The Future of Gaming – It May All Be in Your Head
Gaming as a hobby evokes images of lethargic teenagers huddled over their controllers, submerged in their couch surrounded by candy bar wrappers. This image should soon hit the reset button since a...
View ArticleXbox One: The Wobbly Third Leg of Microsoft’s Non-Desktop Trifecta
With the complete hardware, services, and pricing unveiled for the Xbox One at E3, we now have the totality of Microsoft’s “next-generation” consumer-oriented lineup: Windows 8 on the desktop, laptop,...
View ArticleXbox One and PS4 Are Filled with Missed Opportunities
Before we knew anything about the PS4 and Xbox One, our imaginations ran wild. When they were just ideas, the next-gen consoles held unlimited possibilities for every gamer. Of course, all of those...
View ArticleLeap Motion Review: Is It Time to Replace the Mouse?
The Leap Motion releases today, promising to change the way we interact with the personal computer. It delivers on that promise, but change could mean for better or worse. On which side of the spectrum...
View ArticleSerious Games and the Future of Education
Are serious games the classroom tool of the future? Is the future already here? The tablet classroom may have once been the stuff of science fiction, but modern developments in technology and brain...
View ArticleCrossing the UI Rift with Oculus
Virtual reality opens the doors to a new era for user interface design. Oculus VR speaks to Develop about its opportunities Virtual reality doesn’t present user interface design with its first...
View ArticleFrom Myst to GTA V: Rockstar Nails the Branching Narrative
What stands out about the latest release in the Grand Theft Auto series is the overwhelming size of the game’s map and storyline. However, after playing the game for a while, it becomes apparent that...
View ArticleA Football Fan’s Take on the Xbox One
If you love the PS4 and can’t stand Xbox stuff, enjoy your romance. While I will make some references to both machines, it is not meant to be derogatory but informative. BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) –...
View ArticleLegal Heroin: Is Virtual Reality Our Next Hard Drug
So video games are addictive—this we know. It comes down to dopamine, one of the brain’s basic signaling molecules. Emotionally, we feel dopamine as pleasure, engagement, excitement, creativity, and a...
View ArticleThis Video Game Knows When You’re Scared–And Gets Scarier
The director behind the innovative video game Nevermind tells us why biofeedback is the new frontier in gaming. In the future, horror games will know when you’re scared. And then they’ll get scarier....
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