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December 12th, 2012, 23:52 Posted By: wraggster
If you’re lacking useful equipment for your Raspberry Pi hacking adventure, such as an HDMI monitor or power supply, this handy write-up will show you how to continue your hacking. All you’ll need is a laptop, the Raspberry Pi itself, an SD card, and an Ethernet and micro-USB cable. As noted in the article, it’s not really recommended to power the ‘Pi off of USB only, so this could potentially be a source of problems.
This hack begins by installing Linux on an SD card per this setup page, then using a Virtual Network Computing [VNC] setup to work with your Raspberry Pi. There are a few steps in between being able to do this, like setting up network sharing, and sleuthing out the IP address of the new processor, but everything is explained in detail for Mac and Linux. Windows users will have to do a bit of “sleuthing” of their own, but if you have some more information on this process, we’d love to hear about it in the comments!
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/12/raspb...ommando-style/
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December 12th, 2012, 23:49 Posted By: wraggster
Some gaming enthusiasts find buying games on the High Street safer than via online, says Ubisoft.
The firm’s free-to-play publishing director Thomas Paincon said that some consumers trust the High Street over online services and free-to-play games. And that’s why the firm is launching a boxed version of digital F2P title, The Settlers Online.
Paincon said: “Now, with the opportunity to reach more players and monetize them through their regular channel in retail, we should experience nice results.
“Some players tend to trust what packaged goods offer, even for free-to-play online titles, more than spending money directly online.”
Paincon hopes that releasing the firm’s browser games at retail will help widen the potential audience for Ubisoft’s titles.
The news follows a similar move from free-to-play giant Bigpoint. The firm has released a trio of its titles at UK retail via Contact Sales.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ubiso...online/0108019
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December 12th, 2012, 01:35 Posted By: wraggster
Good news for those hoping to try on a new ring during their visit to Las Vegas next month: Genius will be showing of the followup to its Ring Mouse peripheral at CES. Not a ton of information on what makes the device different from its predecessor, but the company's promising some hands-on time with it as well as the new GX Gila Gaming Mouse, which offers up a DPI range of 200 to 8,200 and an "Angle Snapping" feature for better cursor precision. The previously announced Touch Mouse 6000 for Windows 8 will also be getting some time to shine at the show.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/11/g...-gaming-perip/
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December 12th, 2012, 01:27 Posted By: wraggster
A new report by GameTrack shows that America is still the Western world's gaming superpower. American gamers still outnumber their UK counterparts, they play across more devices and mediums, and they also show the largest appetite for online gaming.
Thanks to the study, run by Ipsos nMediaCT, we know that almost half of the American gaming audience (48 per cent) play online games, compared 42 per cent who played packaged games. And while it's still easy to think of big MMOs like World Of Warcraft when online gaming is mentioned, 27 per cent of that online gaming in the US is through browsers. 31 per cent also played games through apps on their phones and tablets, a figure that seems surprisingly low considering most people have a mobile phone capable of hosting those apps.
By comparison the UK gamers are still traditionalists, with packaged games still the biggest part of the audiences' gaming diet, followed by online and apps. In the online category play is distributed evenly over downloads, social, multiplayer and browser.
This order of importance for packaged, online and app games is mirrored by France, Germany and Spain. In monetary terms, packaged is still the most important player, although the report notes this share is falling in both the UK and Spain.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ng-super-power
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December 12th, 2012, 01:24 Posted By: wraggster
You can have a lot of fun tinkering with the Raspberry Pi. But in addition to the low-cost hobby potential it is actually a great choice for serious data harvesting. This air quality monitor is a great example of that. The standalone package can be taped, screwed, bolted, or bungeed at the target location with a minimum of effort and will immediately start generating sample data.
The enclosure is a weather proof electrical box. The RPi board is easy to spot mounted to the base of the case. On the lid there is an 8 Ah battery meant to top off an iPhone. It works perfectly as it provides a USB port and enough current to operate the Pi. On top of that battery is a 3G modem used to access the data remotely — although it can log to the SD card for collection at a later time if you’d rather not mess with a cell network.
