http://beastwith.in/2006/11/21/quasi-camping-for-the-wii/ A mental brouhaha, est. 1996. Sun, 20 May 2012 09:37:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://beastwith.in/2006/11/21/quasi-camping-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Microsoft Kinect: a cute novelty. — mendax.org Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:16:48 +0000 http://mendax.org/?p=372#comment-264 <p>[...] We picked up a Wii on release. We waited in line overnight, for crying out loud. And we did thoroughly enjoy the initial titles we played, but let’s be clear: they weren’t groundbreaking titles. Good titles with motion control, yes, but not groundbreaking titles in and of themselves. Maybe motion control is what made the Wii unique, and sold casual gaming to the masses, and maybe even pushed consoles into family entertainment centers where parents were previously skeptical of consoles as family-friendly entertainment. But as far as titles go, there’s no single Nintendo Wii game that’s more fun to play than any great title on any other console lacking motion control. (For example, the original Mario Kart was no less fun than the current Mario Kart is today.) [...]</p> [...] We picked up a Wii on release. We waited in line overnight, for crying out loud. And we did thoroughly enjoy the initial titles we played, but let’s be clear: they weren’t groundbreaking titles. Good titles with motion control, yes, but not groundbreaking titles in and of themselves. Maybe motion control is what made the Wii unique, and sold casual gaming to the masses, and maybe even pushed consoles into family entertainment centers where parents were previously skeptical of consoles as family-friendly entertainment. But as far as titles go, there’s no single Nintendo Wii game that’s more fun to play than any great title on any other console lacking motion control. (For example, the original Mario Kart was no less fun than the current Mario Kart is today.) [...]

]]> http://beastwith.in/2006/11/21/quasi-camping-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Wii still overrated. at mendax.org Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:36:48 +0000 http://mendax.org/?p=372#comment-263 <p>[...] date was incorrect. For those who will recall, the release was pushed into November, which is when I camped out for one. October was, rather, when people were camping out for [...]</p> [...] date was incorrect. For those who will recall, the release was pushed into November, which is when I camped out for one. October was, rather, when people were camping out for [...]

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