GeekSouth » Hardware http://www.geeksouth.com Spreading the technology goodness across the south Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:50:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Anybody Interested in a Hacker Dojo for the TRI? http://www.geeksouth.com/2009/11/26/anybody-interested-in-a-hacker-dojo-for-the-tri/ http://www.geeksouth.com/2009/11/26/anybody-interested-in-a-hacker-dojo-for-the-tri/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:08:26 +0000 Dave Sieg http://www.geeksouth.com/?p=429 I recently discovered a really cool idea – a Hacker Dojo – in Mountain View CA. Would any of our Geeks be interested in starting one up here in the TRI?

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Now when I think of iPod, gaming is not something that comes to mind. The click wheel, while great for navigation, doesn’t strike me as being a great way to interact with a game. Most games have controls that require both hands to operate allowing for multiple commands at once, like running, shooting and jumping. Games that are and will be available on the iPod would be greatly limited by the click wheel, unless Steve has another trick up his sleeve.

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