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Suda 51 on game development
Infendo regular Josh D. points us to a Next Generation feature on Killer 7’s Suda 51 (Grasshopper Manufacture president Goichi Suda) entitled Suda 51 and the Punk Spirit. It’s worth a read for all you Killer 7 fans out there, as well as you aspiring game designers/developers still reeling over comments made last week that Nintendo consoles lack artistic style. Here’s my fundament...
Everybody Votes: "By this time next year, I will be…" with video game personalities
The voting channel is perhaps the least liked of all the current Wii Channel fare because, well, it’s kind of campy and doesn’t do much of anything. The current “question” up for vote at the Everybody Votes Channel is “By this time next year, I will be”¦” with “Better off” and “The same/worse off” as the choices. That said, I thought it’d be fun to go outside the channel̵...
Chris Hecker apologizes
I dedicate this post to anonymous commenter, who said I had no idea what I was talking about when I called out (and did what Reggie did yesterday to Phil Harrison) Chris Hecker of Maxis for calling the Wii “a piece of sh*t.” Chris Hecker, from today: I don’t know who has read the internet, yesterday. In a [unintelligible] panel I said a bunch of things. I was trying to be thought...
GDC: Fils-Aime owns Harrison
Chris Kohler, Game|Life: Waiting for the Miyamoto keynote to start, I’m sitting three rows from the front. Close enough to see Nintendo’s resident BMOC, Reggie Fils-Aime at the front of the crowd, working it with his trademark smile and good will. He poses for pictures, he signs Wiimotes, he presses the flesh with a good natured ease that would make even the most seasoned politician we...
Miyamoto makes someone’s day at GDC
From Joystiq at the GDC: “That was the single greatest moment of my life. He stood in front of me, he smiled, he took my game, he signed it, he shook my hand.” -A passerby, talking on his cell phone about a chance meeting with Shigeru Miyamato, shortly after a presentation by game composer Koji Kondo. Obviously this anonymous passerby hasn’t met Chris Heckler or worked at Maxis b...
Chris Heckler, Maxis know what fun is
Chris Heckler (no pun intended, you’ll see below), one of the developers of Spore — otherwise known as the game in a neck and neck race with Duke Nukem Forever for the title of the most hyped game that may never come out — took Nintendo and the Wii console to task during a “spirited” session at the GDC this week. Hecker said the Wii is nothing more than two GameCubes ...
Wii and Tea
Maybe our British friends can start a new tradition. I kid, I kid. We don’t want to meddle with the proven tea time formula…
Nintendo Spotting: Car covered in Pokemon edition
The best part of this particular Nintendo Spotting installment is that you can get over to eBay and OWN it!
More on Gunpei (David beats Goliath every time)
From beyond the grave, Gunpei still influences an entire generation of gaming: “Although fancier, more powerful handheld technology existed at the time, Yokoi maintained that the Game and Watch systems should use affordable components that offered a decent battery life. Consumers, he believed, would prefer cheaper products with fun gameplay over the hottest, cutting-edge gadgets. This design...
The Escapist searches for Gunpei Yokoi
Who is Gunpei Yokoi? You have to ask? Game & Watch, R.O.B., the D-pad, Kid Icarus, Fire Emblem and Metroid. The Game Boy. The Virtual Boy. I own them all (high five!) and now you know who invented them. The late, great Gunpei. Today the Escapist’s Lara Cringer digs deep into Gunpei’s past. Gunpei, a man responsible for much of what makes Nintendo Nintendo today, yet is still a pret...
Nintendo keychains are music to my ears
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUMXto8qmF4]These would never get annoying. Ever. But are they old? Too old to be news? Please tell me.
Nintendo Spotting: Let’s play doctor edition
“On a door in Kingston on Princess Street. “ [Flikr, via Joystiq]