Mario Kart Wii came boxed with a plastic wheel you could connect to your Wiimote for a more “realistic” driving experience. In other words, you could tilt the controller to steer instead of tapping the analog stick in one direction or the other. The wheel proved to be imprecise and I don’t know a single [...]

Delicious Want to use your Kinect motion sensor with Windows PC? Microsoft has officially released Kinect for Windows SDK, initially as beta version, which comes complete with APIs, sample code, and drivers. Kinect is a very popular gaming peripheral for XBox 360, which has been sold more than 10 millions units. Previously, many programmers have [...]

Fighting games are enjoying a renaissance in the console gaming world, and discerning players know that they need an arcade stick controller (along with a roll of quarters and a few sticky Slurpee spills) to properly re-create the full arcade experience. Some will settle for an inexpensive $50 set; others will spend a bit extra [...]

Nintendo will drop the price of Wii to $150 and change the bundled free game for the first time ever, it said Wednesday morning. The lower-priced Wii bundle, a $50 drop from the package currently on shelves, will include the smash hit seller Mario Kart Wii and the Wii Wheel racing accessory, plus a standard [...]

    Electronic Arts has let loose a new Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit patch that should fix a lot of the problems being experienced by those who have ATI Radeon X1300, X1550 and X1800 graphics cards on their gaming rigs. According to the announcement, the fixes in patch v1.030 account for 47 percent of the [...]

GarageBand ’11, part of Apple’s iLife suite, is a versatile application. With it, you can create musical scores by stringing together audio loops, play and record virtual instruments, record “real” instruments plugged into your Mac, create iPhone ringtones, record and assemble podcasts, create movie soundtracks, and play and record your guitar through modeled amps and [...]

Shadow eBike is an electric bike that appeals with its aesthetic looks and wireless technology. Powered by a 250W – 350W motor and a 36V 10Ah lithium-ion battery, the bike can cover 20-25km on motor power alone and 35-40km with pedal-assist before it requires a 4-5 hours’ full charge. The motor, battery and cables are [...]

Logitech makes a lot of cool stuff, ranging from products like the acclaimed THX certified Z-5500 speaker system, the G25 racing simulation wheel with 6-speed shifter and clutch pedal, and universal Harmony remotes. We are proud owners of all three products (yes, yes reviews have long been pending) so it’s hard to imagine that Logitech [...]

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The fellows at Hardcode were able to hack not just a Nintendo Wii remote, but the Wii nunchuk and Wii Fit balance board and Apple iPhone to control a remote control RC car with the aid of a laptop and some specialized hardware. The Wii remote drives the car much like driving is done in [...]