A soon to be released game for the Nintendo Wii called Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destory is a side scrolling shooter with a great UGC element to it. You will have the ability to create your own character, enemies, shooting patterns, and levels - all of which you can post to the game’s website for download by any Wii owner.
User generated content for games is nothing new, however we are really starting to see a trend where games are becoming specifically designed to allow for all sorts of customisation and online communities to facilitate sharing of the assets they develop.
An Aussie company is gearing up to release a computer headset that allows people to control video games using only the power of their minds.
In short, this cool little device features 16 sensors that measure electrical impulses from the brain, enabling machines to register facial expressions, emotions and even cognitive thoughts by visualising them.
Players will be able to just think about performing actions, such as lifting or pushing objects or making them disappear, and have the game act accordingly without the need to push any keys or buttons.
While the headset will work in a very limited sense with existing titles, Emotiv CEO and co-founder Nam Do said the major game developers and publishers were designing a number of their upcoming titles to take full advantage of the technology.
March 27th, 2008 Posted by: Simon Morgan Comments (0)
First the Wii inspired a bunch of folk to get off the couch and get active with gaming. PS2 and Singstar realised this yonks ago. My eight year old desperately wants Guitar Hero… now gaming with GPS enabled phones gets kids outdoors again. UK-based LocoMatrix has developed a number of location-based games kids can play outdoors using their GPS-enabled mobile phones. Judging from some of the feedback on the site this is seriously good fun (the kids target is obviously a psychographic one too).
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