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December 4, 2006

[gizmodo] The Japanese Wii Safety Manual is Crazy

Filed under: Comedy, Games, Tech — rshangle @ 5:45 pm

wiimote_assault

This is funny in a somewhat Fight Club/Project Mayhem-esque sort of way.

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June 27, 2006

Superhero Quiz

Filed under: Games, Network — rshangle @ 3:09 pm

It’s telling that I think quizzes like this one mapping your personality to superheros are dumb… yet I find them endlessly enjoyable.

I’m the Hulk, 70%. Wolverine does not appear on my list at all.

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yoda

Check it.

This was very exciting to me until I noticed that I’m characterlstically separated between “Yoda” and “an Ewok” by only 11%.

May 31, 2006

IGN: Glitch In The System: Round Three

Filed under: Data Control, Games, Microsoft, Tech — rshangle @ 8:08 am

Detailed article digging into the question: are too many Xbox 360s failing? Compares to launch history of other consoles (ex. PS2).

From IGN. Ads.

rds

May 4, 2006

Developer says Xbox 360, PS3 games will be impossible to tell apart

Filed under: Data Control, Games — rshangle @ 7:56 am

What a huge relief… considering I normally buy every available console for any given generation, which led to a lot of lost sleep when deciding whether to pick up Karaoke Revolution Party for Xbox or PS2.

Meanwhile, Nintendo’s next gen is going for the “so underpowered we’re somehow hoping for the retro-future play”, with the ace-in-the-hole being the Revolution controller, which seems destined to be a complete failure or… truly revolutionary. Hopefully Nintendo will employ Criss “Mindfreak” Angel for marketing support, so Nintendo will sell enough of these in the U.S. to continue to deploy consoles here.

Although, when I really think about it, why should Nintendo continue to function as a console-maker, when they could focus on good games (Zelda) and virtual Pikachu?

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rds

April 17, 2006

[PS/2] Wireless Guitar Hero Controller - a photoset on Flickr

Filed under: Games, Tech — rshangle @ 11:56 am


This guy did a wireless guitar controller for last year’s awesome PS/2 game Guitar Hero (think dance pad / karaoke game - with a fake guitar with one string and five frets).

the first comment-posted on the related /. slug for this asks the valid question (paraphrased): “Isn’t the time spent playing Guitar Hero perhaps better-spent learning to play an actual guitar?”

I did ask myself that question - prior to experiencing the power of the game and becoming hooked a few months ago. All I can say is that with a real guitar, lightning bolts and stuff don’t fly out of the guitar when you hold it directly up… unless you’re a member of the band Lightning Bolt, in which case said effects probably do happen.

rds

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