Hate the lack of tactile feedback you have to live with, moving flat pictures of game pieces around photorealistic game boards on your tablet? Keep your eyes on ePawn’s Arena, a 26-inch tabletop screen that tracks the position, orientation and identity of physical game pieces in real time (chess, checkers, miniatures, air hockey pucks and mallets, etc.). Yes, I could’ve put a picture of the thing doing chess or air hockey up top, but I couldn’t resist the one highlighting the area this ought to make its biggest splash: good ol’ fashioned pencil-and-paper roleplaying.
The 7 Coolest Gaming Ideas of CES 2012
Another CES has come and gone, so in case you missed all the hullabaloo, here's a look at seven of the coolest gaming ideas from the show.