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The Origin and Science Behind the Hadouken [Video] | Geeks are Sexy Technology News

Political Kombat: Main Menu - YouTube

Someone has made a parody of the Mortal Kombat starring the biggest political figures of 2012. Here is the main menu below. It's an interactive menu, just click on the match you want to watch and hold on because it is funny!


Political Kombat: Main Menu - YouTube

Neo video games: mind controlled or mind control? - National Worldview and Science | Examiner.com

Mariano has posted an interesting article on mind controlled video games. I think he raises some valid points. I think that is a human mind can be read and manipulate a computer, I see no reason why it can't go the other way to some degree. Given the technology companies like Google are working one like Google's Glass, there is some evidence that things are going to be going this direction more and more..Some film-makers have created a short-film about how such technology would eventually look like. I would like  to point out that like all technology, this doesn't have to be evil or used nefariously. It can be used to help people and move us forward...provided we don't do with it as done at the end of the film.

Read Mariano's article here:

Neo video games: mind controlled or mind control? - National Worldview and Science | Examiner.com

And watch the short film I referenced here:


If you would like to know more about Google Glass check out this link and videos.
Project Glass: what you need to know

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Generation Gap

When I was in my mid-teens I used to play a game called Captain America And the Avengers in the Arcades (I know I am dating myself) and on the Sega Genesis. It was great! I had much fun when I played it. It was up to four players and you could be Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, or Vision. At the time it was one of the best games available. There are several videos like this one on YouTube.


I'm not that old but you can see how much has changed in the past 20 years by comparing that old game with the new game based on the new movie. Most striking difference: you play this one on your phone or tablet. You can either be Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, or Hulk. I wish Hawkeye was included but he isn't.


I'd suggest experiencing both games to see how different they really are. You can get the new game at The Avengers - The Mobile Game. As for Captain America And the Avengers you don't need a Genesis or SNES or even an Arcade to play it now. You can get a Genesis or Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator for your Android device or PC or Mac and then download the original ROM for the game and then you can play it too. There are several websites about how to do this and easy to do.

I was watching my three year-old playing both games on one of our tablets and I was struck by the fact the seems to prefer the new one. I think the new graphics are definitely better!

Walmart Unveils Super Hero Augmented Reality App | Avengers | News | Marvel.com

Only one of my Android devices is supported but my iPad 2 is supported. We went Friday evening to test it out!

With more than 100 million augmented reality-capable smartphones in operation today, Walmart is putting the devices to good use. Customers can use “Super Hero AR” in two modes, Game Mode and Photo Capture Mode. Here is how it works:

Game Mode: Collect All Six Super Powers and Save the World
-Download the “Super Hero AR” App from the iTunes App Store or Android Market that also includes instant access to Hawkeye and his super powers
-Visit a local Walmart with your enabled smart device
-Seek out specific images on "Marvel's The Avengers" signage located in various departments around the store including apparel, grocery, toys and wireless
-Aim your smart devices at the target image to unlock each super hero’s power
-Collect the powers of the five remaining Avengers and get a chance to defeat Loki and win the game
Photo Capture Mode (available for iOS and Android): Take a Photo with Your Favorite Avenger
-Activate “photo capture mode” from a "Marvel’s The Avengers" DVD pallet in-store; a 3-D model of the super hero depicted on the DVD pallet will become visible on your phone
-Take a photo with your favorite Avenger
-Share it with friends on Facebook or via email

More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/story/18623/walmart_unveils_super_hero_augmented_reality_app#ixzz1tAjagAa4

My family and I had a great time playing with this. Keep in mind that you have to use an internet connection before you start to use it. After the initial set up, you don't need the internet unless you want to Facebook your pictures right away. My kids took pictures with Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the Hulk. It was almost as if they were right there.

The game is actually really fun too, but I have to go back to unlock all the characters. It's all free. You use their powers in an augmented reality environment to shoot down enemy spacecraft.

Walmart Unveils Super Hero Augmented Reality App | Avengers | News | Marvel.com

How Games Make Kids Smarter [Video]

Gabe Zichermann presents a talk on how video games have improved education and problem-solving in the adult world. He is the same age as I and he views video games much as I do. Very interesting.




How Games Make Kids Smarter [Video]

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The History Of Console Gaming In Four Minutes Video - G4tv.com

History of Gaming from Florian Smolka on Vimeo.

