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PS3 May Win… Years From Now with 3D and Motion Control
Back when the PS3 and Xbox 360 were first announced, we aren’t ashamed to say that we were avid fans of the PS3 platform… much more so than the self-aborting Xbox 360. It was a much higher build quality, the technical achievement of the Cell Processor was ridiculously complex and therefore impressive, it played Blu-ray [...]
Continue reading...Xbox 360 Broken, but Original Nintendo Still Working
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Marc Chung just sent this one in, got a kick out of it:
Continue reading...Wii MotionPlus + Grand Slam Tennis = Garbage
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Ok so I bought into the hype-machine that is everything-Nintendo and plopped down my $19.99 for a Wii MotionPlus when it came out and along with the only other highly rated Wii MotionPlus-enabled game that launched with it: Grand Slam Tennis. Here’s my single sentence description of the experience for everyone that was curious “Was it [...]
Continue reading...Red Steel 2 + Wii MotionPlus = Freaking Awesome
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Do you remember when the Wii debuted with Red Steel and all the trailers made us think we were actually going to sword-fighting dudes with our actual hand motion… and then we all got the Wii and realized that wasn’t the case at all and the game was garbage? Looks like Ubisoft is taking another cut [...]
Continue reading...Club Nintendo Finally Coming to North America
Sunday, December 7, 2008
While Japan and Europe have enjoyed the benefits of Club Nintendo for many years Nintendo finally is bringing it to North America. In October the announced their plan to have it launched in North America before the end of the year. The Club Nintendo loyalty program offers rewards to members who collect points (sometimes referred to [...]
Continue reading...Nintendo Making a Profit on Wii Hardware
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
I’ll be the first to admit my Wii takes a back seat to my other gaming consoles. I do play it occasionally and my wife is a Wii Fit fanatic, but compared to the 15 games I own for my Xbox 360 the 3 I have for my Wii is a pretty small collection. However, according [...]
Continue reading...Nintendo Punch-Out Wii Debut Trailer
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Having just got done playing through a few matches of Wii Boxing and dying for some true 1:1 motion mapping instead of the insanely confusing “flick” mechanics in said title, I just got really excited stumbling across the debut trailer for the remake of Punch-Out for the Wii: I have no idea yet if this will [...]
Continue reading...Nintendo to Re-Release Gamecube Games on the Wii
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Straight out of Nintendo press conference, Satoru Iwata has announced a ‘new’ series of software called “Let’s Play On Wii”. This new series of software will feature old Gamecube games that have been retrofitted with wii-specific controls. The first games to get the control facelift? If you guessed Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and Pikmin, you’ve won! [...]
Continue reading...Computer Mouse to be Extinct in 5 Years… Again
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Remember 10 years ago when voice-recognition and Dragon Naturally Typing was going to replace the keyboard? Yea that didn’t quite pan out how we all thought… I think at some point we were going to replace the mouse with eye-tracking lasers on the monitor and then some sort of brain-tie-in that would tell when you “clicked” [...]
Continue reading...E3: Mature MadWorld Gameplay Video (Nintendo Wii)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
How is Manhunt 2 forced to revise the gore and violence on their game, but this is all good and well… especially on the Wii? Maybe it’s because it’s presented as a gameshow in this game and in Manhunt 2… it was in a hospital… but Manhunt #1 was a gameshow too so I guess the [...]
Continue reading...Nintendo Wii MotionPlus – True 3D Space Movement
Monday, July 14, 2008
Damn, it seems that Nintendo has some bombs to drop at E3 this year, leading up with a new “true 3D motion accessory” that adds on to the existing Wiimote. Apparently the new addon, combined with all the existing measurment facilities of the Wiimote, can completely accurately, with a 1:1 accuracy, map your physical motion to [...]
Continue reading...I Finally Figured Out What the Nintendo Wii is For
Monday, May 26, 2008
I have owned a Nintendo Wii since it was launched… actually I got one 2 days after the launch or something. I own all the “must have” games for it (Zelda, Mario, Resident Evil 4, etc.). I have two Wiimotes. I have tried… jesus I have tried to like the Wii, but for all my trying, I’ve played [...]
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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