Microsoft’s Kinect gaming control hacked already
Just a few days after the launch of Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensing game system, hackers have broken the security behind it, according to a video...
Nintendo 3DS Boasts Features We Don’t Need and Can’t Use
It’s easy to see why most of us fell in love with the 3DS. Nintendo revealed its upcoming handheld alongside news of Donkey Kong...
Week in review: BlueGlass challenges Demand Media with new publishing tool
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Content-maker BlueGlass launches...
The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Games for New Parents
As reported in my love letter to BioShock 2, my family recently needed to make room for a third player on our gaming couch....
News Blips: Kinect’s Trouble with Dark-Skinned Users, Battlefield: Play4Free, Glasses-Free 3D Phones, and More
Turns out Kinect isn't racist — it's just farsighted. News Blips: Consumer Reports debunks claims that Kinect can't identify the faces of darker-skinned players....
What Violent Games Can Learn from The Walking Dead
I sat down to watch The Walking Dead on AMC last night with caution, because I read the comic. Robert Kirkman's Image Comics series...
Limbo: Infernal Logic
Limbo is the arresting puzzle-platformer released in July for Xbox Live Arcade, and I wanted to talk a bit about this fascinating game through...
Why I Keep Making Excuses for Fallout: New Vegas
Just like Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas is technically a terrible game. New Vegas' engine is incredibly buggy — enough that the game sometimes...
Japan’s DeNA claims it makes 30 times more per user than Facebook, 15 times more than Zynga
Japan-based social game maker DeNA announced its earnings today and revealed some interesting comparisons. Revenue for the quarter was $336 million, up 216 percent...
News Blips: Hybrid Xbox 360 Games, Raiden in Brotherhood, Gamers Herald e-Commerce, and More
While the just-released Kinect grabs the spotlight for its accurate motion controls, I'm happy to see Microsoft still respecting good old-fashioned joysticks and buttons....