Look closely at the GPIO header and you’ll notice that an ADC add-on board has been plugged in. This is used to take the readings from the gas sensor which is monitoring for air pollutants in Paris.
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/11/stand...-raspberry-pi/
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December 12th, 2012, 00:54 Posted By: wraggster
The folks at Arduino seem to be stepping up their game. With the new Arduino Leonardo board able to emulate USB keyboards and mice right out of the box, it seems the perfect time for Arduino designers to come up with a proper video game controller. This new board is called the Arduino Esplora and packs enough buttons and sensors inside to capture just about any user input you can imagine.
On board the Esplora is the same ATMega 32U4 microcontroller found in the newest Arduino boards. For input, the designers included an analog joystick, four tact switches, a linear pot, a microphone, and light sensor. The Esplora also includes a three-axis accelerometer, RGB LED, buzzer, and a breakout for an SPI-controlled TFT LCD display, lest you would want to recreate something like the new Wii U controller on your own.
You can check out everything the Esplora can do over on the official Arduino site for the Esplora library.
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/11/ardui...at-controller/
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December 12th, 2012, 00:52 Posted By: wraggster
[DarkTherapy] wrote in to tell us about his garage door opener that works with Siri and a Raspberry Pi. It’s pretty hard to find a picture that tells the story of the hack, but here you can see the PCB inside the housing of the garage door opener. He patched the grey wires into the terminal block. On the other end they connect to a relay which makes the connection.
On the control side of that mechanical relay is a Raspberry Pi board. This seems like overkill but remember the low cost of the RPi and the ability to communicate over a network thanks to the WiFi dongle it uses. We think it’s less outrageous than strapping an Android phone to the opener. To make the RPi work with Siri he chose the SiriProxy package. We’ve seen this software before but don’t remember it being used with the Raspberry Pi.
There is certainly room to extend the functionality of a system like this one. It would be trivial to add a combination lock like this one we build using an AVR chip. It would also be nice to see a sensor used to confirm the door is closed. Even if you don’t need to control your garage this is a great reference project to get the RPi to take commands from your iOS devices.
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/11/garag...-raspberry-pi/
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December 12th, 2012, 00:29 Posted By: wraggster
skade88 points out comments from Blizzard exec Rob Pardo, who says the company has internal builds ofDiablo 3 running on consoles. It's been known for months that Blizzard has been working on something like this, but now we have the first indication of how far along the project is. Pardo said, "We're still kind of exploring it. We've got builds up and running on it. We're hoping to get it far enough along where we can make it an official project, but we're not quite ready to release stuff about it. But it's looking pretty cool." According to lead designer Jay Wilson, we'll start seeing information on "the next big Diablo thing" next year, which probably refers to an expansion.
http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/1...ng-on-consoles
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December 12th, 2012, 00:27 Posted By: wraggster
Palmer Luckey warns developers of the difficulties ahead for making virtual reality games
Speaking at today's Evolve Conference in London the CEO of Oculus VR has detailed the challenges he believes developers tackling making virtual reality games will face.
Palmer Luckey, who spearheaded the tremendously successful Kickstarter project that thrust the Oculus Rift VR headset into the spotlight, used his time on stage at the conference to provided a detailed insight into the history of VR, before offering developers an overview of difficulties they may face making games for virtual reality systems of all kinds.
"Developing good VR games is going to take a lot of work," stated Luckey, later adding "VR games need to be designed for VR; that is important."
"A bunch of rushed ports isn't going to be good for VR," he continued, revealing that he expects that aside from the output of a few indies, he foresees the first wave of games for the new wave of VR technologies will indeed be adaptations of existing games and IPs.
