Posts Tagged ‘VideoGames’
With things like cheap gas and the value of a dollar slowly being taken from us, it's good to see that somebody wants to give us something. For the US release of the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Polyphony has thrown in features the Japanese version didn't get.There's a drift mode that judges drivers on ......
Pole Position: Remix for your iPod
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Click above to view screenshots from Pole Position: Remix
NAMCO, the video game company that brought us some of the cheesiest yet most compelling video game titles of all time, is releasing Pole Position: Remix specifically for your little iPod. This is the game's 25th anniversary year, and the new ......
New racing game announced from creators of DiRT
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
If current driving games have left your pulse cruising in the slow lane, then Codemasters, the company behind the well-received DiRT rally game, believes it has the racing game for you: Grid. Using an evolution of the engine from DiRT, Grid is all about racing. And if you think "racing game" means ......
Project Gotham Racing 4 - game versus reality
Monday, July 16th, 2007
Project Gotham Racing 4 has the video game version of the question, "Is it real or is it Memorex?" They've created a split-screen video of the latest Gotham racer next to actual hi-def footage of the live cars churning through the streets of New York City. When it comes to the car scenes, even when ......
VIDEO: Project Gotham 4 hits the airwaves
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Click image for photo galleryBack in July, we brought you a series of videos showing the making of the latest TV commercial for the upcoming XBOX 360 title, Project Gotham Racing 4. As you might recall, a Ferrari F430 was harmed during filming. Its closed-course playmates were a Tesla Roadster, SLR ......
Ultimate Initial D-themed arcade driving game
Sunday, May 27th, 2007
Sega, the once heavyweight console maker now buried deep beneath the letters Wii, X, and PS, still pulls its weight in the arcade arena. Sega's Joypolis in Odaiba, Japan has an Initial D driving game based on the anime series that has the bodies of three actual cars mounted in front of a 90-inch scr......
VIDEO: Add some real gauges to your racing sim
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
We're not sure whether to peg this guy as a true nerd or an auto enthusiast-god. It's probably a little of both. This race simulator fan has taken the gauge, tachometer and speedometer out of a real live car, spliced together a bunch of wire and USB cables, and managed to come up with this Frankenst......
VIDEO: Pole Position commericial, circa the ’80s
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
When kids nowadays roll their eyes when hearing about how tough we had it when WE were kids, they frequently think we might be exaggerating, especially when we talk about video games. Pong was inconceivably archaic, but the games that showed up in the next few years from the once-dominant Atari seem......
Drag Tag - virtual drag racing with your own car
Friday, June 16th, 2006
Drag Tag is an indoor facility in Australia where you can virtually drag race your own car using a patented dyno, hold-down, steering and visualization simulator. Design, developed and operated in Australia, Drag Tag uses its own specially-designed hold-down system to keep your car strapped on the d......
How to design car toys for high-tech kids
Thursday, June 8th, 2006
HotWheels Radar Gun ($24.99)Gary Swisher is the guy who has everybody's dream job -- he's the design chief for HotWheels, Tyco and Matchbox, and he's in charge of designing the cool and timeless dream cars in miniature that we only wish we could have when we grow up.He's also the guy responsible for......