Wiiiiiii!
Wiiiiiii!
Apr 28As happens on an almost daily basis–at least, it seems that way in my life, but maybe I just soak too much in the writhing cesspool of teh intarweb’s geek communities–some fairly substantial bit of geeky news has hit, and everyone is bitching.
Nintendo’s new Revolution console is now officially named Wii. Pronounced “we,” as in, “Wii play Mario Kart! Wii wave this strange remote device in front of our television to steer! Wii be playing with power!”
Honestly, it’s not THAT shitty a name. It’s kinda crazy. But I like that it underlines Nintendo’s approach with the console–to break out of the shark-infested waters of modern gaming and present a product that will appeal to gamers, sure, but also to Grandma and little Billy who has always loved Pokemon and your girlfriend who doesn’t know Link from Master Chief but will enjoy waving that strange remote device around to make fun things happen.
Plus, it has the trendy lower case “i.” TWICE. Take that, Apple!
In other gaming news, this Star Trek battle simulator looks like it has potential. I’d pay $50 to command the Enterprise (NCC-1701, please, NOT A or B or C or D or even E) in battle against some goateed Klingon scum.
It’s funny – gamers are bitching, the press are expounding (it’s the job after all), but I haven’t heard too many developers about it. I guess for us, what they call their machine isn’t as big a deal as dev tool availability, etc.
Wheeeeeeee!
Klingon bastard! KILLED MY SON!