Nintendo OFFICALLY Announces Launch Titles

taken from: Wii Nintendo.net

The date may not be set and the price may not be known, but Nintendo fans across the globe are already beginning to rally as we near one of the most anticipated system launches our industry has ever seen. E3 was abuzz with activity as gamers rushed to get a first hands-on opportunity with the Wii. Whether you show allegiance to Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo, the Wii brings a new sense of gaming that’s so fresh and entertaining that it really has to be played, and people had a chance to do just that. With record-breaking lines, the Wii was the talk of the show. Now that E3 is over, we’re counting the days until its launch, and to celebrate the countdown we’ve compiled a list of every launch game we know about. Before we kick it off, we’d like to explain a few things. Listed below are the games already confirmed by Nintendo (or other publishers), though we will be adding or subtracting games as details arrive. In addition, there are other titles such as Final Fantasy and Excite Truck that we are simply awaiting official word on before adding. All things considered, this is shaping up to be a very strong launch for Nintendo, and we can’t wait to see how the world responds to the innovative gameplay Wii has to offer.Included with each game are the basic details, as well as a description of the play style. Below we’ve featured a key to the terms we’re using. Enjoy!

Remote:
wii remote
Players hold the Wii-mote with one hand like a remote. These games will use only one hand, often drawing, swinging or pointing the remote to interact.

Nunchuck:
wii nunchuck
This term refers to the nunchuck and Wii-mote combination. Players will make use of the analog stick and accelerometer of the nunchuck unit in addition to the Wii-mote functions.

Classic:
Wii Classic Controller
Wii-mote is turned on its side, used like a classic NES controller. These games make use of the 1 and 2 buttons primarily, as well as the tilt functions of the Wii-mote and D-pad.

Retro:
wii retro
These games will require use of either the GameCube controller or Virtual Console controller that was shown at E3 2006.

Light Gun:
wii light gun
This style of game will require (or best work with) the light gun peripheral announced at E3 2006. Aside from a main trigger button, the light gun also adds an analog stick to the mix.

Now on to the games…

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Wii Sports

Red Steel

Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam

Madden NFL 2007

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

Metal Slug Anthology

Trauma Center: Second Opinion

Elebits

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Blitz: The League

Rayman Raving Rabbids

SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab

Disney/Pixar’s Cars

Please read the FULL article @ Wii Nintendo.net

Andrew

How does someone deal with Stress?

People all have there ways of dealing and/or releasing stress. What is your way? I talked to a couple of friends about how to get rid of stress. Some of the answers are pretty funny. I am trying to get a couple more responses before the post.

Andrew

PS3 just Blows

According to this article, ARTICLE, the PS3 stole Nintendo Wii's controller and lost the rumble feature. LOLLERSKATES!!!

Who da fuck is even going to buy a PS3? I am not.

Andrew

XBox 360 HACKED!!!

taken from: XBox Hacker.net

Xtreme firmware for TS-H943 Xbox 360

Here it is, the long awaited World first Xbox 360 backup firmware modification to boot all game backups!

Features

Boots all Xtreme Xbox 360 backups
Boots all Xtreme Xbox 1 backups
Boots all Xbox 360 originals
Boots all Xbox 1 originals on Xbox 360
Xtreme0800 extraction firmware enables drive to function natively under Windows without any hardware conversion/adaptors
Use on Xbox Live at own risk

Technical details

Reads Xbox 360 security sector from PSN 04FB1F (Layer 0)
Reads Xbox 1 security sector from PSN 605FF (Layer 0)
Security sector must be extrated using Xtreme0800 360 firmware for Xbox360 games and Xbox 1 games
Will not boot Xbox 1 backups made with Xbox1 605b 0800 firmware (maybe in future release)...

Please read on at : XBox Hacker.net

I said it a while back, XBox 360 will get hacked. Never say never in the entertainment industry.

Andrew

Jared and Ame's Wedding

I thought I would talk about the wedding today.

I got there a couple of minutes late. Only 4 minutes. We had a meet and greet thingee and started taking pictures. I do not mean to act like Junior High, but I had no idea what the heck was going on. I did not think they thought the pictures thing through. I felt that was the only thing they did not think about. I have seen some where no one knows what is going on. After the pictures were taken, everything ran smoothly. Good job guys/gals!!!

