April 25th, 2011

Is it too soon for a new Wii?

The next generation Nintendo Wii is on the way. Is it just me or does a new console from Nintendo next year seem a little too soon? I know I’ve complained a lot about the Wii but most of that was about the games, not the technology.

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June 14th, 2010

Kinect, game controllers aren’t the problem

To date, the Nintendo Wii has been one of my worst gadget-buying blunders. I was blinded by the promise of something different. At the time I was ready for different, and that somehow made me forget that I’m not a big fan of Nintendo games. The marketing worked.

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May 31st, 2009

Blast Works, the Katamari of shooters

What would you call a game where the goal is to move around and collect a bunch of random trash? You’d call it Katamari Damacy. But what would you call a shoot ‘em up that requires you to fly around and pick up parts to build the biggest, baddest spaceship? You’d call it Blast Works. [...]

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March 29th, 2009

Today I am a champion

I’m not one that puts a lot of stock in awards and accolades. For the most part I believe they’re completely arbitrary and in many cases the entrants have to pay the organization that gives out the awards. If awards were fair then I’m sure I’d be more inclined to care about them. However there [...]

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