Three Contoller Slots on Xbox 2? IGN has a great piece up right now called "Everything you wanted to know about Xbox 2." They've done an excellent job of combining a lot of information, culled from a lot of sources, into a very readable and jargon-free analysis. But, one part really jumped
Music Player for Every Game Here's a shot from IGN of the UI. Don't really know if I'm allowed to post this type of thing, but oh well. I'm sure if it ever becomes a problem I'll find out.
The Plot Thickens With NCL President Iwata's recently expressed fears that Revolution could be too innovative to garner third-party interest and now this from NOA sales and marketing executive Reggie Fils-Aime, I'm really curious to find out what Revolution is all about. > "We are absolutely committed to
GDC Musings Some pretty interesting news coming out of GDC today. Seems like Xbox Next is going down the path I'd like to see it go down, namely greater Live integration, HD support, etc. IGN has posted some pictures of a presentation on the features of the Xbox Next Live
Resident Evil 4 = Masterpiece Resident Evil 4 is a masterpiece of videogame design. I place it alongside Metroid Prime as the greatest videogame experience of this console generation. Playing through the game there is the constant feeling that the designers thought carefully about each and every element; not just one aspect of it, but
Nintendo backtracks just a little more... I plan on posting a short piece on Nintendo's slow switch from releasing Revolution "with or before" their competitors to releasing "in the same time frame." Here's the lastest refinement from Satoru Iwata in the same Spong.com interview I mentioned earlier:
Revolution taking a cue from DS? Spong.com has posted an interview with Nintendo President Satoru Iwata in which he says: > "I will tell you that the Nintendo DS is the key indication for what Nintendo really wants to do with the Revolution." I haven't heard a statement this direct about
Zelda GCN reminders It's being reported that in an interview with a French magazine, Eiji Aonuma said that the Gamecube Legend of Zelda will be "very, very beautiful." So that's good. I thought I'd compile a list of some other tidbits about the game we&
Online vs. Print A post at www.damnedmachines.com lists reasons that print supposedly sucks. Their number one reason is this: > "This point has been brought up already, multiple times. You can try to keep selling a magazine to people who don't realize that sites like GameSpot do exactly
Amped 3 for Xbox 360? Of all the rumored names for the next Xbox, I really like Xenon the best. It's too bad I'm pretty sure that isn't going to win out, but Xbox 360 has a nice ring to it, too. If the name ends up being correct,
Better over time... This is my first time blogging. I hope to fill this space with interesting analysis of trends in the videogame world, as well as a review now and then. It's more for me; as an outlet for the ideas I have, than to try and really create anything