I ended up talking to Don most of the night. Don is a good friend of Jared's. I guess they met on EQ [Everquest] and have been friends ever since. I talked to Travis [I used to work with him at the Showplace 14] for 30 minutes or so. It was nice to catch up with him.

The service was 8 minutes long. Jared and Ame beat our record of 15 minutes... FAGz! I joked with Jared about nailing one of the bridesmaids, but I could not do that. I thought about fuckin with some chicks head, but I do not want to scar them for life. I was going to try and get his friend laid, but again I did not want to scar a chick for life.

There was this chick who was trying to get Don and I out to the dance floor. She fought us for a while and we went out on the dance floor. I should have asked for head and maybe a power fuck. She was not that hot. I am though. After the first dance Don and I bailed and that chick stopped us again. She then said, "There are lots of hot single girls." I then pointed to the ring and said, "I am married..." Don then goes, "There are laws that prohibit me from hooking up with these chicks." LOL!!! lollerskates; lollerhaust!!! I almost pissed myself when he said that. Before Jared left, we made him do a keg stand. He was really messed up after that. LOLlerskates! I ended up leaving 20 minutes later.

It was a very nice service and I would like to thank both Jared and Ame for letting me be apart of their special day. I wonder when I should let them know that I am buying their old car. Soon? Nah, next time he calls me.

Andrew

Congrads Jared and Ame!!!

Congrads Jared and Ame!!!

I am glad to take part in a very awesome day!!! [I will talk about it more tomorrow]

Andrew

BUNGIE DID IT!!! (Halo 2)

taken from: Bungie.net

First up - Bad news for about 200 of the most serious bridgers, standbyers and boosters yesterday - we banned them. Better, newer tools allow us to spot network throttlers and other CRETINS more easily. There will be plenty more bannings before we're through. It's not hard to detect, but we like to be careful about who we ban. So if you're boosting with a modder, or a bridger, stop. Stop because it's stupid to cheat at a video game, and stop because you will get banned and yes, we can tell. I don't understand people who will cheat to get a rank number they know they didn't deserve. Clowns. Anyway, enjoy being banned.

taken from: Bungie.net

YES!!! YES!!! They finally nuked those fucking bridgers!

Andrew

What did I think about E3 this year?

Microsoft -
Still no reason to go out and buy an Xbox 360.
I loved the Halo 3 trailer. It still does not come out until 2007 though. I think I will get a 360 then.

Sony -
Will NOT pay $600 for a game console. Huh, you STOLE ANOTHER IDEA for Nintendo. What is new?

Nintendo -
I am impressed with Wii. I do not like the name though. I think the Wii will be a console that I will be purchasing. I really like the WiiConnect24 feature. I really need this system. DS has a cool Zelda game coming out for it.

Nintendo won this year's E3. Microsoft really only had one game that looked cool from epic games. I know they will be putting other games soon, but Nintendo did pwn them this year. Notice how I am not talking about last year. Sony likes to say one thing and do another. They also like to steal ideas from Nintendo. I hope the PS3 flops. I would pee myself.

Andrew

Nintendo Wii and Halo 3

For everyone who does not have the links yet, please check out Nintendo Wii's Home Page.

I am going on record saying that Halo 3 will be a great game. I know I want to talk about Wii, but I just found this out about Halo 3:

Bungie announces Halo 3, the third and final game in the Halo Trilogy. Halo 3 will be released for Microsoft's Xbox 360 in 2007.
Halo 3 E32006 Announcement Trailer

Nobody saw it coming. Halo 3! Who knew? For the last year or two, people have speculated about what our next project was and surprisingly, in all that time, not a single person guessed that it would be Halo 3. Not one.

FINAL!!! WTF! BS! Bungie is going to fail. You DO NOT PUT OUT ONE OF THE BEST GAMES AND THEN BE LIKE WE ARE DONE WITH HALO. BULLSHIT! I guess I should not even think about getting the XBox 360.

Andrew

It is Offical... Sony steals all ideas from Nintendo

It is confirmed... Sony decided to steal ideas from Nintendo. What is new? They have stolen everything else from Nintendo.

Nintendo shrugged off the similarities, with a spokesperson saying "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery".

While the controller looks virtually identical to the current PS2 controller, user wrist movements can also be translated into onscreen movement - "but it's based upon our industry standard controller, which has been enjoyed by so many gamers," said Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios.