"One of the big things is that stereo rending is expensive," he continued, moving on to other challenges.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...dev-challenges
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December 10th, 2012, 23:54 Posted By: wraggster
ROCCAT's ISKU FX keyboard intrigued us back in the summer by adding some synchronicity to the usual gaming keyboard formula. We're glad to hear, then, that it's shipping just as much of its audience will get the games that should be its match. Players in multiple countries can pick up the ISKU FX this week at prices of either $100 for Americans or €100 in European countries like ROCCAT's native Germany. For the money, they're getting both 16.8 million hues to choose from as well as Philips Ambilight-style flashes in supporting games -- and the familiar control over a ROCCAT mouse if they're not always in the mood for an elaborate show. The ISKU FX might not lure in those who already have serious input at hand, but it could be the right complement to a new PC.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/10/r...aming-for-100/
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December 10th, 2012, 22:37 Posted By: wraggster
[h=2]On the cheap[/h][h=3]APPLE TV (2012)[/h]
Yes, there are plenty of other media streamers out there -- at lower price points, no less -- but if you're already inside Apple's content ecosystem, this compact box deserves a place under your TV. AirPlay streaming ports content from your iPad, iPhone or iPod to the big screen, and integration with Hulu and Netflix -- plus Digital Copy support -- gives you access to endless media options.
Key specs: A5 processor, 512MB of RAM, 1080p, 802.11a/g/b/n.
Price: $89 on Amazon
[h=4]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE...[/h] [h=4]'Marvel's The Avengers' Blu-ray[/h]The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and, you know, the other ones team up to defeat Earth's greatest threat. If you're looking for a disc to show off your new home theater system come December 25th, this is the one.
Price: $35 on Amazon
 [h=4]'The Dark Knight Rises' limited-edition cowl pack[/h]If you've been practicing your gravelly voice for the release of "The Dark Knight Rises," then surely you need a replica cowl to finish off the impersonation. That's where this limited-edition Blu-ray set comes in, with a Bane-damaged mask to call your very own.
Update: Looks like it's already sold-out, so if you missed it, it'll now cost you $160 from a collector!
Price: <strike>$36 on</strike> Amazon
[h=2]Mid-range[/h][h=3]PLAYSTATION 3 (LATE 2012)[/h]
While it's a little more expensive than your average Blu-ray player, there's no doubt that it's the best-equipped option. The third major revision to Sony's PlayStation 3 hardware isn't the most exciting or fresh (we're expecting the PS 4 within the next 18 months), but if you want a device to stash under your TV that'll keep everyone entertained with any media you can throw at it, there are few players that offer as much bang for your buck.
Key specs: 250GB hard drive, bundled Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception game, free PlayStation Network membership, 7.5 pounds.
Price: $260 on Amazon
[h=4]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE...[/h] [h=4]Panasonic BDT220[/h]Fancy a Blu-ray player that lets you connect to Facebook, Hulu, Netflix and Skype? The BDT220 offers that, plus the ability to convert regular discs to 3D. DLNA capability is on board, and you can use your smartphone as a remote.
Price: $99 on Amazon
 [h=4]Yamaha YHT-697BL Home Theater[/h]Yamaha's new five-speaker home theater-in-a-box will play nice with every gadget in your arsenal. In addition to the usual features like a 100W subwoofer, it has an Ethernet port, AirPlay, pass-through 4K and 3D video, DLNA and a front-facing USB port.
Price: $650 on Amazon
[h=2]Money's no object[/h][h=3]SONY BRAVIA XBR-84X900[/h]
If you aren't a Major League Baseball player, spending $25,000 on an HDTV might seem a tad excessive. And indeed, this 84-inch panel is super-size in every way: it's four times as dense as your average 1080p display, with built-in WiFi and full HD 3D. Of course, it's probably worth reiterating that it's 84 inches -- that's just about the size of a double bed. That said, there's really no better (or bigger) way to show someone you love them if you've got the dough to spare.
Key specs: 4K resolution, 50W sound, capable of presenting two full HD screens for two-player games with SimulView.
Price: $25,000 from Sony
[h=4]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE...[/h] [h=4]Samsung UN60ES8000 HDTV[/h]Capable of running a variety of apps (including Facebook and Twitter) and sporting a built-in webcam and a classy design, Samsung's super-skinny, 60-inch Smart TV is destined to improve any room you decide to hang it in.
