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Sega and Activision’s Wappy Dog coming home for Christmas
All those Petz DS simulations are on their way to being outclassed. Wappy Dog is ready to one-up them all. Activision and Sega have teamed up for a DS simulation game which comes with a robotic dog. How you care for the dog in the game influences the toy robot’s behaviour. Don’t worry – Wappy is actually quite cute. That’s him right there at the right. It’s not like it’s a DS game that connects to a Furby-like beast…
Kinect makes a robot do push ups
Kinect is becoming more popular for things it doesn’t officially do. From automated vehicles to physics based software applications, Kinect can do it all. It’s only logical for the next step to be Kinect controlled robots. Taylor Veltrop whipped together a robot that he can control with Kinect.
Everyone will be able to create games with Kudo
If you have ever wondered what it would be like to design your own game (I know I have), and have barely any programming skills, that wonder may feel like only a dream. If you have own a copy of Little Big Planet you can let your creativity run rampant through the world but it’s still rather hard to get the challenges to work right without glitches. (And reading poor reviews of your game can be heartbreaking.)
I came across this article in USA Today about a program called Kodu. According to the article, written by USA Today reporter Mike Snider, Kodu is a program that will be available to XBox Live users later Spring 2009 and will give players the tools they need to create their own game. Similar to Little Big Planet, you can…
Japanese Import: R2-D2 makes for the coolest garbage can ever
Recently made available on the Japanese goodies site, You Buy Now, is one of the most glorious, beautiful trash cans I have ever seen. Yes, it is R2-D2 and yes, the lid flips back. The can is produced by gentle Giant, makers of some of pretty fun and realistic toys including many based on Star more »
