We have nearly all the facts now: Nintendo Wii: $250. Comes with 1 full controller apparatus and one game. Backwards compatible with Gamecube, plus downloadable game library including SNES, NES, Genesis, and TG-16. Free internet service and downloadable content. No DVD or other media support. No HD support. Added functionality with a Nintendo DS. Xbox […]
From A&B to Remotes & Nunchuks
This week for me has been all about the Wii. I was interested to know what the price was, but I already knew I was going to buy it. Mainly I wanted to know how long it would be before it was mine.
Wii Want Journalism!
Supposedly any minute now, Nintendo is supposed to announce the Japanese price and release date for the Wii (from which we can extrapolate the US facts), but nothing seems to be happening yet. But people in the comments are claiming that pre-festival, they played the Wii (it’s awesome) and the US price is going to […]
Inquisition of the Week: Religion?
Following older discussions about the differences between the Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings book series, as well as a lot of the inevitable flak pertaining to the Left Behind RTS game, I ask you: Can Religion be a part of Games, Comics, and Movies?
YouTube of the Week: Super Black Mamba Bros. Edition
Inquisition of the Week: Bosses!
This week’s question pertains mostly to videogames, but if your brain works in abstract ways yet unknown to mankind, you can most likely relate it to boardgames, tabletop RPG’s, or even a day at work in the office. The question is purposefully left very general, so that you can take it however you like. What […]
The Digital World of Analog Play
One of the stories posted in nearly all the news sites I read is that Microsoft is going to make three Spiel Des Jahres winning boardgames available as downloadable content from Xbox Live. Turning boardgames into videogames has been going on for a long, long time: my parents used to play Backgammon and Bridge on […]
Finally Some Intelligence
After yesterday’s post which was later announced to be full of fraudulent material, I felt it necessary to bring everyone up to speed on the ESRB discussions. From the comments on my last post, The Game helpfully pointed out the good Dr. Thompson’s rebuttal which you can see here. It is a very well spoken/written […]
Some Interesting News
In the last couple weeks some research was released that gave many classic games very violent ratings, in an attempt to prove to a court that the ESRB has not been doing their job. Since then a lot has been written about it, possibly one of the articles can be found on about.com, which points […]
An Interesting Study in Gaming
There is a fantastic article that you need to read about a gamer encouraging his mother to try out the X-Box 360 and various games for the console. It is a rather lengthy read, but the entire thing is definitely worth the time! As is extremely rare in the online news market, this is a […]
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