I guess it is true... Sony is fucked.

Andrew

Especially in Michigan - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Life is my friend
Rake it up to take it in
Wrap me in your cinnamon
Especially in Michigan
...well I could be your friend

White clouds I'm in
A mitten full of fishermna
C'mon Huckleberry Finn
Show me how to make her grin
...well I'm in Michigan

Cry me a future
Where the revelations run amok
Ladies and gentlemen
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck

A rainy Lithuanian
Who's dancing as an Indian
Painted in my tiger skin
(Especially in Michigan)

Double chins and bowling pins
Unholy Presbyterians
Land is full of medicine
I find it when I'm slipping in
....into Michigan

The tainted new librarian
Who fainted when she tucked you in
Let's float away like zeppelins
(On stoic gusts of Northern wind)

Out on the farm we'll be
Swimming with the mother duck
Deep in the mitten where
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck

Life is my friend
Underwater violins
Order now from Ho Chi Min
A porcelain that comes in twins
...When I'm in Michigan

Throw me in the looney bin
'Cause I can take it on the chin
The cleavage of your pillow skin
(Is moving like a violin)

I really am liking this song from Red Hot Chili Peppers. Please go buy the album.

Andrew

This Weekend... (Jared's Party)

On Saturday, I went to Jared's bachleor's party. It was very interesting. We first went to the Red Dragon to eat. I must say the food was pretty food! We then went to a bowling across the street. I sucked it up. I could not even hit the friggin pins. Fuck dat...

Speaking of bowling... Jared's good friend Mike hit 8 strikes in a row. DAMN! Congrads dude.

We tried to play "gooffie golf" but they would not let us play. I did not realize this but Pekin has a skate park. Of course we had to see it. Those punks sucked it up. Screw that...

So here is where the night went by VERY fast... We went to Kouri's and then Goodfellas. Drinking and Drinking and Drinking... That is all I can think of right now. Oh Don and I PWN3D Jared and Mike in pool and darts. lollerskates

Any ways, it was a good time for all and I cannot wait for the wedding on Saturday.

Andrew

Trojan Snags World Of Warcraft Passwords To Cash Out Accounts

taken from: InformationWeek.com

A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online game "World of Warcraft" hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday.

MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players.

If the attacker managed to hijack a password, he could transfer in-game goods -- personal items, including weapons -- that the player had accumulated to his own account, then later sell them for real-world cash on "gray market" Web sites. Unlike some rival multiplayer online games, Warcraft's publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, bans the practice of trading virtual items for real cash.

"Win32.WOW is a clear indication that malware writers are targeting anything that involves money," said MicroWorld chief executive Govind Rammurthy in a statement. "Bucks may be smaller compared to a Trojan that steals bank accounts or credit card numbers...[but] cyber criminals are not complaining as long as the target is soft and numbers are high."

The Trojan spreads via traditional vectors, such as e-mail and peer-to-peer file sharing, added Rammurthy, but it has also been watched while it installs in a drive-by download from gaming sites' pop-up ads. The surreptitious installation is accomplished by exploiting various vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser.

Identity thieves have aimed at Warcraft previously. Just over a year ago, players were warned about a campaign that collected passwords from a bogus log-in site.

taken from: InformationWeek.com

Again... I was just about to re-up my sub to WoW...

Andrew

A Bill to ban cyber-gambling?

taken from: Reuters.com

A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday approved a bill that would ban Internet gambling, estimated to be a $12 billion industry.

The legislation would update and expand an existing federal law to cover all forms of interstate gambling within the United States, and would bar a gambling business from accepting payment in the form of credit cards, checks, wire and Internet transfers. It would also prohibit gambling on an estimated 2,300 Internet gambling sites.

Shares of some British-based gaming companies fell on news that the bill had progressed another step. PartyGaming Plc and 888 Holdings tumbled about 5 percent each on the London Stock Exchange.

The bill was approved on a voice vote by the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime. It will go to the full committee for consideration.

However, it remains unclear whether the legislation will reach floor votes in the House and Senate. Congress has a relatively short schedule this year because of the November congressional elections.

"Virtual betting parlors have attempted to avoid the application of United States law by locating themselves offshore and out of our jurisdictional reach," said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican who wrote the bill. The offshore companies use Internet sites that are "unlicensed, untaxed and unregulated," he said.

