A First-Person Shooter with Real Guns

Using a huge sheet of drywall, some accelerometers, a .22-caliber pistol, and a bit of science, Waterloo Labs figured out how to play Half-Life with a real gun [via Geekologie]:

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The only drawbacks we can think of: trying to get that drywall into our living rooms and all the dust that will create. What a mess! Otherwise, this seems like a perfectly sane idea.

Comments (5)

I used to help Dad hang and take down drywall, and I wonder if shooting it is as much fun as smashing it with a sledgehammer.
Jason Wilson , August 08, 2009
Jack Thompsom would just looooove this game!
Michael Donahoe , August 08, 2009
Really cool, too bad they didn't play actual Half Life. I suppose that would be a LOT harder, but still a cool project they have done.
Art Siriwatt , August 08, 2009
HEY GUYS!! I'M REALLY EXCITED!! LETS EXPLAIN THIS STUFF!! JUST HOLD ON A SECOND!! MY FACE HURTS FROM BEING SO HAPPY AND EXCITED!!

Cool stuff though. The fuuuuuuture of gaaaaming??????
Alex R. Cronk-Young , August 08, 2009
Biggest problem? All gun handle like a single-shot pistol. Takes the fun out of crowbars, shotguns, and alien bee-shooters.
Daniel Feit , August 08, 2009

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