by Darren Gladstone, PC WorldI don't know about you, but I've always wanted to play the part of a James Bond villian. Or, at least have the cool swag that comes with being megalomaniacal. All I'd need right now is $20,000 to buy this IntuiFace table by IntuiLab. But you'll need to cough up another $50 or so next year to take advantage of it with Ubisoft's R.U.S.E.--an intriguing upcoming real-time strategy game.
The fast-paced title takes you through World War II. To me, it looks like you're playing a high-speed, high-intensity version of Risk or Axis and Allies. (I like its twist of letting you earn special abilities like Radio Silence or Decoys for catching your opponent off-guard.) The big draw to this demo, though, is how you navigate and command units in the world. You're able to change the camera view to pull back to a large war-room overview or zoom down to a bale of hay on the battlefield. This is all done with multitouch sweeps and on-screen gestures drawing rings around units and sending them into battle. What was amazing is that there wasn't a single slowdown, not one break in the action while the test went on. Already, the game is looking gorgeous. Then again, if you're projecting it onto this super-expensive table, it had better look good.
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