Under U.S. law, interstate gambling over telephone wires is illegal and other gambling is banned unless regulated by the states.

taken from: Reuters.com

And I just reupped my sub to WoW.

Andrew

Nintendo Wii (Revolution) Specs and more

partically taken from: GamersDaily.net
Please read their full article!!!

CPU: Codenamed “Broadway”. Developed by IBM. Suspected to be twice the clock speed of the Gamecube”Gekko” chip.

GPU: Codenamed “Hollywood”. Developed by ATi.

RAM: Rumored to have 96mb to 128mb 1T-SRAM. Developed by MoSys.

Storage: 512mb of onboard flash memory. Supports flash cards to expand storage.

Controllers: Supports 4 wireless controllers, therefore up to 4 players. Details below.

Online: Wireless online net service.

High Definition: At this point in time HD display is not supported.

Other: A couple of USB ports, plus some other ports. Backwards compatibility with the GCN controller + Wavebird.

Compatibility: Uses standard DVDs for Wii game storage. Is backwards compatible with GCN disks, and is able to emulate and play NES, SNES and N64 titles. Also possible of emulating and playing titles from other console brands, such as Sega consoles.
Online has became another big factor in modern day gaming, and the Nintendo Wii will prove no exception. Nintendo have been offering their free WiFi service on the Nintendo DS for some time now and it’s immensely popularity has forced Nintendo to include it in the Wii.
We’re almost forgetting that the Wii is just another gaming machine, and it wouldn’t be anything but a sexy little box without games to enjoy on it.
Many games have been confirmed for the Wii and developers have taken full advantage of the possibilities.

Here’s a list of the confirmed games so far:

* Super Mario Wii
* Super Smash Bros. Wii
* Metroid Prime 3
* Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Wii
* Animal Crossing Wii
* Killing Day
* Splinter Cell 4
* Madagaskar 2
* Legend of Zelda Wii
* Mario Kart Wii
* Donkey Kong Wii
* The Darkness
* Possession
* Madden NFL 07
* Suda51/Grasshopers Studio Title
* Minoru Nakai Title
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Two Titles from “Artistic Quality”
* James Bond 007: Casino Royale
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
* Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
* Sadness
* Avatar: The Last Airbender
* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
* Pangya Golf
* Elebits
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
* Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam
* Red Steel
* Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting
* Spider Man 3
* Raid Over The River
* Midway Wii Project
* Disney/Pixar’s Cars
* TNA iMPACT!
* n-Space Wii Project
* Kid Icarus Wii
* Blitz Games Wii Project
* Camelot RPG
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2007
* Sonic the Hedgehog Wii
* Trauma Center Wii
* Cooking Title

partically taken from: GamersDaily.net
Please read their full article!!!

E3 is only days away now... Boner... Right here.

Andrew

Joey Styles... SHOOTS!!!

Here is what I got that Joey said from WWE Raw last night:

"You want to apologize? Like nothing happened. Like you didn't knock me on my ass in front of millions of people worldwide, and I'm gonna come down there and work with you. I'm not coming back, and now thanks to the magic of live television I'm gonna show the whole world, why for seven years in ECW I was the unscripted, uncensored, loose cannon of commentary. Six months ago, WWE called me, I didn't call this company because I was looking for a job. I didn't need a job. WWE called me because they had humiliated and fired...again, Jim Ross. So I get JR's spot, and from week one, week after week I've got an ongoing lecture about the differences in professional wrestling and sports entertainment. I'm not allowed to say 'pro wrestling', I'm not allowed to say 'wrestler'. I have to say 'sports entertainment' and refer to the wrestlers as 'superstars'. I'm told to deliberant ignore the moves and the holds during the matches so I can tell stories. Well ignoring the moves and the holds is damn insulting to the athletes, the 'wrestlers', not the entertainers who leave their families three hundred days a year to ply their craft in that ring. Here's the best part, because I'm not a sports entertainment storyteller I get pulled from Wrestlemania, and the reason I'm given is, is because I don't sound like Jim Ross who's the guy they fired in the first place. That makes sense, right? So I swallow the bitter pill, I'm a company guy. I get bumped from Wrestlemania. Then I get bumped from Backlash? I'm not good enough to call Backlash!? In ECW, I called live pay-per-views on my own, solo, no color commentators dragging me down. Wasn't done before me, hasn't been done since. But I'm not good enough to call Backlash because I'm not a sports entertainment storyteller. Well you know what? I am sick of sports entertainment. I am sick of male cheerleaders. I am sick of boogers and bathroom humor and semen and I am sick of our chairman. Who likes to talk about his own semen, he mocks God... he mocks God!!!!! And makes out with the divas all to feed his own insatiable ego. I am sick of sports entertainment, and most of all I am sick of you fans who actually buy into that crap! This sports entertainment circus! I never
needed this job, and I don't want this job anymore... I QUIT!!!"

