So, Ubisoft is creating a “new” Prince of Persia game entitled Rival Swords, huh? Oh, wait! Is it just me, or does this look suspiciously like Two Thrones with Wii controls nailed on? Uh…yep. That’s it all right. This is utterly depressing. Ubisoft came out after E3 2006 crying out in favor of the Nintendo […]
Nintendojo – breaking Wiimote wrist straps so you don’t have to
Dave Magliano over at Nintendojo went about seeing if the news reports on Wiimote wrist straps being apparently manufactured out of dental floss were anywhere near accurate. He performed numerous strength tests and general play tests. He has pictures of the tests he performed, and the results were pretty much what we all expected. In […]
Nintendo Wii first impressions
Well, I got the fantastic opportunity to unpack my new Nintendo Wii console last night, and I have to say, I am impressed on many different levels. First of all, setup is a breeze. Seriously. Getting the Wii on my wireless network was so enormously simple, it just about made me cry. It basically went […]
Not coming out of hiding
Just got my Nintendo Wii yesterday. So, yeah, you won’t be seeing me for a while. Not that you’ve been seeing me all that much recently.
Wherefore art thou, Press Start podcast?
Is the Press Start podcast dead before it even had a chance to live? I suppose that’s a fairly leading statement. I guess I should just ask the question in the subject: where has Press Start gone? The phenomenal alt.NPR offering was the only gaming podcast I regularly listened to (aside from the excellent Evil […]
Does a $60 price tag equal “next-gen”?
Fellow Nerdblog Network member, bapenguin, has a vicious rant posted on Evil Avatar today, mercilessly attacking publishers (read: Electronic Arts) for their feeble attempts at passing minimal or non-existent “upgrades” as “next-generation content”: One of the hottest topics with next-gen games right now is the price. $59.99 sucks. But what sucks worse is when games […]
Cory Doctorow on Sony’s proprietary formats
Cory Doctorow understands proprietary technology. He’s been on the front lines in the fight against strict copyright laws for several years, and he has been openly critical of corporations continuing to introduce and control their own closed standards and push them onto unwary consumers. Sony’s recent confirmation that the PS3 will not come packaged with […]
Tecmo added to Wii virtual console
This just keeps getting better and better. Japanese developer Tecmo has become the latest company to agree tosupport the Wii’s ‘Virtual Console’ digital download capabilities, aspart of business plans revealed for the company’s second half of 2006. According to the plan, which also involves toy and pachinko merchandising of franchises such as Dead or Alive, […]
Manifesto Games becomes more than an ideal
I mentioned Greg Costikyan‘s desire for a utopian gaming distribution method back when I was blogging at the Evil Network, and now it looks as though that ideal is finally starting to work its way into a real PC content delivery system. A typical game store has fewer than 200 facings. Yet thousands of titles […]
Penny Arcade game in development?
How is this for Friday news? The creators of online ultracomic Penny Arcade have joined forces with Hothead Games, an independent and experienced video game developer, to collaboratively create video games based on the Penny Arcade comic. “We’re really excited to be working with Hothead Games on our first electronic adventure,” said writer Jerry Holkins, […]