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Windows XP partially re-created in LittleBigPlanet 2, ups the stakes for gamer ambitiousness (video)
We've seen an CHIP-8 emulator and even a virtual CPU built inside games, but we've yet to encounter a game recreation of Windows. Thanks to a quartet of industrious LittleBigPlanet 2 beta players, though, we can now finally check that off in our copy of 100 Geeky Projects You Must Witness Before Dying. As the video above shows, major Windows functions they've emulated to date include a working start menu and mouse cursor, multiplayer support for a variety of bloatware games, and even the good ole' blue screen of death. That's pretty impressive stuff from an ambitious platforming title that won't officially ship until mid-January. Needless to say, once the full version arrives, we expect to see a working copy of Lion running stat. You heard us folks -- we're setting the bar that high.
Roy Block experiment redefines platform gaming
Although Nintendo's Wiimote has received loads of praise regarding its progress in innovation, gaming with controllers outside of the typical handheld pad has been happening for quite some time, and a newfangled approach to "platform gaming" does a fine job of merging hand movements with on-screen action. The aptly-named Roy Block experiment appears more like a game than a DIY endeavor, but the project utilizes a tangible interface to allow the player to help the "self-willed heroine who is trying to get from the very left to the very right of the screen without touching the bottom and dying." Your job is to maneuver wooden blocks beneath him, which are spied by a camera and translated into commands as you assist the leaper to his final destination. Eventually, we could see a rendition that looks at each side of the cube as a different function (a trampoline-inspired side, for instance), or better yet, a gigantic iteration that gives users an upper-body workout whilst trying to save the pixelated person's life. You know what's next, so click on through if you haven't already and take a peek at the game in progress.[Via Joystiq]
