06 Dec 09 5th Day of Xmas: 6 Live action Streetfighters fighting
(yeah, i know im a day late – shut it!!)
Tags: Computers, Games, streetfigher
11 Nov 09 Roomba Pac-Man
Clever chaps make their own version of Pac-man using Roomba vacuum cleaners, computers, paper & sticky tape.
visit the project website here – http://pacman.elstonj.com/
09 Nov 09 Flute Hero on Rockband
04 Nov 09 Street Fighter II in 15 pixels
GameCity: Street Fighter Squared! from Alaskan Military School on Vimeo.
Helps if you have sound, but its clearly Ken V Blanka!
27 Oct 09 Flight of the Conchords in Beatles Rockband!!!
Flight Of The Conchords are set to appear in a forthcoming edition of the “Rock Band” computer game, the comedy duo have revealed.
“There’s going to be three songs on ‘Rock Band’,” he said. “I’m serious. You’ll be able to look like The Beatles and play one of our songs.” The pair did not reveal which of their songs would be chosen to appear in the game.
I assume they mean that some of their songs will be available on DLC, but its still pretty cool!!
Nice ‘Tache Bret!! 
Tags: Computers, flight of the conchords, Games, Rockband
19 Oct 09 D&D on Microsoft’s multi-touch Surface table
This is a work in progress tech demo from a sextet of CMU students that touches on some of the more superficial, but supercool, portions of running a D&D campaign on one of the world’s more expensive monitors.
Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Visual Story TAs on Vimeo.
via: Kotaku
09 Oct 09 Chord Friday: I’m looking through you – The Beatles
This weeks tune is ‘Im looking through you’ by The Beatles, and what better way to create a bit of syncronicity than you show you the version from ‘Beatles Rockband’
I’m looking through you – The Beatles
Tags: chords, Computers, Games, The Beatles, ukulele
22 Sep 09 No Rockband for old men
Hillarious clip of ‘Rock Gods’ Rush attempting to play their classic ‘Tom Sawyer’ on Rockband.
Epic Rock Fail!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btcvSWoQWV0
Aww Bless ‘em!!
Thanks to old man rock correspondent Maffu
30 Mar 09 First Person Shooters good for the eyes
Interesting article on livescience.com about how playing PC FPS can improve the eyes ability to perceive ‘fine contrast differences’ in tests. This is the ability discern slight differences in shades of gray, or contrast sensitivity, and could make the difference between seeing the car in front of you or not seeing it, if driving at dusk or in fog.
In the new study, her team tested the contrast sensitivity function of 22 students, then divided them into two groups: One group played the action video games “Unreal Tournament 2004″ and “Call of Duty 2.” The other played “The Sims 2,” which is richly visual, but does not require as much visual-motor coordination…
..Those who played the action games showed an average 43 percent improvement in their ability to discern close shades of gray — close to the difference Bavelier had previously observed between game players and non-game players — whereas the Sims players showed no improvement.
Yay, another positive sideeffect of gaming! 
link: http://www.livescience.com/health/090329-game-vision.html
25 Mar 09 Is this the future of gaming?
OnLive is a new video games on demand service that may just change the way you play PC games. The brainchild of Rearden Studios founder Steve Perlman, formerly of Atari, Apple, WebTV and more, and Mike McGarvey, formerly of Eidos, the technology looks to revolutionize the way computer games are brought home. Instead of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on the latest video game hardware that will make games like Crysis playable at nearly maxed settings, let OnLive’s servers handle the processing. All that’s required is a low cost “micro console” or a low end PC and a broadband internet connection.
They claim to have got round the issue of lag and if this is the case, (and this is a BIG IF) it could end the console wars once and for all!
I am excited!
via Kotaku