Price: $2,998 on Amazon
 [h=4]Sony VPL-HW50ES Projector[/h]For discerning cinephiles who want to enjoy movies on a 100-inch wall rather than a 40-inch screen, a projector's the only way to go. Sony's 3D unit will spray 1080p visuals across any flat surface, with a 1,700-lumen bulb keeping colors vivid.
Price: $3,998 on Amazon
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December 10th, 2012, 22:27 Posted By: wraggster
Now here’s a project that actually hacks the Rapsberry Pi rather than just using it as an embedded computer. [Londons Explorer] figured out how to turn the RPi into an FM transmitter. For now it’s done entirely in the user space, but we’re sure it could be improved if someone wanted to drill down further into the hardware. For those wanting to give it a try he’s rolled everything into a simple python package.
The technique requires nothing additional except a 20cm wire to serve as an antenna. The trick is to map GPIO pin number 4 to a position in memory. The clock generator is then used to toggle this pin at 100 MHz, which is the frequency to which your radio should be tuned. A fractional divider adjusts the frequency based on the sound file being transmitted.
The proof of concept for this was able to reliably transmit at a distance of about fifty meters through several walls. The problem is that this technique is limited in the amount of data which can be sent. Right now it’s only about 6-bit audio. But descending deeper through the abstraction layers to put DMA (Direct Memory Access) to use may be able to improve upon this.
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/10/trans...onal-hardware/
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December 10th, 2012, 22:13 Posted By: wraggster
Monday December 3rd 2012 was officially the busiest ever online shopping day in the UK.
Retail Gazette reports that a total of 112m visits to retail websites were made on the day – a year-on-year increase of 32 per cent and the biggest ever single day number.
eBay was the single most popular website followed by Amazon and Argos. Amazon was the single biggest improver, increasing its share from 10.85 per cent last year to 12.18 per cent.
These three sites accounted for 30 per cent of all retail traffic on the day. The top 100 retail websites grabbed 62 per cent of the total.
Mobile ecommerce was also a big winner, climbing 10 per cent to 36 per cent.
“As we predicted, Cyber Monday smashed previous online shopping records,” Experian Marketing Services’ digital insight manager James Murray stated.
“There is still plenty of shopping time between now and Christmas however, and in particular we are expecting a lot of last-minute panic buying online on Christmas Eve as consumers take advantage of click-and-collect services.
“Marketers need to be aware of these trends so they can engage with their customers at the right time to maximise sales in what could be a bumper Christmas year for online retail.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/cyber...ecords/0107859
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December 10th, 2012, 22:07 Posted By: wraggster
 Treyarch’s Call Of Duty: Black Ops II has become the fourth game this year to hold the top spot in the UK all-formats chart for at least four consecutive weeks, joining FIFA 12, FIFA 13 and Lego Batman 2.Far Cry 3 also remains unmoved, sticking in second position despite an 8 per cent sales decrease, while FIFA 13 enjoyed an 18 per cent increase in units sold, but couldn’t move up from last week’s number three position.Just Dance 4, however, has risen from number six to number four, thanks in part to aggressive retailer promotions, keeping it ahead of Assassin’s Creed III which remains steadfastly at number five. Meanwhile, Hitman Absolution drops two places to number six, while Halo 4 rises one place to seven.The only new release this week was Paper Mario Sticker Star which debuts at number 40, though sales have pushed WWE 13 back into the top ten, propelling it up five places. It’s also worth noting that Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed continues to climb the chart thanks to the release of the Vita version, pushing it up to 16 from 24.01. Call Of Duty: Black Ops II (Activision)
02. Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)
03. FIFA 13 (Electronic Arts)
04. Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
05. Assassin’s Creed III (Ubisoft)
06. Hitman: Absolution (Square Enix)
07. Halo 4 (Microsoft)
08. Need For Speed: Most Wanted (Electronic Arts)
09. Lego The Lord Of The Rings (Warner Bros)
10. WWE 13 (THQ)
http://www.edge-online.com/news/call...-debuts-at-40/
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December 10th, 2012, 21:50 Posted By: wraggster
First call for applications expected to be made as soon as April next year
Screen Australia has called on local developers to provide feedback on the recently announced $20million games fund.
