How many times do we have to remind you, kids -- tinkering with advanced robot technology will only lead to humanity's doom. Have you learned nothing from watching The Matrix? 2001: A Space Odyssey? The Terminator? When robots play, they play for keeps! With your life!
Ignoring our pleas of reason, a group of six engineering students in France have been working since last February to enslave a Pekee robot, programming the cute-but-deadly machine to follow orders sent from a Nintendo DS. As demonstrated in the video above, the team developed six different steering methods to pilot the Pekee with:
- directional pad
- touchscreen buttons
- motion-based movements
- stylus strokes
- target mode (modeled after Super Mario 64 DS)
- voice controls via DS microphone
You might have heard that people kinda like that ol' DS, and it seems it holds true, even for France. The handheld's sales numbers are up over two and a half million in the European country. The DS isn't exactly what we think of when we think of France, but considering that there's a movement to reclassify 
We're expecting a load of news when the 
Still in the alpha stage of development, Constellations DS already looks like a useful tool for amateur astronomers. The 
The first screenshots of 
Continuing its praiseworthy support for the Nintendo DS, 
Nervous Brickdown breathes new life into the Arkanoid-Breakout genre, updating its basic template with ten distinct gameplay modes. This might be Arkedo Studio's first game for any console, but the charming soundtrack and highly-stylized environments -- ranging from 70s mod to playful 
Earlier this month, the French minister of culture declared that video games should be included in the industries that are considered for tax breaks in that country -- something limited to artistic endeavors. Yes, that's right ... in France, someone is moving for games to be declared bastions of art. That's quite different from what we've more often heard over the years, but it's not too new for France, a nation that offered up Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (awards for cultural achievement) to game designers, including our own Shigeru Miyamoto.
