy Eye, and published a scientific paper revealing some rather fascinating news:
apparently, Tetris may actually be a sound cure for the disorder. The
reason, the researchers explained, is because the legendary puzzle game
trains the eyes to work together – “information is distributed across
them in a complementary fashion,” meaning the weaker eye has no choice
but to adapt in order to keep up.
