Four researchers at Ithaca College have addressed the problem of disabled infant mobility in a unique way. Unlike older disabled individuals, babies “lack the subtle grasp of grasping things” as Kotaku puts it. Things like the joysticks of electronic wheelchairs.

How do babies instinctively move, however? By leaning towards what they want. Well, you know what relatively cheap and common electronic device can tell where you are leaning? A Wii Balance Board.

In China as in much of East Asia, tradition has it that burning paper effigies of desired objects will bring comfort to those who have passed on in the afterlife. CNNGo reports on the trade of one Hong Kong shopkeeper named Au Yeung Ping Chi, who has revamped his father’s effigy business to incorporate paper gadgets like Wiis, cameras, DDR machines, and iPhones, as well as luxury items like designer clothes and handbags.

Because the effigies have deep personal import for the families of the dead — especially keeping in mind that many passed away at “tragically young” ages — Au Yeung puts great effort into crafting effigies that may be burned almost as soon as they’re bought.

TIL A New Word: Nurdle (Reuters)

Happy Birthday, Ray Bradbury! (GeekDad)

The Cosplay of Gamescom (Kotaku)

Adrien Brody as Mr. Fantastic? (ScreenRant)

DJ Hero 2 Dated (GameRant)

2,000 Year Old Hellenistic Paintings Discovered (The Guardian)

Somebody Made a Wacom for the Wii? (Joystiq)

(image via Reddit.)

About a month ago, Majesco announced that the be-kerchiefed main character of their best selling Cooking Mama games would be getting another new avocation, other than gardening: babysitting.

Which kind of goes without saying, doesn’t it? Otherwise how did she get to be Cooking Mama?

Anyway, the point of this is that E3 has finally yielded photos of the new peripheral for Babysitting Mama for the Wii: a plush baby to shove your Wiimote inside of. I mean, a baby to put on your Wiimote. I mean – goddammit, Nintendo. /facepalm

Did you hear that Nintendo is making a new Zelda game? Okay, so Nintendo will never be not making a new Zelda game, but…

New Zelda game! You swing a sword! There’s bombs! And arrows. And a clawshot. And a pony.

What more do you want?

Information? We got that.

Nintendo rolled out some spiffy Wii games at their 12:00pm EDT E3 presentation, but let’s face it: The big event was the 3DS. Nintendo did not disappoint: While we’ll give Sony their chance to wow us at 3:00, I don’t think it would be rash to say that there’s a good chance this will be the thing that everyone talks about post-E3.

Though Nintendo hasn’t given us a price or a release date for the 3DS, it did give us lots of information on what the new 3D handheld system that will change your life will be all about. Geekosystem breaks it down:

Today is poised to be an even bigger E3 announcement day than yesterday: While Microsoft showed off a lot with respect to the Kinect and the skinny XBox, today we have not one, but two gaming giants presenting. Nintendo‘s presentation has been underway since 12:00pm EDT (9:00am PDT), and Sony is presenting at 3:00pm EDT (12:00pm PDT). Nintendo hasn’t rolled out their much-anticipated 3DS just yet, though they’ve teased some pretty awesome stuff — and just officially confirmed the new Goldeneye!!!1! — but you can follow along in live, streaming video below, courtesy of 1up‘s G4′s livestream of the event.

Update: 1up’s livestream was having trouble, so we’ve swapped in G4′s.

The odds of a GoldenEye remake are looking better and better. A while back we reported that Activision had laid claim on the domain of goldeneyegame.com. Now Eurogamer is reporting that, according to their sources, it is totally happening.

They say the game will be officially announced in a couple of weeks at E3, and will be released in November.

Bringing the world of Mario Kart to real life is nothing terribly new — seriously, how great is it to bring anything Mario into the real world — but Tomy has added a new wrinkle to this game. Now, you can race your remote controlled car and use power-ups against your competitors. Because striking down your foes with lightning wasn’t sweet enough.

Ok. I’ve never owned a racing game, never spent much time playing Mario Kart, and am simply not a car person in general.

But this inflatable peripheral for your Wiimote is totally awesome. It takes the idea behind a car bed to a completely new level.

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