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Geeked Out: Bored in Math Class? Play Skyrim on Your TI-84

Catherine Cai — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:30:53 +0000

One of the only classroom acceptable ways of breaking the humdrum of high school math classes was gaming on the Heaven-blessed TI graphing calculators. Rather than playing the simplistic, pre-programmed games offered on the calculator like Block Man, no9sniper decided to program his own. Since he liked Skyrim so much, he decided to bring some of it with him to school.

Yes, no9sniper programmed a simplistic version of Skyrim on his TI. Although the game’s primarily text-based since the TI graphing calculators isn’t capable of visually-pleasing graphics, it’s still pretty epic. Perhaps the most impressive part is that he decided to program this all on his calculator, and sure, programming in TI-Basic is easier on the calculator than on the PC, but that still shows dedication. no9sniper must’ve had his head down in class, clicking away at the TI’s buttons for weeks trying to put this together. And admit it, the title screen’s pretty impressive:

Nintendo Download 8/25/2011

Justin Berube — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:50:36 +0000

Nintendo has announced the latest additions to their digital libraries!

3DS eShop
GARGOYLE’S QUEST

Nintendo Video
Blue Man Group, “Upgrade Your Life” (Available August 26th at 3 PM PST)
Moving Still (Available August 30th at 3 PM PST)

DSiWare (And eShop)
Let’s Create! PotteryMagical Whip: Wizards of Phantasmal ForestCalculator

Virtual Console (Wii)
The Ignition Factor

WiiWare
Kyotokei (Demo Version)

For more information on these titles be sure to check out the official Press Release below!

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NINTENDO DOWNLOAD HIGHLIGHTS NEW DIGITAL CONTENT FOR NINTENDO SYSTEMS

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop
GARGOYLE’S QUEST – The Ghoul Realm is threatened once again. As the gargoyle Firebrand, you are destined to become the Red Blaze – the same powerful force that fought back the Destroyers so long ago. (For Nintendo 3DS™)

Nintendo Video™
Blue Man Group, “Upgrade Your Life” – Ding Dong! It’s the Upgrade Your Life Kit via special delivery for Blue Man Group! Hit the red button to change your world and upgrade to 3D with a flip of a switch! Available Aug. 26 at 3 p.m. PT.
(For Nintendo 3DS)

Moving Still – No surprises at the starting point, no surprises at the point of arrival. To feel the monotony of a recurring journey made too many times. Available Aug. 30 at 3 p.m. PT. (For Nintendo 3DS)

Virtual Console™
The Ignition Factor™ – Take control of a brave firefighter as he battles to save people from towering infernos and flame-filled factories. Can you keep your cool and save everyone in a constantly changing environment? (For Wii™)

Also new this week:
• Let’s Create! Pottery (Nintendo eShop / Nintendo DSiWare™)
• Magical Whip: Wizards of Phantasmal Forest (Nintendo eShop / Nintendo DSiWare)
• Calculator (Nintendo eShop / Nintendo DSiWare)
• Kyotokei (demo version) (WiiWare™)

To view this week’s Nintendo Download in its full graphical version, please visit: http://www.news2know.net/nintendo/download2tH8kS2a.php

In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS™ system, to the Nintendo DSi™ Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and to the Wii™ Shop Channel for the Wii console at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Thursdays.

The Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service and features games, applications and videos in both 2D and 3D. Users can add money to their virtual wallets using a credit card or by purchasing a Nintendo 3DS Prepaid Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card.

The Wii Shop Channel offers games and applications and uses Wii Points™, which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel. The Nintendo DSi Shop offers games and applications and uses Nintendo DSi Points™, which can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage some of the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wii, http://www.nintendo.com/3ds or http://www.nintendo.com/ds/systems/dsi.

LittleBigComputer: Brilliant or Insane?

Keane Ng — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:44:52 +0000

At this rate we might as well make the “hey look at this crazy-ass thing some dude made in LittleBigPlanet” post a daily feature. For a game that’s only in beta and that claims to have but a fraction of its working parts in place, you sure can do a hell of a lot with it – though I wonder if you could ever top this.

PSN user Upsilandre has constructed a working calculator in LBP, with 610 magnetic switches, 500 wires, 430 pistons, 70 emitters, and “other stuff”. It’s all other stuff to me, completely mind-boggling. Hit the jump to see it in action.