When someone tells me about a “platformer”, my first thought is that it’s probably a simple game that mainly revolves around running and jumping around, with a minimal plot. [Play a Zelda game! -Ed] Elephant Quest is one platformer that managed to prove me completely wrong. Yes, you do run and jump around, and you also shoot at stuff. But the game has much, much more going for it. Basically, as you run, jump and [...]

When Nokia and Microsoft announced a partnership last month, many systems and app developers interpreted the deal to mean Nokia was beginning to turn away QT Symbian and MeeGo platforms. In essence, Nokia would be dialing into Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 technology in the near future — and, it was presumed, dialing out of its own mobile OSes. Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/72158.html Lorri Bagley

The Harry Winston Opus Eleven doesn’t need watch hands. It’s got main cylinders which disintegrate and re-assemble every hour to tell you the time. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/RW4LCmwaJCQ/this-watch-explodes-and-reconfigures-itself-every-hour-just-to-tell-you-the-time Paz Vega

Are you still a big fan of Rovio’s Angry Birds game? Show your enthusiasm with these super cute plush toys from ishareGifts. You can get a set of all 5 Angry Birds for $35.99 (free shipping), or just buy your favorites for $7.99 each. Each bird is about 10cm in diameter, which is about 4 [...] Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/03/27/angry-but-cute-angry-birds-plush-toys/ Poppy Montgomery

The Harry Winston Opus Eleven doesn’t need watch hands. It’s got main cylinders which disintegrate and re-assemble every hour to tell you the time. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/RW4LCmwaJCQ/this-watch-explodes-and-reconfigures-itself-every-hour-just-to-tell-you-the-time Tricia Vessey

[This guest post was written by Tom Luce, CEO of the National Math and Science Initiative and a former assistant secretary of Education.] Trading in text books for game consoles may sound like a childhood fantasy, but it?s turning into reality in some U.S. classrooms. Leaving their flashcards in a drawer, some educators are pulling out Wiis [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/03/video-games-can-educate-but-only-with-the-right-controls/ Nicky Hilton

Back when I was a kid, I used to love crafting ornate puzzle boxes out of Lego. There would be just one way to open the box, by carefully shifting and rotating a bunch of pieces. Well, either that, or breaking the box in frustration. Interlocked takes that spirit and turns it into a beautiful Flash game. It’s a good thing the soundtrack is soothing, because the game itself can get pretty frustrating. At the [...]

Microsoft’s Kinect, the fastest-selling gadget ever, has now been hacked to work with the PlayStation 3. The Kinect isn’t directly plugged into a PS3, though (that would be too awesome). Instead, it’s plugged into a conventional PC laptop, where PrimeSense’s first-party drivers are used to interface with Kinect. The data from Kinect is then converted into a format that the PS3 can understand, and output directly to the console using using diyps3controller, which lets the [...]

The Android Market is still missing a few key pieces of functionality. Among them is in-app payments — which Google has now announced will begin rolling out next week. The company is encouraging developers to upload apps that include in-app purchases, and instructions have been provided to walk submitters through the set-up and testing process. Google has made sure test apps can’t actually be published until the launch next week, though. While it’s nice that [...]

Sony is accusing alleged PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz of surrendering two “non-functional” hard drives in violation of a court order, and then taking off to South America. But Hotz’s lawyer said Wednesday that Sony is “crying alligator tears” over the issue. Sony is suing the 21-year-old Glen Rock, New Jersey, man on charges he violated the [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/sony-hotz-skipped-tow/ Thora Birch