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Don't tell Nintendo about these Wiimotes for the PS3

Monday, October 12, 2009 - 12:07pm

Console accessory-maker Blaze decided that Sony's official motion controller — already Wiimote-esque save for the ball attached to the end of it — wasn't Wiimote enough. The solution? Rip off Nintendo's wand controller wholesale and sell it as a PS3...

Make playing Wii even nerdier with a Vader sensor bar

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 7:41am

The Wii sensor bar is designed to be small and unnoticeable as it sits either above or below your TV, telling the Wii where in space your controllers are. But if you want to turn it into a big, noticeable...

Go figure: finalized PS3 motion controller looks like a Wiimote

Kevin Hall

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 12:44pm

Who woulda thunk it? Apparently the 3-year-old Wiimote is the ideal form factor for motion control (unless you opt to go sans controller), as the still unnamed — though now finalized — motion controller for the PlayStation 3 looks just...

R2-D2 mod crams in eight game consoles and a projector

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 1:12pm

R2-D2 always seemed to have the right tool for any odd job, whether it be projecting a message of distress or opening up a blast door. Now, thanks to Popular Science reader Brian De Vitis (and PAX attendee, from the...

New HD Wii coming in 2011?

Monday, September 21, 2009 - 8:45am

Square Enix is the biggest game developer in Japan, so when president Yoichi Wada speaks, people listen. And when he says that Nintendo is prepping a next-gen, high definition Wii with a brand-new motion controller for 2011, we believe him....

External hard drives in NES cartridges are retrotastic

Friday, August 28, 2009 - 7:44am

You really can't say enough about the retro power of old NES cartridges. An entire generation grew up on these things, so any chance we have to use them in our day-to-day lives is greatly appreciated. Which is why these...

Gates: Natal not just for games, will arrive on PC

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 12:47pm

Microsoft was mum on whether or not its gesture-based Project Natal control scheme would show up anywhere besides the Xbox 360, and now the cat's out of the bag. Who pulled the furball out? Why, Chairman Bill himself. "Both the...

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Don't tell Nintendo about these Wiimotes for the PS3

Make playing Wii even nerdier with a Vader sensor bar

Go figure: finalized PS3 motion controller looks like a Wiimote

R2-D2 mod crams in eight game consoles and a projector

New HD Wii coming in 2011?

External hard drives in NES cartridges are retrotastic

Gates: Natal not just for games, will arrive on PC

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