Posts tagged GoogleEarth

Mars Sucks (and so does gaming on Google Earth)

by James Ransom-Wiley (Dec 28th 2006 6:27PM)

Gamasutra has posted a report by an Intel team tasked with investigating the gaming potential of Google Earth. The team designed a prototype game, Mars Sucks, and in doing so, discovered the shortcomings of Google Earth as a foundation for games. Put simply, in a game where players must seek out and...

Google Earth + Wiimote = so happy together

by David Hinkle (Dec 13th 2006 2:30PM)

Using a homebrew app called GlovePie, which allows the Wiimote to synch with a PC for all kinds of nifty stuff, a blogger by the name of coulston used it to make Google Earth that much cooler. Adding tilt functionality, as well as zooming capabilities, from the look of it in action, available via t...