Gamecube Case Mods

Interview: Twisted Pixel's Muehl On The Gunstringer, 'Core' Gaming On Kinect

While we had some ideas about core mechanics and gestures, we took the high level concept of a gun-slingin' cowboy puppet and just dove in with prototyping to see what would work. The gameplay up to now is the result of us running with the cool stuff that rose to the top, namely the gestures that translate to moving a puppet and our targeting/shooting system. Other than twitch-based shooters or fighters where every frame matters, I wouldn't say any genre is off limits. It's all about the level of integration that makes sense for the genre. There are risks to forcing gesture controls into a game or mechanic that was originally designed for a standard controller or keyboard. The key is that devs approach the Kinect hardware and software as an integral part of the game concept and initial design rather than bolt it on later in development. Five fingers would provide more input but it comes down to the balance of depth vs. accessibility. For example, it might be cool to have a marionette game where the marionette reacted to every tiny movement down to your fingertips but there's a danger of pushing past hardcore and into simulation territory. There are certainly companies that specialize and excel in sim genres where a bunch of inputs might make sense, but we favor character personality and accessibility in our games. made by the crew at Puppet Kitchen, and I can tell you that there's a reason none of us can make him move anywhere close to as well as a trained puppeteer -- it's really difficult and takes a long, long time to master. So, on the game side where most people want to jump in and feel like they're making a character do awesome things, it usually makes sense to abstract things a bit. If you asked me last summer, I would have said reduced lag would be a big help, but, once we got settled in with our internal code and the updates from Microsoft, the responsiveness has improved a lot. I don't think any dev would turn down higher fidelity, but that's nearly always the case with any interface - there's going to be a cost/benefit threshold for consumer products. I think it's great that Microsoft has embraced the mod community, and they've started to roll out official support for Kinect on the PC. Most companies have a negative knee-jerk reaction to anyone modding their products.

WALL-E GameCube case mod is awesome | Playfeed

Allow us to introduce you to what just might be the cutest case mod we’ve ever seen - a GameCube made to look like WALL-E. We are sure this was no easy feat, what with the usage of acrylic paint, metal, plastic, and even plexiglass. If you haven’t heard, WALL-E is the star of the next Pixar film, WALL-E. Yeah, we know. Anyhow, the little robot was cute enough in the movie’s trailer - even more so in GameCube form. We knew Nintendo ‘s little-box-that-could still had some sort of value left in it.

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Mod the GameCube 1. Solder the power supply lead. 2. Mount the controller in the 5.25-inch cover after the GameCube is installed in the case (space ...

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Nintendo GameCube. Japanese GameCube discs won't boot on an American system; ... With this mod, you need to maintain separate memory cards for Japanese and ...