This news is all over the place today. Evidently the ESA has gotten the message from publishers that E3 is no longer creating a working environment for having meaningly business communications in the gaming industry, so E3 2007 is being demonstrably toned down. Firing Squad has a great write-up regarding the news, interviewing several industry […]
Nintendo giving away free Wii dev-kits?
Found this via digg: A developer in a big coastal American city apparently received a mysterious package from Nintendo. Office staff, programmers, and even the president weren’t aware what was inside. The box was opened, and viola, Wii dev kit. This could be a ploy on Nintendo’s part to get as many companies working on […]
Wii wins big for Business Week
Articles are beginning to pop up that proclaim the bold vision Nintendo holds as a shining example of a business model that could eventually topple the Sony giant. Hearing gaming sites say that is annoying. Hearing Business Week say that is astounding: “Non-gamers are coming back because there are interesting games people want to play,” […]
Come join me at Camp Hyrule!
You can truly tell who the Nintendo nerds are these days. They’re the ones with all the Nintendo-news bookmarks, who have owned every Nintendo console and every version of Game Boy that ever existed, who vehemently defend their company in every single gaming-related messageboard they go to, and…they go to Camp Hyrule. Each and every […]
Tales of Symphonia has (re)captured me
I haven’t been blogging much recently due to a slight barrier to my online time: Tales of Symphonia. I’ve owned this RPG for almost two years now, but haven’t had the time and/or desire to actually continue it. I recently acquired the Tales of Phantasia remake for the GBA, and when I learned that Symphonia […]
IGN uncovers some Wii mysteries
The Wii-mote’s LEDs serve two roles. The first is to show which player is communicating with the console at a given moment. Player 1 will light up on the far left, Player 2 the next over, and so on. The second purpose is to illustrate battery life. Upon booting up, four LEDs blink when the […]
Free Game with your purchase of a Wii?
After contacting Toys’R’Us for comment, they have indeed confirmed that everyone will receive a free game with their Wii as part of the package, but they did not know which game this might be. To be sure, we called three different stores, and all said the same thing Free Game With Wii – Gameworld Network […]
Fun with Google Searches #1: game console news
Let’s have fun with Google News searches! A search for Sony + Playstation nets us about 5 negative stories, 2 positive, and a couple unnotables. A search for Microsoft + Xbox shows us about 2 negative stories, 4 positive, and a lot of unnotables. A search for NIntendo + Wii gets us nothing but good […]
Ubisoft’s ‘Red Steel’ to get control changes
Link: IGN Wii In a brief chat with French press outlet JeuxFrance, Ubisoft expressed that changes to the E3 2006 build were already being implemented, specifically in the swordplay department. In fact, as far as gameplay goes the sword combat was the least impressive part of Red Steel at E3, so we're happy to report […]
Need for Speed in development for the Wii
Link: IGN Wii Whether fighting for control of the city or careening around banks of sedimentary rock, you’ll once again sit behind the wheel of a ride you’ve customized to your liking. The new Need for Speed uses a “ground-breaking” Autosculpt system for vehicle tweaking. As this is EA, Need for Speed Racing is in […]