Augmented Reality, Virtual Pets, and the Undead

Posted by | August 6, 2009

Augmented reality is a technology where virtual objects are projected into real space, usually through a TV screen. This is really neat, because it allows for people to interact with their tech in a very natural and intuitive way. Just reach out and grab. In the gaming world, this technology is slowly evolving. It requires a camera, which only the Sony Playstation 3 and the Nintendo DSi offer right now. That’s a limiting factor, but it won’t be for long. Sooner or later, you’ll be able to hook in your cell phone camera…

But you want to see what’s cooking. Okay. Here. Take the DSi. It’s got two cameras, it’s portable, it’s a great window, as it were, into augmented reality. That’s where the ghosts live.

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Ghostbusters Video Game Sells a Million, Might Even be Good

Posted by | July 27, 2009

Atari’s propaganda machine just spit out the latest news-like item; Ghostbusters: The Video Game has cleared the million-unit hurdle. This is good news for the franchise, of course, and better news for Atari, who being a hollow giant passed around through the industry like a joint made from a mummified colossus, could use a little success.

Granted, these numbers do come as a sum total amongst the various platforms that writhe in the grip of the game’s throbbing tentacles since Ghostbusters was released to every chunk of electronics capable of displaying something akin to a moving picture. I think you can buy a version for graphing calculators.

You can read the entire press release over here at PR Newswire.

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Game Publishers Pressure Sony to Slash Price of Playstation 3

Posted by | March 16, 2009

Who would have thought? Priced about $150 more than the incredibly fun and exciting Nintendo Wii, and a good $200 more than the entry level, yet highly social, version of the Xbox 360, Sony’s Playstation 3 makes for a hard sell. Costing something around two paychecks and a first-born son, the Playstation 3 has come up short in the console wars.

This has caused developers for the platform to consider if their money and time might be better spent courting a larger installed base, like, say, that Wii system that’s been flying off the shelves for the past two years. While the Playstation 3 is perhaps the most powerful of the current generation of machines, power alone doesn’t make for good games. Consumers have been teaching this lesson to Sony in the form of falling market share for a while now.

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Upcoming Games – August 2008 edition

Posted by | August 28, 2008

A little late in the month, but here’s our Upcoming Games – August 2008 edition!

For release this month:
Shepherd’s Crossing (PS2) – August 19, 2008
Also known as: Welcome to Sheep Village, Youkoso Hitsuji-Mura (JPN)
Check out a preview of the game. Could be a the start of a “new” farming series here in North America.

Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (DS) – August 26, 2008
(See our recent post for more info on Harvest Moon releases)

September:
Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii) – September 16, 2008
(See above for more info on Harvest Moon releases)

Spore (PC, Mac, DS, more) – September 7, 2008
Battle Fantasia (XBox 360) – September 16th, 2008
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked (Wii) – September 23, 2008
Samba de Amigo (Wii) – September 23, 2008
Disgea (DS) – September 23, 2008
Hamtaro Ham-Ham Challenge (DS) – September 23, 2008

October:
Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS) – October 16, 2008
Little Big Planet (PS3) – October …

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