Gamers make scientific breakthrough!

The protein-folding game FoldIt has made a major scientific break-through: gamers figured out the structure of a protein involved in AIDS.

Fun party game of passing the secret electronic forms conversion.

Translation party is an amusing electronic form of 'Pass The Secret' game, or (after running it on the previous phrase) "Fun party game of passing the secret electronic forms conversion."

Mario projected onto a sidewalk

Super Mario Bros. from Surfap on Vimeo.

Via: Gizmodo

OnLive gaming service comes to the Mac

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These are good times for gaming on the Mac: Following Steam's recent arrival, OnLive has now arrived for the Mac. From the site's own description: "The OnLive® Game Service is a revolutionary, on-demand video game platform that delivers the latest and most advanced games instantly over a broadband connection on virtually any PC or Mac®, via a small browser download, or HDTV, via OnLive's MicroConsole™ TV Adapter (coming soon). OnLive enables an entirely new way to discover, explore, purchase and experience the hottest video games from the world's leading publishers."

Shortest possible game of Monopoly

"we started to wonder about what the shortest THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE game of Monopoly would be. That is, if everything went just the right way, with just the right sequence of rolls, Chance and Community Chest cards, and so on, what is the quickest way one player could go bankrupt? After working on the problem for a while, we boiled it down to a 4-turn (2 per player), 9 roll (including doubles) game. Detail on each move given below. If executed quickly enough, this theoretical game can be played in 21 seconds"
Text and video taken from (and further discussion at)  scatter.wordpress.com, via BoingBoing.

Steam for Mac is now available.

"Steam for Mac is officially available, along with a sizeable trove of games—including Portal, which is now free for everybody."

Gizmodo's headline says it all: "Real Gaming for Macs Is Finally Here". (I stole the line above from Gizmodo too.) Steam is an online gaming platform that has heretofore been limited to Windows.

PlayStation Move motion controller is official

"Sony’s motion controller for the PS3 first unveiled at E3 in 2009 now has a final design along with an official name." [read more at www.gizmag.com] Release date is Fall, 2010.

Chain Factor

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I am addicted to this game Chain Factor.

Video game proverbs

GamerPaper.com has a whole set of proverbs re-configured for video games, like this version of 'A penny saved is a penny earned'. I didn't like it as much but also check out their series on 'What if Mario wasn't a plumber?'

Man in Japan weds anime game character

Strange but true: a man in Japan married a Nintendo DS video game character.

I don't recommend this as a dating/marriage approach myself.

I enjoyed some of the comments on BoingBoing. One person wrote "I don't give this marriage another year. He'll leave her for the PSP version...".

Via: BoingBoing

Nintendo to release large-screen DSi

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"Nintendo Co. plans to release a large-screen version of its DSi hand-held game system in Japan, possibly by the end of the year, according to a news report Tuesday."

Control your Mac with a Wiimote

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Check out these instructions for controlling your Mac with a Wii remote. I'm not totally sure why you'd want to, but you can! (You could control iTunes from a distance, which could be handy.)

I enjoy the instructions: "Once you have the Wii Remote, be sure to take it out of the package and put the batteries in it. "

Hands-on PSPGo review

Gizmodo has a good hands-on review of the PSPGo, due to be released this week. Their reviewer was not greatly impressed by it.

M of the M

Mario of the month for June.

Shift 4 and Amberial Axis

Shift 4 and Amberial Axis, two major games, have been released! Enjoy! Photo: here.

Scorched 3D

Scorched 3D is a fun tank-shooting game with a lot of features, including play over the Internet or a LAN (Requires X-11 to be installed on the Mac).

Top 150 Flash Games

I agree with most of the games put on this Top 150 Flash Games list. Have fun playing entertaining such as N3wton (pictured).

Super Mario in Little Big Planet

Little Big Planet is a PS3 game that allows you to make your own levels. As you can see, this guy made a pretty good Super Mario level.

Via: www.PSMonger.com

Christmas 2008

A few Christmas Things for 2008 one day late (on Boxing day). Photo found at Most Unusual Christmas trees.

DSi (New DS)

Finally the new DS (DSi) is out in Japan and photos have been released. It is only available in black or white. More info here and here (Wikipedia).