I got my hands on the little Orbitix Sphero for a few minutes and if you like remote control toys and have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch this is a really cool toy for the home, office or just about anywhere. Using the iPhone to control the Sphero is quite easy. Basically, using a finger or thumb to control the interface on the Apple device is all there is to it and off it goes via Bluetooth. There is a boost button also to give a burst of speed when needed. [click to continue…]
One of the best toys that I had as a child was a radio controlled car. While I had a number of toy R/C cars like you find on the shelf at Wal-Mart, when I was 11 or 12, I received my first 1/10 scale kit R/C truck for Christmas (Joe was actually the one to get me hooked on them).
It was a Traxxas Hawk (that was so long ago that it doesn’t even show up as a “legacy model” on the Traxxas website). As R/C car kits went back then, it was pretty much a piece of crap. Later, I would get an Associated RC10 (buggy) and an RC10T (truck). I put all of my money and all of my Christmas and birthday lists went into R/C cars and trucks for a number of years. As a bonus, I learned quite a bit about algebra, geometry and physics without even realizing it. Ah, those were the days.
These were the memories stirred up when I saw the above RACER demo that Malte Jahmlich over at sputnic.tv put dreamed up. Jahmlich and his pals put together an R/C car system that’s controlled by a video game racing console, and a track that mimics Wipeout. The greatest thing about the concept is that you control the car from a first person perspective thanks to a wireless video camera mounted on the car. It beats the heck out of the dirt tracks Joe and I tried to build for our R/C cars way back when.
Hulu Plus in now available to select PlayStation Plus subscribers now and is the exclusive game console provider for 2010. All PlayStation Plus subscribers may download the free Hulu Plus application and, within it, request an invitation to the exclusive preview. [click to continue…]
Microsoft has just released a new, slimmer Xbox 360 with a 250GB hard drive and in a shiny black finish. The new Xbox 360 runs $299 and is up for pre-order on Amazon.com. The new console is hailed as a much quieter version as well. It also includes built-in 802.11n, an HDMI input, and 3 USB ports, along with a wireless controller and headset.
The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack just dropped on Xbox LIVE today. The new map pack will set you back 1200 MS points. You also get a Double XP weekend out of the deal starting June 4. [click to continue…]
SanDisk is one of the first companies to jump on the storage bandwagon ever since Microsoft added support for external USB storage to the Xbox 360. Their first products are a pair of USB flash drives in 8GB and 16GB flavors, priced at $34.99 and $69.99, respectively. They also come with a 1-month Xbox LIVE Gold membership. [click to continue…]
Insert your Halo 3: ODST disc, and you’ll see an option to “Play the Beta” in the main menu. Hit that menu selection and it will take you to the download screen. Get some popcorn though, because it’s a 1.15GB download.
Yeah, Halo: Reach beta is coming next Monday. Before then though, we’ll get a glimpse of Carter, SPARTAN A259, prepping to become a SPARTAN-III supersoldier . The clip from the short film “Birth of a Spartan” is below. [click to continue…]
Halo: Reach multiplayer beta is just around the corner – May 3. IGN has the scoop on the new maps with plenty of screenshots and a big interview with Chris Carney and Lars Bakken from Bungie.
While we’re all stoked about getting our hands on some fresh Halo action, it’s clear from reading the interview that we’re all going to be a bunch of guinea pigs as well while Bungie use data from our game play to make the final release of Halo: Reach a better experience for everyone.
I got my hands on the little Orbitix Sphero for a few minutes and if you like remote control toys and have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch this is a really cool toy for the home, office or just about anywhere. Using the iPhone to control the Sphero is quite easy. Basically, using a finger or thumb to control the interface on the Apple device is all there is to it and off it goes via Bluetooth. There is a boost button also to give a burst of speed when needed. [click to continue…]
