Thursday, December 01, 2005

Collabolla


Collabolla (by Jennifer Bove, Simone Pia and Nathan Waterhouse) is the first videogame where you have to sit astride a big inflatable ball (like the "Spacehopper" balls that were popular in the '70s) to send commands to the computer through your body movements. Another novelty is that the two players don't play against each other but co-ordinate with each other to combat a common enemy. That's how it gets its name ‘Collabolla’ - expressing a spirit of collaboration rather than competition.
(photo: Walter Aprile)