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Multimodal, Multitouch Gaming Gaining Traction

Posted by Soulskill on from the play-multiplayer-super-off-road-on-the-gps-screen-of-your-cars dept.

andylim writes "Several universities and commercial entities are developing multimodal, multitouch games, such as a card game using iPhones for individual hands and an iPad for public information, and an iPad Scrabble game that lets you use your iPhone to see your letter tiles. Of course, it's an extremely expensive setup right now, but over time it will become cheaper. It's also pretty cool, so why wouldn't you want to play board/card/strategy games like this?"

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  1. It needs a catchier name. by s-gen · · Score: 5, Funny

    "multimodal multitouch gaming"???? Sod that. How about... "Two pods, one pad".

    1. Re:It needs a catchier name. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "multimodal multitouch gaming"????

      Sod that. How about...

      "Two pods, one pad".

      Catchy. I like mine better though: WPG

      Stands for Whole Paycheck Gaming.

  2. Re:Little Nerdy, but hey THIS IS SLASHDOT. by gmhowell · · Score: 2, Funny

    This IS Slashdot right, I mean here people try to get DOOM to run on ancient ATM hardware.

    Why would you run Doom on an old Sonet card?

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    Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
  3. Re:RPGs/interaction games by tacarat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pulling a Leroy Jenkins on your friends is simply not the same as having them attacked by rabid ninja gerbils. For one thing, they still have hope.

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    "Common sense will be the death of us all"