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First of all, let me just ask, is it 11:54PM or 10:54PM… My mind and body can’t tell. The time change last night appears to have taken place already on all of my physical clocks, computers, etc., but my mind hasn’t really caught on yet. Just to be safe I have ironed my clothes for tomorrow and have already shaved my head and face. I don’t expect that my alarm going off at 6:35AM (5:35AM “my time”) tomorrow morning will have a very nice effect on me and I just might get up a little late… We’ll see.
I should also let everyone know (you know who all 3.234 of you are) that I didn’t ever get around to creating my giant poster (or was it a huge poster?) this weekend. I ended up doing some things around the house, working on a couple of projects for FS, and went to work today with Chris.
I can’t even find any information on the Internet right now for this bit of information, though I’m sure it is out there. When I fired up my Wii this evening I had a message from Nintendo about an upgrade for the Wii. The upgrade is a new channel titled “Everybody Votes”.
Basically, it is a place where random questions are asked with 2 responses. You choose the response that best fits you and your likes dislikes and then you have a chance to predict what you think the rest of the world is going to choose. The 3 questions I responded to this evening went something like this:
- Which Valentine’s gift is more romantic, chocolate or roses?
- I’d rather live in a house on a mountain or on a beach.
- Which type of pets do you prefer, dogs or cats?
I chose chocolate, on a mountain, and cats. I predicted roses, on a beach, and dogs. Basically, everything I predicted that everyone would prefer something different than what I chose because they seem like more mainstream answers to me, just not my personal preferences.
Once the polls close for these questions, Nintendo will send me the results in a message or via the Everybody Votes Channel on the Wii console. According to some messages I read while in the channel, it will also deliver information on how many times I choose answers that are the most popular choice and how many times my predictions are correct.
While the Wii is great for gaming, current or classic, I really like the different channels Nintendo is adding to the Wii Menu. I enjoy browsing the Internet via the Internet Channel, checking the weather around the world in the Weather Channel, and keeping up to date on current events in a number of different categories through the News Channel. These types of services keep the Wii fresh and also offer useful services to it’s user base that can be used easily while in between games or whatnot.
Even though the Wii won’t appeal to everyone, and I don’t consider it my primary gaming platform, I think it has a lot to offer and I look forward to the future updates Nintendo brings to the table. Interactive, non-thinking activities like the new Everybody Votes Channel works for me!
Until next time…
I fired up my Xbox 360 this evening and was greeted by a wonderful sight on the 360 Dashboard. An old school favorite of mine was being advertised for sale in the Xbox Live Marketplace, Paperboy. I have played Paperboy for years and love every minute. I have played it in the arcade, on my Nintendo SNES, and on my original Xbox on Midway Arcade Treasures.
Oh, don’t think the fun stopped there because it didn’t! I fired up my Nintendo Wii, checked out the Wii Shop Channel, and saw that Kid Icarus for the original NES and Super Mario World for the SNES were recently addes and available for purchase and download. You better believe I pulled both of these titles down to the Wii. I remember playing these games back in the day and having a blast!
I think Microsoft and Nintendo are on the right track by making classic games available for “now-gen” consoles. I have purchased about 6 titles from the Wii Shop Channel and around 16 from the Xbox Live Marketplace. I mean, how cool is it that you can play games like Frogger, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Joust, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and now the games I mentioned above, on a current piece of hardware with some graphic and gameplay upgrades (Xbox only for graphic upgrades, 360 Achievement Points, and online gameplay)?
Being the Old School Player that I am, I really enjoy sitting down for some old school gaming and then turning around and playing next-gen games that blow anything away with amazing graphics, audio, and gameplay. Gaming has come a long way but it is still nice to see that these major players in the gaming industry still make the old school titles and franchises available to us for cheap.
Until next time…
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