The History Of Console Gaming In Four Minutes Video - G4tv.com

President Obama and Video Games

I've made no secret that I don't agree with President Obama on everything and video games and their value appears to be one of those things. He has recently been quoted as saying:

"We know that every father has a personal responsibility to do right by their kids – to encourage them to turn off the video games and pick up a book; to teach them the difference between right and wrong; to show them through our own example the value in treating one another as we wish to be treated. And most of all, to play an active and engaged role in their lives."

Read more: http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/713854/obama-kids-should-pick-up-books-put-down-games/#ixzz1PxwFTUSD

I disagree but it could be because of my age verses his. I? know quite a few people his age. My older siblings are his age and my sister (in particualar) is only one month younger than President Obama. One things I've noticed about their demographic is that they don't see video games, comic books, or other digital entertainment as art or worthwhile intellectual endeavors like any other art. I know that there is a lot of disagreement on this but I think that video games can be as engaing and intellectually stimulating as books. I'm going to teach my children it's important to read, reat to them, read in front of them, and teach them to play videogames. I think a great way to combine the two is to read books on tablets and computers.

Obama: Kids Should Pick Up Books, Put Down Games - G4tv.com

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Teacher Cancels Class Due To Portal 2 Related Illness -- Nugget From The Net - G4tv.com

Why Let a little thing like your education stand in the way of playing the newest video game?


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Vintage Computing and Gaming | Archive » Jerry Lawson (1940-2011)

Gerald Lawson had a profound impact on my life and society but until today I had never heard of him. He recently died.

I am very saddened to announce the passing of a truly important figure in the history of video games. Jerry Lawson died Saturday morning, April 9th, 2011, at the age of 70.
Lawson was notable not only for being a rare African American electronic engineer in Silicon Valley, but also for leading the team that created the world's first ROM cartridge-based video game console. I speak, of course, of the Fairchild Channel F, which hit the market in August 1976.

Think about it: without the Fairchild Channel F, no Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis, Dreamcast, Gamboys, or any of the consoles we take for grant it. In short, no Video Game industry.

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Watson Kills All Humans - Sessler's Soapbox - G4tv.com

Image via WikipediaAdam Sessler has offers his comments regarding the recent win of Watson on Jeopardy and what artificial intelligence means for the human race. Makes me laugh!

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President Obama Slams Video Games, Blogs, iPads - G4tv.com

President Obama has said:

"With iPods and iPads; Xboxes and PlayStations -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation," Obama said. "All of this is not only putting new pressures on you. It is putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy," he added.

Obama also said an education can help people make sense of the different viewpoints and voices "clamoring for attention on blogs, on cable, on talk radio."

I found this quote from G4TV. It strikes me as disingenuous because it was the very same information pipes that lead to his election. I agree that these things can be a distraction but any tool can be if it is misused. We can't let others think for us. We must analyze and critique the information we consume. We should throw away the crap and cleave to what is good.


Read more: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/704566/President-Obama-Slams-Video-Games-Blogs-iPads.html?utm_source=g4tv&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=TheFeed#ixzz0naXLe0I3



President Obama Slams Video Games, Blogs, iPads - G4tv.com

Inspiring Words From Dan Slott

Dan Slott has tweeted two statements that say a whole lot in a few words..

Sometimes this is all I need for a good, swift kick-in-the-ass to get me going: http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/DanSlott/sorry.jpg :P

Never underestimate the power of someone telling you what you CAN'T do. "I'll show them!" can be one of life's BEST motivators! :) 

Why are these words of wisdom? Because Dan Slott is now one of hottest writers of Comics today! He is so good that the was picked to write the storyline for the upcoming Spider-Man video game called Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. He never gave up and it paid off....okay and talent certainly didn't hurt!!!

Sessler's Soapbox: Adam vs. Ebert - Can Video Games be Art? - G4tv.com

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

I was real interested to hear Adam Sessler's thoughts on Roger Ebert's essay on how Video Games is not art. I half agree with Sessler. It doesn't really matter if critics and academics out of the video game industry ever agree that video games will ever be art. It doesn't really matter what they think. Their permission won't make anything better. However I disagree with both Adam and Ebert in that I think of video games as just as much art as paintings, drawings, film, and literature. My definition of art is more broad than Sesslers because I don't think that there is no such thing as art where people don't bring something to the experience of the final product. For example when two people read a story book, even if there are pictures, neither one will imagine the exact same thing. And people always bring their own presuppositions, biases, worldviews, and imagination to everything and that will change how they understand the message of the original author. Art is always subjective. It's just in video games the player joins with the author in telling the story and it will be different depending on the player.

PS3 Games - E3 2010 - Flower

Sessler's Soapbox: Adam vs. Ebert - Can Video Games be Art? - G4tv.com