The government agency has released a discussion paper for industry professionals to offer their thoughts on how the scheme should be implemented, and sets out four objectives of the fund.
The objectives are to promote industry growth and sustainability, support the development of new intellectual property, encourage skills retention and renewal and to maximise the creative opportunities of fast broadband.
Screen Australia expects to make its first call for applications to the fund as soon as April next year.
Forms of investment being considered include pre-production, production and enterprise funding.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...20m-games-fund
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December 8th, 2012, 22:28 Posted By: wraggster
[Jack Crossfire] took one of those inexpensive indoor helicopters and made it autonomous. He didn’t replace the hardware used for the helicopter, but augmented it and patched into the remote control to make a base station.
The position feedback is provided in much the same way that the Wii remote is used as a pointing device. On the gaming console there is a bar that goes under the TV with two IR LEDs in it. This is monitored by an IR camera in the Wii remote and used to calculate where you’re pointing the thing. [Jack's] auto-pilot system uses two Logitech webcams with IR filters over the sensors. You can see them mounted on the horizontal bar in the cutout above. The helicopter itself has an IR LED added to it that is always on. The base station follows this beacon by moving the cameras with a pair of servo motors, calculating position and using it when sending commands to the remote control’s PCB.
http://hackaday.com/2012/12/07/auton...-a-wii-remote/
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December 8th, 2012, 00:16 Posted By: wraggster
Last month saw further year-on-year declines for physical retail across the pond.
The latest report from market research firm NPD Group showed total US sales for video games cam in at $2.55bn, down 11 per cent from the $2.87bn taken in the same period last month, according to Joystiq.
However, NPD Group observes that its November report covers October 28th to November 24th and does not include sales from the Black Friday weekend, the busiest shopping weekend of the year.
Software sales suffered the same blow, down 11 per cent from $1.65bn last year to $1.46bn in November 2012. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was the top-selling game for the month, followed by Halo 4 and Assassin's Creed III.
Hardware was hit slightly harder, dropping by 13 per cent year-on-year to $838.9m. Last year, the sector took $962.2m. Xbox 360 was the biggest sales driver.
Accessories was the only channel to actually grow year-on-year in 2012, with sales amounting to $280.9m.
The highlight here was Skylanders figures, which sold 250 per cent more units than they did in November 2011. The new game, Skylanders Giants, made it to No.6 in the Top 10 best-selling games of the month.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/novem...retail/0107780
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December 7th, 2012, 23:56 Posted By: wraggster
UK retailers made £211.3m from video game sales last month.
That’s a big number, a jump of 154 per cent over October. But unfortunately the market is still tracking behind 2011. In terms of revenue, UK physical game sales were down 22.2 per cent year-on-year last month.
In terms of units, 6.36m games were sold, a drop of 23 per cent over the 8.26m sold during November 2011.
It means the much hoped for market turnaround has yet to materialise. The British Retail Consortium said last week that the High Street is anticipating a last minute Christmas rush, which tallies with recent comments from MCV’s Retail Advisory Board, with one retail exec predicting that “Christmas is happening later this year.”
The biggest selling game of the month was, unsurprisingly, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, with Assassin’s Creed III in second and Halo 4 in third.
UK RETAIL NOVEMBER TOP TEN
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Activision)
2. Assassin's Creed III (Ubisoft)
3. Halo 4 (Microsoft)
4. FIFA 13 (EA)
5. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA)
6. Hitman Absolution (Square Enix)
7. Skylanders Giants (Activision)
8. WWE '13 (THQ)
9. Football Manager 2013 (Sega)
10. Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/novem...istmas/0107786
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