Networked Airhockey

Posted on July 31, 2006 by MASA.
Categories: Gaming, PC.

person playingSo…let’s image that you have an air hockey table…with no one else to play you. What do you do? These guys know. They made an air hockey table that allows you to play remotely with someone else. It was made to show that they were really bored and had a lot of networking skills. The air hockey table is just like a regular one except the other side is a screen with a live video feed of your opponent and a hidden (and seems to be very) complicated ejecting system.
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There are sensors at the middle of the table that detect all the necessary components to air hockey (speed, angle, etc) and tells the launcher where to fire and how fast. Then you can play air hockey over the Internet. These guys were very bored.

E3 ‘splodes

Posted on by MASA.
Categories: Gaming.

Good bye E3! Today, the ESA, which runs E3, has announced that E3 is gonna be D3 (Dead Dead Demo). ESA said that E3 is no more. But to replace E3 is E4 (which stands for E3 Expo). This expo is not gonna be as wild as E3 [rock concerts, mosh pits, etc].

The way that ESA describes it reminds me of a museum, quiet and all. E3 Expo will also have less companies showing off their products.

This is because the ESA is in the red from this year’s no showers to E3 and because Microsoft, THQ, Sony and EA’s are all demanding for more floor space. Making the total cost of E3 to above $70 million dollars.

Basically, the ESA can’t afford to have another E3 next year so they are making a smaller version of E3 calling it E3 Expo which is totally redundant because the title stands for:

Electronic Entertainment Expo Expo.

Oh well.