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Mattel wins the race to sell the first board game with integrated AI

October 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Google tech. Mattel’s new Pictionary uses the “Quick, Drawl!” artificial intelligence, which I’ve used loads and helped train the AI. It’s free to play.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, board game, google, Mattel

Try out this brilliant little Easter egg from ‘Katamari’ and Google

June 14, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for new ways to procrastinate, try this genius Google search Katamari Easter Egg! All you need to do is type ‘Katamari’ into Google search, click the bouncing ball on the right of the screen, and you’re in business! (Well, more like distracting yourself from whatever business you should actually be doing – no […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: games, google

Google says comic book stores matter

August 9, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today, the search giant has spotlighted local bookstores. As it turns out, comic book stores matter.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: google, stats

Turn your Google Mini into a Snorlax

August 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

By accident or by design, the Google Mini’s compact disc shape makes it perfect for home-modding.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: 3d printers, Etsy, google

Google’s launched a free monster maker

November 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Using buttons to change the brush from body parts like “Upper Legs Front”, to “Head”, or “Mouth” or “Claws”, you splash down the colours and then it that transform button.

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Wizards of the Coast take a multi-platform approach to the world’s largest virtual tabletop game

August 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A quick analysis of the virtual tabletop technology Wizards of the Coast is using to host the biggest online tabletop weekend ever.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, discord, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy Grounds, google, icewind dale, rime of the frostmaiden, roll20, tasha's cauldron of everything, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

Only VR can produce genuinely next-gen hardware

May 10, 2020 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

The second generation of VR headsets will be an incredible leap in capabilities from the first. This upgrade will be the real next-gen stars of the upcoming wave of hardware changes.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: facebook, google, oculus, playstation, virtual reality

Distract compulsive correctors with Google Crowdsource

June 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There is a small but active tribe of geeks who seem to take great delight in correcting people.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: google

Google gets into gaming: Stadia is a cross-platform and played via Chrome or your console

March 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Stadia is due out in 2019, this year, in the UK, Europe, Canada and the US. It’ll be available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One.

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: google, playstation 4, stadia, switch, xbox one

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November 29, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can subscribe to Geek Native via Google. Clicking on this link lets you hit the Follow button on the top right. There are two reasons why you should do this; You’ll be able to view Geek Native headlines without leaving your Google News app. Following Geek Native helps train Google’s content discovery AI that […]

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