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The Best (Worst?) Injuries And Illnesses Caused By Video Games

The Best (Worst?) Injuries And Illnesses Caused By Video Games https://ift.tt/zgRDrWj If you get injured playing a sport or you're sick, there's a good chance you're going to spend time playing video games. However, those same video games do, in some rare instances, have the potential to cause injury or sickness. Over the years, there have been some bizarre cases where a person--or group of people--has found themselves in physical pain because of a video game. Perhaps a wrist sprain, eye soreness, or a little headache. In general, these injuries and illnesses haven't lasted long, and in most cases, they can even be pretty funny. Sure, at the time they happened, we doubt those suffering were laughing, but it's a whole lot easier to look back on them now. We've even suffered from a few of them, so we've rounded up some of the most prominent and famous video game injuries and sicknesses. Mario Party Blisters We really don't know what Nintendo and Huds...

The Ouya Dared To Imagine An Independent Game Console

The Ouya Dared To Imagine An Independent Game Console https://ift.tt/YytBiWR

The Ouya is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, June 25, 2023. Below, we look at its legacy as a system that endeavored to crack into a market with an atypical approach.

Like many failed console projects, the Ouya was both ahead of and behind the times. Released 10 years ago today, the Ouya was an independently developed console, funded, in part, by a massive Kickstarter campaign. Questions, criticisms, and concerns abounded, but there was also excitement at the possibility space such a console would create. What could an independent-focused console and development community create?

The Ouya was a $99 micro-console, built with Android architecture. The pitch was in the low-price point and the fact that every console shipped was also a dev kit. Anyone with some technical knowhow could begin developing games for the platform. The console promised to have accessible developer tools, a library of exclusive indies, and to bridge the mobile and console worlds.

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