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1. Comment - Xbox 360 may have 'changed the tail,' but Wii turned it into a spike

   (Jun 3, 2011 - 1:50 PM)

   Nintendo's new console really seems as thought it's drawn from the inspiration of the Dreamcast with screens on a controller. This time it's HD and will be great to see how this new tablet interface on a controller will do for gaming.
   
   I have a feeling that Nintendo will win back the hard core gamer with its next system. I don't really see the future of Kinect adapting to this audience as the bulk of Kinect games seems to be more for the family, as the Wii was.
   
   Lack of 3D gaming on Nintendo's next system is the only drawback, although 3DTV's aren't being sold at bargain prices, so I don't think it will hurt the systems sales. One can only wonder as the PS3 saw a firmware update for 3D gaming, why couldn't Nintendo's next console do the same.
   
   As E3 is only a few days away, it will be interesting to see what kind of games it will have and to see what kind of power this system is really capable of since it already is mentioned to be more powerful than the PS3 and XBOX360.
   
   I'm still feeling that a new console from Microsoft and Sony will be more groundbreaking in graphical capability and serve to be true next generation consoles. It's no doubt the overall media experience from a new Xbox or Playstation would be something of very high anticipation.
   The only thing is the wait for new technology from these two companies.
   
   3 days til' E3, will be great to see what Nintendo can do.

2. Comment - The meat Mark Zuckerberg eats is you

   (May 27, 2011 - 8:24 PM)

   I was actually waiting for a Facebook story to comment on the status of social networking in it's current state.
   
   I think if any of you remember the early internet, BBS's. AOL started up, Compuserve was around and as time went on Yahoo chat rooms were on the rise. Messaging programs began, and I believe that's when true social networking existed. The Internet was free like the Hippies of the 60's. WebTV had chat rooms, so did Sega's Netlink and Dreamcast with IRC chat.
   
   Right now, Myspace is a mess, Facebook limits social networking just like Apple limits it's Ipad, Iphone and Ipod Touch users from using Flash.
   
   I don't think Facebook actually connects people, but limits them. There is no more getting to know someone. Perhaps you must know someone, and if you even do, and they somehow don't accept you, maybe they don't recognize you from high school or something but you knew them so well in high school. you can have your account deleted, oh yeah, don't bother adding more than 5 people at a time or you will be subject to questioning if you actually know someone. I kind of regrettably use Facebook to talk to people I know. It sucks, basically everyone rejoins their old high school 'click' from like 10 years ago. Jocks with Jocks, punks with the punks, straight A students with the straight A students again. How is that supposed to change the internet. Really though, back in the day, the internet was kind of about getting rid of that crap.
   
   I think we've become scared of each other as people. Not being able to associate with any random person based on your interests or what you have in common anymore. I also find it kind of ridiculous every time the news jumps at what someone locally posts on Facebook or Youtube. Someone's small little comment can get blown up into the biggest news story. Local news talking for weeks about some video of a fight, investigating and making some controversy because they got a couple hits on youtube.Then looks to find the next internet controversy. You can't offend anybody anymore on the internet and get away with it. In the days of Geocities and sites of that nature it was kind of rare to see pages or comments that bothered me and was actually cool to see a REAL html page( when people actually were given options in learning about creating webpages) about someone and their life and not what has ended up to be Facebook.
   
   It feels as if internet communication has become like hey everyone form a line kind of thing, take a number.
   
   It's weird how Facebook got so popular. Basically it is nothing like the original Myspace. Bland, sour, tastes like sand in your mouth.
   
   I see Facebook failing in years to pass as users will find it extremely boring, if they haven't already.
   
   It's getting to be all about what you can't do with technology now, instead of what can be done next.
   
   Facebook is more for those social club people in high school, not for the anti-social.
   
   Recently Twitter has limited it's users from not sending messages to each unless they follow you, which unless Twitter has learned, once you follow someone, they are very unlikely to follow you back, unless you have an official website of one of the more famous pop stars, or Charlie Sheen.
   
   To me Facebook is the apocalypse of social networking. If you look back at the golden age of social chat, compared to that, Facebooks way of talking to one another is a dead language almost like how some people think Latin is. It's absolutely nothing, just popular since so many fortune 500 companies want people to follow them in their ads.

3. Comment - E3 in turmoil as game publishers skip event

   (May 5, 2008 - 12:38 PM)

   I've attended E3 twice back in 1999 and 2001. Back then it was something to be experienced. Attending that event actually made you believe more in gaming industry.
   
   Now it's turned alot of people away by only inviting a small amount of people. The word of mouth about E3 certainly isn't what is used to be. When Activision leaves E3 as well as other companies not attending that's pretty big. It basically says, we'll make our money without E3. When E3 used to be all about getting people excited about your game. It's not that anymore.