In 1989, high on every big and small kid’s Christmas list was the Goddard/Davis designed Power Glove, a controller accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The idea that you could control games with hand motions was incredible!
Waipukurau is the largest town in the Central Hawke’s Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It’s my home town. In a notice in a 1878 issue of the Māori-language newspaper ‘Te Wānanga’ – passengers were warned against playing cards on the Napier–Waipukurau line, reminding them that it was […]
BAM! has 10 Levels for you to crush IF you can! Each level is different from the last. Each has a more challenging opponent and a different number of cards.
How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and fascinatingly, multi-task. Stereotypically, first person shooters have a poor reputation when it comes to how they affect gamers.
The game credited with starting the ‘Golden Age’ of arcade gaming turns 40 this month (June 2018). Bikkuri! Wow! Space Invaders is the two-dimensional shooter game where the player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at the descending aliens.
