I have a nephew who loves Minecraft. Ben obsesses over building virtual structures and fitting them out almost as much as his Aunt loves actual decorating. Which got me thinking: wouldn't it be cool if he could have Minecraft in the real world? If his virtual bedroom could become a reality?

Yesterday, at launches in Seattle and London, Microsoft just may have staked its claim to space in your future living room. Hoping to take on the laptop as your home-based center of connectivity to the world, they introduced their new console, the Xbox One. Below, some details on the system that aims to be an indispensable part of homelife...

A few years back a good friend of mine, a dedicated gamer who competes competitively, built himself a head-to-head gaming cabinet to keep his fighting game skills honed from the comfort of his garage. As impressive as that was, as a kid of the 80's, this DIY NES themed gaming cabinet touched an even greater nostalgic nerve...

Q: So, form and function are butting heads in our boy + girl apartment living room.The room looks squished, with lots of seating, and enough storage for all our collective "stuff". But out of necessity, the room is rearranged regularly to accommodate my boy's gaming needs. I feel bad for "putting the furniture back" when clearly the problem is with the function of the arrangement... 

The last we heard, Nintendo has sold over 32 million Wii Fit Balance Boards, which means there's a good chance you've got one stored away in the closet or media cabinet, neglected and forgotten since your last Wii-fueled workout. Even if you have no further plans for working out using the balance-oriented accessory, a new open-source Android application can breathe new life into the Balance Board as a fitness tool connected to your Android powered device...

The Grandest Game of Pong on the Planet was recently played on the north face of the 437-foot tall Cira Centre in Philadelphia. One hundred "Golden Ticket" winners competed in the Pong tournament hosted by Drexel University in magnificent fashion. But this isn't the first time skyscrapers, computers, digital projection systems, and gaming classics have come together for the awe and amusement on a gigantic stage.

I'm honestly surprised it took this long. I can remember many college days (and nights) spent parked in front of a screen trying to complete a Japanese RPG or action title and pizza was more often than not our go-to dinner to fuel our epic gaming sessions. Kids these days have it so easy...

That there must be the weirdest photo I've ever snapped for Apartment Therapy. But then again, the topic itself accompanying the photo is little west of weird: a British retailer recently polled nearly 2000 people to correlate a person's choice in gaming platform with how good of a lover they are according to their partner. One type of gamer was overwhelmingly deemed not so hot...

To celebrate its launch, fashion and design marketing agency Flagship put together a pop-up shop that brings together products from many of the brands it represents. Named for the old Chinatown theater building the shop resides inside, Kim Sing Trading Company pop-up showcases European street wear lines like Weekend Offender, and quirky furniture design houses like RS Barcelona, but the short-run shop seems to mostly showcase Flagship's designer tech brands. 

They say you never forget your first true love. Gamers of a certain age would particularly agree when asked to remember their first gaming console or computer. Whether the Atari 2600, NES (remember R.O.B.?), Sega Genesis, Commodore 64, or Apple IIe, those pre-3D graphics machines can bring back a flood of Capri Sun and cheese 'n cracker fueled summer vacation memories...