Join Logitech’s G-series G19 Gaming Keyboard
With gaming keyboards, everyone likes something different. Personally, I hate the ones that have the gaming portion detached from the rest of the keyboard. However, I’m a bit biased, because I actually found the keyboard that works best for me. Well Logitech is releasing a new gaming keyboard within their G-series product line. It will be at this year’s CES, which also means it’s not going to be sold just yet.
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SKIGYM allows for skiing at home
Sadly, it has been over a decade since I have been skiing, but I can tell you that nothing wears you out more than a day on the slopes. Your legs will get a great workout, and this is just one reason why you should have a SKIGYM.
The other reason is that it is probably one of the best virtual skiing simulators that I have seen. The SKIGYM was developed from Pro-Idee in Germany with some help from sports specialists, ski instructors, and physical therapists. The balancing-control technology is similar to that of the WiiFit, but this SKIGYM isn’t available for a gaming console, but for the PC.
The software includes Alpine Ski Racing 2007, which has 32 different ski slopes including 18 real life ones like Lake Louise, Beaver Lake, and Chamonix. The user also has the option of setting difficultly levels from junior, amateur, and even professional, and can choose between from six different disciplines including slaloms and super G.
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BGP100 Bluetooth Game Pad
I guess I didn’t know that the Mobile Gaming market is growing, but I suppose it was only a matter of time before somebody made joysticks for mobile phone games. In the case of the BGP100 Bluetooth Game Pad, these controllers are wireless.
The BGP100 has a 4-way pad for directional control, and seven programmable buttons for whatever else the game requires. As you can see, these controllers can affix themselves to the side of the mobile device with the use of included rubber strips.
Just think of it as turning your mobile phone into a mobile gaming device like a PSP or DS, and the BGP100 is also designed for Pocket PCs as well as Pocket PC Phones. The BGP100 supports a number of platforms including Window Mobile 2003, plus the Symbian Series.
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iKids Play helps soothe rowdy kids
The holiday season often involves a whole lot of travel, and regardless of the mode of transport, kids will be kids. You will certainly be bombarded with questions such as “Are we there yet?” for at least a few hundred times, even more so if you’re on a long road trip instead of taking a flight that affords more mercies for your ears. After all, children these days tend to get bored much easier compared to their counterparts a generation back mainly because of the environment they grow up in – there are just too many distractions around and they need to be “wowed” in order to capture their attention. Good for you if you own an iPhone – you’ll be able to load it up with the iKids Play software that offers five fun, creative and positive alternatives to gaming for “i” generation kids.
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WeeP5 is one cool Wii Accessory
I’ve played a few First Person Shooters (FPS) on the Nintendo Wii before, such as Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Tomb Raider: Underworld, and I’ve found that many of these “gunframes” that game accessory companies make for Wii FPS games are not really up to snuff.
These gunframes are meant to make the Wii controls like actual guns, but they end up being difficult to use because most Wii FPS games require the use of the directional pads and the A button. Most of these gunframes take advantage of the B or trigger button, and ignore the other controls.
It appears the WeeP5 that you see here has solved that problem. The A button is under the foregrip, and the directional pad is conveniently located on the left side. All the other controls are “centrally located along the spine or the sides of the gun for easy access”.
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Handheld Guitar Hero II
Are you a huge fan of the Guitar Hero franchise? If you think that this is one of the better games to have been released since forever, then you might be interested in yet another form of Guitar Hero – this time in a handheld format, and I don’t mean Guitar Hero On Tour for the Nintendo DS. We’re talking about the handheld Guitar Hero II here people, as you can just clip it onto any bag or backpack to turn it into an instant gaming accessory. Features include an LCD display, five wave tone note buttons, a whammy bar and a foldable neck for supreme portability. Don’t expect to rock out to superb graphics like the console counterparts, but you do get 10 segments of your favorite tunes from Guitar Hero I and II, with three difficulty levels to choose from. Some of these classics include :-
- ZZ Top’s Shard Dressed man
- Ramones’ I Wanna Be Sedated
- Kansas’ Carry On wayward Son
- Motorhead’s Ace of Spades
- Joan Jett’s I Love Rock& Roll
- Kinks’ You Really Got Me
The handheld Guitar Hero II is powered by a trio of AAA batteries and retails for $16.95.
Nintendo really serious about getting you off the couch with Walk With Me
There is no doubt that Nintendo’s goal is to get gamers off their lazy butts. First it was Wii Sports, which required us to stand up and shake a stick at our screen. Then it was the WiiFit, where we stood on a white square and did various calisthenics.
Now the DS is continuing the Nintendo exercise craze with the introduction of Walk With Me. This fitness game comes with two pedometers or “activity meters” that can measure someone’s activity in one day.
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Electronic Sports debut Dogfight flight simulator
Electronic Sports rolled out its latest flight simulator knonw as Dogfight, and this full featured flight simulator was specially built to not only keep your reflexes sharp and alert, but to tone up your body as well as it is interfaced with a high-end exercise bike. You will be able to propel the plane forward simply by pedaling (obviously the more furious you go at it, the faster you’ll break the sound barrier within…), while it is controlled not via a joystick but spring-loaded handles instead for a realistic simulation exercise – literally and figuratively speaking. Nice to see that graphical technology has advanced to such a state where you no longer need to rely on your imagination that much since these pixelized images look like the real thing these days.
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