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March 20, 2010

Just In Case You Needed Realistic Force Feedback

This one comes courtesy of Gizmodo via Destructoid, where apparently one hardcore God of War III player was so into the game he managed to literally break two fingers. Matthew Razak of DToid opines:

“I’ve been sitting here for ten minutes trying to visualize how this even happened, but cannot think of a way where I would be holding a controller while playing a game and still be able to roll over my hand with my knee. I can only conclude that this man plays videogames in a very awkward position and must be some sort of contortionist. However he did it it doesn’t look like he’ll be beating the game any time soon.”

Ouch. You and me both, Matthew. You and me both. Well, like I always say, let’s look on the bright side – considering that Kratos decapitates, impales, and rips things into halves on his way to fulfilling his revenge, the guy should be real lucky that his intense playing only landed him two broken fingers.

Don’t try this at home, kids.

April 7, 2009

Attack of the WiiMower

Wiimote 2 Player Icon
Wiimotes – Powering Investions everywhere
Image via Wikipedia

 

On Kotaku via Gizmodo comes an enterprising Danish guy who’s created a way for a lawnmower to be controlled via the Wiimote. Looks like the little bot uses bluetooth to send the signals and turning and moving the lawnmower is as simple as moving the Wiimote forward or side to side. Looks like this tops the guy who made a Wiimote control a multi-touch screen.

So you see, there’s hope for all of you people out there who have bought a Wii so that you could feel that your parents or granparents orother non-gamer people could understand your “weird” gaming habit. If your Wii sits abandoned like a lost puppy on the mean streets of the city because you don’t feel like waggling a remote on the screen for 4 hours at a time you might just get some use out of it.

Just imagine using your Wiimote to control your toaster, your coffeemaker, you refrigerator door, or for all you college kids, your local keg. The possibilities are endless. Of course, this means possibly dissecting the Wii and its parts like some science lab in high school, but hey, you can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs, right?

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