I know it is only 2 hours after the incident, but is this real? I doubt it. I think they would have cut the feed Joey was on. ECW? Wait and see.

Andrew

The Bears Draft Picks... Good or Bad or F-Ugly?

Here are the Chicago Bears draft picks this year... I hope they turn out to be good.

2 10 (42) Danieal Manning CB Abilene Christian (from Buffalo)
2 25 (57) Devin Hester * CB Miami (FL)
3 9 (73) Dusty Dvoracek * DL Oklahoma (from Buffalo)
4 23 (120) Jamar Williams * LB Arizona St.
5 27 (159) Mark Anderson * DE Alabama
6 26 (195) J.D. Runnels FB Oklahoma
6 31 (200) Tyler Reed OG Penn State (from Seattle)

Has anyone heard of these guys?

Andrew

I hurt my Eye...

So I was not the sharpest crayon in the box. I left my contacts in my eyes for 3 days. This is not unusual for me. I have left my contacts in for 2 weeks at a time. This time was different... I got some type of infection in my eye... It is bad... I have to got back in a couple of minutes to get them looked at again. My eye is still bothering me, but I think this should be the last visit.

Andrew

EA brings Madden to Revolution

taken from: Gamespot

EA Canada QB details popular pigskin franchise's debut for Nintendo's new console; with new controller, popular football series won't be just about pushing buttons. Exec says EA Rev games won't be straight ports.

Electronic Arts hasn't unveiled its full lineup of games for next month's Electronic Entertainment Expo yet, but one title that the publisher has confirmed will make its debut at the show in playable demo form is that of it flagship franchise on a new console. The ever-popular Madden franchise gets the call for Nintendo's next-gen console and is tentatively titled Madden Revolution. It's important to note that the game isn't simply titled Madden NFL 2007 for the Revolution--that's because no gamer has seen a Madden quite like this one.

For the first time in years, development on a major console version of EA's marquee franchise football series is being taken outside the doors of the company's Orlando, Florida-based EA Tiburon studio. The game is instead being handled north of the border, by a special Revolution-focused development group within EA's Burnaby, British Columbia studio.

Given that EA has dedicated a specific group to Revolution development, it stands to reason that the game will take advantage of the console's unique capabilities. While many details will have to wait until E3 kicks off, GameSpot was given an advanced scouting report that said that the gameplay will make extensive use of the Revolution controller's motion-sensing capabilities.

Players will hike the ball by mimicking a quarterback receiving the ball from the center, and then pass it to a receiver by making a throwing gesture with the free-hand controller. The faster the passing motion, the more of a bullet pass it becomes (in previous Madden editions, bullet passes were made by holding the passing button down longer).

Kicking the ball will be accomplished by sweeping the controller up as if it were a kicker's leg striking the ball. A fast, level swing will make for a hard, straight kick.

The Revolution controller will also come into play when running the ball, as jerking the controller left or right will make the ball-carrier juke to either side, while shoving it straight ahead will make him stiff-arm the opposition.

continues at Gamespot

Madden 2007 for Wii is going to fucking rock!!!

Andrew

Nintendo Revolution becomes Wii?

"Introducing … Wii.

As in “we.”

While the code-name “Revolution” expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer.

Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else.

Wii will put people more in touch with their games … and each other. But you’re probably asking: What does the name mean?

Wii sounds like “we,” which emphasizes this console is for everyone.

Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii.

Wii has a distinctive “ii” spelling that symbolizes both the unique controllers and the image of people gathering to play.

And Wii, as a name and a console, brings something revolutionary to the world of video games that sets it apart from the crowd.

So that’s Wii. But now Nintendo needs you.

Because, it’s really not about you or me.

It’s about Wii.

And together, Wii will change everything."


WE... WTF!?!

Andrew