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Oho!

You may recall that I waxed lyrical about a kickstarter game called Son of Nor.

Well, said game just got more awesome by about 79%.

How?!

By making telekinesis realz0rs, that’s how!

Well, sort of. But seriously, this looks like good fun. A gimmick, sure, like the Kinect- but a sign of interesting things to come and definitely a plus point to this game!

The boffins at stillalive have integrated thought control headgear into the game. Using your own humble brain waves, you can activate your character’s telekinesis, terraforming and elemental magic!

Many have already seen demos of this technology that lets a computer respond to brainwave activity- but we don’t see all that many games utilising it yet.

Son or Nor will be using Emotiv EPOC to make telekinesis a reality. This is undisputed grade-A nerd boner territory.

This isn’t just for fun- it’ll be integrated and supported fully by the final game! Quite how it works is unclear- it boggles my mind.

Behold the evidence!

 

 

This is some pioneering-ass shit.

Also, how ace and enthusiastic is that guy?! I love him!
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Hail.

I’m having something of a blank day- no pertinent ideas whatsoever.

I’ve also been getting ‘into’ Skyrim’s Dragonborn DLC, so I might as well briefly squawk about that.

I’m currently at the stage where I’ve met Miraak (the much hailed original Dragonborn baddie from the box) and I’ve started shouting at rocks to get his stink off them.

Dragonborn, so far, is actually really cool. The new island of Solstheim is pretty big, comparable to the Shivering Isle, complete with new enemies, towns, shops, items and quests. It’s like gaining a new Hold to explore and pillage.

We have new shouts, such as one which imbues you with the essence of a dragon, basically making you ‘arder. We also have new dragons, serpentine in nature (looking a lot like the Nazghul’s flying mounts) with a slightly piscine vibe, though they leave normal skeletons. Woops.

In fact, the whole island has something of an underwater/chthonic vibe. Between the cagey brainwashed locals, strange magic, tentacle-faced monsters and ancient books that contain maddening forbidden knowledge, we basically have Skyrimmsmouth.

If you haven’t seen them yet, look forward to those books. They transport one to Hermaeus Mora’s domain and feature some very nice twisty crazy booky landscapes.

Also, werebears. Who knew?

 
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Hey hey.

Just a quick haiku today! Busy busy at work…

Food is so tasty,

Cheesy, meaty, chippy noms,

Maybe a mushroom.

 
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