Microsoft had a cool new toy to show off at this year's E3.  The inconspicuous black box turns the XBOX  into a super gaming system with its hidden stash of tricks - including voice detection, facial recognition,  motion detection, scanning, and more. ... [More]

When video games are mentioned the first thought is typically of the home console, and for good reason.  This has been the prevailing market for quite a number of years, and the market is huge.  If you go back a few years a lot of people would think of PC game at first. ... [More]

The time to go online and become the captain of your own starship is getting closer at hand.  The Star Trek Online game, which has for years been in development limbo, is on track to be ready for players in the near future, at least according to developer Cryptic Studios Inc. ... [More]

VGChartz has some evidence that lends itself quite well to a future XBox Arcade gaming system being priced at $199.  The picture shows a screen shot from an unknown retailer, and it shows the price dropping on September 7th.   This has not been confirmed as of yet, but so far it bodes well for a sub-$200 price XBox gaming system. ... [More]

Rock  Band has become a huge hit, and so I was not totally surprised to find the Today crew putting together an ad hoc concert on the plaza using Rock Band Gear.  We had Meredith attempting to sing lead vocals, AL on drums, Matt on guitar, and finally Natalie also on guitar. ... [More]

Nintendo has teamed up with Fujifilm to offer a photo service straight from the Wii console.  The Wii Digital Print Channel allows users to upload their photos from an SD card, and from there order customized prints, photo books, business cards and more.  The physical order would then be shipped back after processing. ... [More]

Real hard core gamers don't sit in a chair anymore and play video games - they sit in the controller.  At least that is how it seems to be when you look at the Gyroxus Video Game Chair.  The controller chair smoothly glides as you use your body to control the action onscreen. ... [More]

Thanks to video games and music channels, Air guitar games are quite popular. But what are you to do when you want to get you virtual rock on, but find it difficult to drag your home console and fake guitar with you?  The Air Guitar Rockstar is a portable guitar neck device that allows you to virtually rock on the run (or should that be roll). ... [More]

The Star Wars game Knights of the Old Republic MMO has apparently been confirmed.   According to an interview with EA boss John Riccitiello, the game in development with Lucas, coming out of BioWare, is indeed KOTOR MMO, or KOTOR Online. The game would be a joint effort ... [More]

   At some point motion simulators are going to be part of the home video gaming market, it is just the natural progression of technology from motion controllers and vibrating joysticks that are common today.  Well, if you have a spare $15k,  you can make the future happen now. ... [More]