Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
The Wii Fit might have some competition brewing, if Men’s Fitness magazine is a publication worthy of the public’s trust, that is. The details are vague, to say the very least but, here’s what we “know”: Dave Kushner, executive producer at EA Sports, told the magazine that the company is planning an ‘unnamed fitness game’ with a ‘new peripheral’ which will connect the Wiimote to the player’s body, enabling all sorts of newfangled measurements, movements, and exercises barely dreamed of before. Sounds totally awesome, right? Well, if and when it materializes, we’ll be sure to rush to the store, buy one, then sadly rue its unused, guilt-inducing existence every day thereafter.
[Via Nintendo Wii Fanboy]
EA plans a Wii Fit-slaying exercise game? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds
We’ll be honest with you: we don’t read the GP32X board nearly as often as we’d like — but we did manage to cull from its archive this cold, hard fact: Pandora is now going to ship with 256MB of beautiful, delicious RAM, AND 512MB of flash memory — that’s double what we initially were told to expect, and Craigix confirmed that Ubuntu is now running 20 percent faster with the upgrade. This windfall comes at no additional cost to the patient, patient consumer. Our advice though? Next time there’s a seriously righteous spec bump happening, try not to couch it in a riddle.
[Thanks, Jared E]
Pandora devs announce memory upgrade via confusing brainteaser originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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There’s nothing super special about this exclusive-to-Walmart Xbox 360 controller, other than the fact that it’s adorned with a ferociously awesome dragon, a beautiful lady, and an old-timey telephone, and it comes bundled with a terrifyingly hideous headset — but we bet your new Xbox Experience avatar will appreciate the effort you put into sprucing the place up before his / her arrival. It’s on sale now and can be yours for $49.74.
Walmart exclusive Xbox 360 controller has dragon, lady originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The Arduino-based, DIY GamePack is sort of like the Mignon Game Kit we saw in 2005, but it definitely looks much, much radder. For a mere $249.93, all the necessary parts — CPU, “Inputshield” customizable, vibrating controller / button component (say, for right or left-handed configurations), “TouchShield Stealth” OLED display unit, and “MeCap” lithium battery pack — can be yours. Once you’ve cobbled it together, of course, the real fun begins — it’s pretty much a blank slate with little more than code for a color-changing dot to start with, so if you want to play any “games” on that new “Game Boy” of yours, you’re going to have to write them yourself. See a video of the device in action after the break.
[Via technabob]
Continue reading Open source “Game Boy” has five awesome parts, zero games
Open source “Game Boy” has five awesome parts, zero games originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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