In response to my failed attempt at knitting during the Kotaku Holiday Podcast, reader Austinpoet offered a link to KNiiTTiiNG, a project that teaches players to knit using the Nintendo Wii. Call it Knitting Hero.
KNiiTTiiNG is a collaboration between artist Rachel Beth Egenhoefer and scientist Kyle E. Jennings. Rachel’s interest in the intricate hand-movements involved with the art of knitting together with Kyle’s desire to create a program to interface with the Wii remote and nunchuck controls resulted in a knitting simulator that simulates the actions of knitting and purling. You rhythmically replicate the actions of knitting using the controls as symbols scroll on the screen - K for knit and P for purl.
While KNiiTTiiNG currently remains an unofficial project, I wouldn’t be surprised if a publisher apt to get in on the growing mature female Wii-owner demographic didn’t snap this up soon. Yes, I am serious.
Kniitting [Official Web Site - Thanks Austinpoet!]
If you’ll be in the San Francisco Bay area this Friday and seek to experience the exciting world of video game focus testing, Capcom could have just the opportunity you’re looking for.
Capcom is holding a round of focus testing on Friday, and unless they’ve suddenly decided to go into the soft drink market, that means there’s a chance some lucky readers could get their hands on an early build of…something.
Alright everyone, it’s time again to spend a few hours behind Capcom’s doors playing one of our yet unreleased or unannounced titles. If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area on this Friday, the 9th, we want you here. We’ll looking for a few guys and gals to come in to our San Mateo offices, if your available in the1-6pm time frame.
Considering their upcoming line up of unreleased titles, either one of those possibilities sounds downright intriguing. Hit up the link below to find out how to sign up for a chance at an afternoon filled with Capcom-flavored excitement, and to see why I chose a cat playing video games picture for this post.
The console wars have gotten real. The PlayStation.Blog is looking for a capable Street Fighter to take on Team Evil Xbox in a fight for console supremacy. CES, which begins this week, will play host to this intriguing event which pits Professor PlayStation’s team of PS3 wizards versus Major Nelson’s Xbox soldiers. Think you’re ready to represent?
If you’re in the Las Vegas area this Saturday, you’ll have a chance to represent PS3 gamers everywhere. Only 20 players can represent PlayStation in this truly extraordinary showdown. Shoot an email to iwannaplaystreetfighteriv@gmail.com with your name, PSN ID, and why you think you should have a chance to compete. You must be 18 years or older. Good luck. Make us proud.
We got tipped by an anonymous Gamestop employee that the chain won’t accept original Xbox games, consoles and accessories as of Feb. 9. Looks like this is officially it for the console.
Says our tipster:
“The Marketing kit for this coming Sunday has a sign that says Gamestop will no longer be accepting Xbox games, systems and accessories as of Feb 9th. Finally, corporate has realized this, after selling an incredibly low number of systems and games. My store probably sells one Xbox a month or so.”
Is it just me, or is this now a milestone for original X’s demise? I’m guessing they’ll sell or bury the rest of their original Xbox stock over time. But when your console’s no longer currency at Gamestop, the party is over, my friend.
Are you surprised? Nothing’s out this week. Literally nothing. Perfect opportunity to finish all those titles you haven’t got around to yet. January’s a yucky month anyway, so stock up on comfort foods and hot drinks and sink into your gaming backlog. Spring’ll be here before you know it. Here’s a list that contains nothing:
Want to build a super cool James Bond laser that burns shit, but don’t have a blue diode? Well, they cost about $50 here — nah, screw it, let’s trash this $200 Xbox 360 instead.
Seriously, after watching this, I can’t figure out why exactly the 360’s blue diode, and not any other, is the essential part. I’m sure it has to do with power, but when this thing is available from a site they reference, and half the video is devoted to disassembling the 360 and unsoldering the diode, wouldn’t it be cheaper and less time consuming to just … oh, I see what you all did there …
But it’s nice to know that, should I ever find myself in a post-apocalyptic society where I have to improvise weapons just to survive, I’ll be able to singe a Trollz’ hair from 18 inches away with my own kit-bashed Xbox raygun blaster.
After six months of what we can only imagine were pained, laborious negotiations, Nintendo and Nyko announced today that they’ve settled that lawsuit over Nyko’s Kama wireless nunchuk controllers. No mention of how much Nyko had to pay up to make this all go away, but apparently the company’s agreed to tweak the Kama’s design to make it looks less like Ninty’s original — we’d say a good beginning exercise would be to try and figure out why anyone actually needs an off-color wireless nunchuk, and then going on from there.
The cover of Killzone 2 has just been revealed on the PlayStation.Blog … and well, it’s hard to write about. It’s what you’d expect it to look. Helghast eyes stare ominously at you, with the “Only On PlayStation” banner proudly displayed at the top.
It may not be surprising, but that’s a good thing, right? (Do you want the Killzone 2 cover to have bunnies instead?) Now, we’re waiting for info on the please-make-it-happen Limited Edition.
You might not have received your Pandora yet, but certainly you’ll be happy to know that the Open Pandora team has got Angstrom up and running on the open source device. Remember a couple months back, when someone got Ubuntu running on a Pandora devboard? Prepare to relive all of the stylus-poking excitement as the developer fires up Firefox and rocks out to GIMP, all in a show-stopping YouTube video. Just keep in mind that, like the device itself, this is still a work-in-progress, with all sorts of tweaking and customizing yet to come. So check out the video if you’re curious — just don’t ask us where your handheld is.
In response to my failed attempt at knitting during the Kotaku Holiday Podcast, reader Austinpoet offered a link to KNiiTTiiNG, a project that teaches players to knit using the Nintendo Wii. Call it Knitting Hero.
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If you’ll be in the San Francisco Bay area this Friday and seek to experience the exciting world of video game focus testing, Capcom could have just the opportunity you’re looking for. 
We got tipped by an anonymous Gamestop employee that the chain won’t accept original Xbox games, consoles and accessories as of Feb. 9. Looks like this is officially it for the console.
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