inglorious

on video game UI & UX

Category: Controllers

Carcassonne coming to iPad & iPhone!

I’m a huge fan of the German board game Carcassonne. It’s easy to figure out and a lot of fun to play. The Xbox Live version of Carcassonne has been out since 2007, and I have spent many an hour challenging my family and friends as we seek to build castles and control land. According [...]

Apple’s Mobile Device Controller

TouchArcade reported yesterday on an interesting patent filed by Apple in 2008. The patent fin question is US20100081505 and is titled ACCESSORY FOR PLAYING GAMES WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE. The patent is described as follows: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide user interfaces for playing games on portable electronic devices. One example provides a [...]

I wish ThinkGeek’s iCade was real.

The iCade, an arcade cabinet for your iPad. It’s not real, but man do I ever wish it was. I love anything that’ll get us past replicated d-pads. Until this is actually made we’ll just have to hold out for an iPad version of the Gamebone. Thanks for the chuckle ThinkGeek.

Street Fighter IV on iPhone [Video]

Yeah, that’s as awful as I expected it too be.

The Mud Tub

The Mud Tub is an interesting experiment with interaction from artist and hardware/software developer Tom Gerhardt while his work is never exactly not practical it’s cool too see artists experiment with other forms of interaction. Weather it be fire or mud or electrons. When it comes to The Mud Tub the artist says: By sloshing, squishing, [...]