Video Games
YouTube Amazing Domino Display Pays Tribute to Nintendo Classics
In this awesome video, Domino master Shanesdominoez pays tribute to classic Nintendo titles, characters and gaming platforms with a display made out of a whopping 30,000 dominoes. Fortunately, the massive creation goes off without a hitch.
hollywoodreporter.com ‘Community’ Gets the Classic Video Game Treatment
If you're a fan of NBC's 'Community,' you've probably spent more time lobbying the network to keep the quirky program on the air than you have actually watching it. Fortunately, fans can breathe a temporary sigh of relief because the Peacock renewed the series for one more season. How will THIS season finish up? With three episodes over one night, the first of which taking place in a 16-bit video game world.
Telltale Games Enter to Win ‘The Walking Dead’ Video Game
Are you a fan of AMC's hit zombie drama 'The Walking Dead'? If so, today's your lucky day. TheFW, in cooperation with our pals at GuySpeed and ScreenCrush, are offering you the chance to win a free download code for the first installment of 'The Walking Dead' video game from Telltale Games. Find out how to enter below.
YouTube MIT Student Invents Real Life ‘Mario Kart’
Science and engineering have given us so many things that mankind once thought were mere fantasy: the gift of flight, fax machines, the toaster. Now, the march of progress continues to this day with this real-life creation of pop-culture transportation.
A mechanical engineering student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology built a miniature go-kart called the "Chibikart." It look crude, but it's actually a very sturdy and zippy electric-powered vehicle. It also looks and moves just like the rides in the various 'Mario Kart' racing games.
‘Perfect Strangers’ Video Game Lets You Pursue Your Dreams With Balki
'Perfect Strangers' was about more than just mismatched cousins who often found themselves in ridiculous circumstances and occasionally danced the "Dance of Joy." The sitcom, which ran from 1986 to 1993, was about following one's dreams.
In the case of Balki Bartokomous (Bronson Pinchot), his dream was to escape his family sheep farm in the Greek-like island of Mypos and start anew in America. Balki is also the star of an addictive new 'Perfect Strangers' video game from designer Jason Oda.
MSNBC MIT Students Play a Game of Tetris on 21-Story Building
A group of students pulled off what they call "the holy grail of hacks" by turning MIT's Green Building, which is home to the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, into a 21-story version of Tetris. Cool! Can we play next?
Fifth Avenue Frogger Uses Real Time Traffic In Game Play
On an episode of 'Seinfeld,' George played "real life" Frogger by pushing the arcade classic across a busy New York City street. 'Fifth Avenue Frogger' isn't quite that hardcore, but it definitely draws from the same inspiration as that famous scene.
Patch 10-Year-Old Boy Designs Video Game for His Blind Grandmother
10-year-old Dylan Viale has a very close relationship with his grandmother Sherry, who is blind. The two walk dogs and go to the movies together, and recently went to a Lego event where they helped build a giant Lego Yoda.
But because of her vision impairment, Dylan wasn't able to share with his grandmother his love of video games. So the fifth-grader at Hidden Valley Elementary in Martinez, CA, did something about that -- he developed a video game which blind and sighted people can play together.
BBC Three Watch Nerd Love Blossom Over ‘World of Warcraft’ on ‘World Series of Dating’
In this clip from the British reality TV show 'World Series of Dating,' two hardcore online gamers bond over their mutual love of 'World of Warcraft.' The results are predictably, well, nerdy.
Vimeo Nine-Year-Old Caine Builds Awesome Arcade Out of Cardboard Boxes
Video arcades aren't as popular as they once were, what with modern gaming systems bringing high-quality graphics into the home. And a video arcade featuring only games made out of cardboard? Well, that obviously wouldn't stand a chance in today's marketplace.
But a cardboard video arcade is what nine-year-old Caine Monroy built, and it includes an innovative collection of games like soccer, basketball and even a fully-functional claw machine.
