XBox Project Natal

Microsoft announced their “Project Natal” at the E3 Expo this year. It’s a concept for future products, but if they can pull off what they hope to pull off…..wow. Basically, it’s a video gaming system, on the Xbox 360 platform that utilizes no controllers other than your own physical body. There is a sensor that [...]

Jose is not the Guitar Hero

Not quite Metallica, or Jose is not the Guitar Hero from William Hartz on Vimeo. Most people post videos of when they destroy songs in Rock Band or Guitar Hero a la this guy. Anyway, we find it much funnier to show how awful we are at stuff, and when Jose was trying to play [...]

Next Gen Gaming

So I’m not really what you would call a “gamer. I have a PS2 and Gamecube, and I bought both well after they were released. In fact, I didn’t buy the Gamecube until after the Wii was on sale. I have a few games that I like, and I’ll get into little kicks where I [...]

Bill Gates’ final CES keynote

I watched Bill Gates‘ final CES keynote yesterday. I have to say I was somewhat underwhelmed. I mean, there were some fairly cool things he was talking about, but there was no big “Wow!” moment that I can remember. Yes, some of the connectivity software and devices they discussed were impressive. The Microsoft Surface does [...]