video-games

Minecraft Augmented Reality App

Minecraft Augmented Reality App

Can’t get enough of Minecraft? Wish you could bring your creations with you wherever you go and interact with them in the real world? Now you can with the Minecraft Reality app by Mojang. That’s right–get chunky 8-bit style graphics rendered in hardware accelerated real-time 3D and mapped over your smartphone’s field of view to […]

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Cocktail-Style IKEA Arcade Cabinet

Cocktail-Style IKEA Arcade Cabinet

Video games got their start in bars, so it was only fitting that the cocktail-style arcade cabinet would come to be. Check out this mod from redditor franchy36. Built into an IKEA Malm chest of drawers, with a slide-out controller, this stylish retro arcade game turns into a working piece of furniture when not in use.

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NYU Poly Game Jam in Progress, Open House at 6pm ET

NYU Poly Game Jam in Progress, Open House at 6pm ET

Phoenix Perry sent us these quick snaps of the activity currently happening at the NYU Poly Game Innovation Lab’s Game Jam this weekend.

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Childhood Tinkering Inspires Hardware Innovation

Childhood Tinkering Inspires Hardware Innovation

If you’re a maker and a parent, you probably let your kids take things apart. According to Toys For Bob’s lead engineer, Robert Leyland, developer of the Skylanders Portal of Power, you’re doing the right thing.

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ALT CTRL Game Jam, NYU Poly, Oct 19-21

ALT CTRL Game Jam, NYU Poly, Oct 19-21

Our pal Phoenix Perry sent us this flyer for an awesome game design jam happened next weekend at NYU Poly’s Game Innovation Lab. MAKE is one of the sponsors.

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