Wii
Gamefly goes Tangible with G-BOX Rentals
Gamefly continues it’s tradition of human interaction free game rental with the Gamefly G-BOX. Similar to DVD rental machines found in grocery stores, the G-Box allows customers to rent video games on a day-to-day basis for a small fee – 1.99 per day for Wii games 2.49 per day for Xbox 360 and Ps3 games. The first G-BOX was installed in Texas Tech University’s Barnes & Noble ...
Trim console clutter to two best accessories
Scientists estimate one Wii dies every hour, an unfortunate victim of suffocation beneath heaps of unnecessary, cheap plastic peripherals. Accessories for the Wii and DS have gotten out of hand, and a short walk through your local Target or Wal-Mart provides ample evidence. Remote sleeves, stickers, cooling fans, tennis racket add-ons — aside from robbing you blind, this price-tagged waste h...
Top 5 sleeper games of 2008
Independent of platform, these are the best low-profile games this year, because I said so. What are your favorite hidden gems of 2008?
Top 10 Things That Annoy Me About the Wii
Over the past two years the Wii, and by extension Nintendo, has enjoyed immense success. Massive sales, new avenues of consumer adoption, grannies boxing grannies, and soccer moms getting fit on a video game controller–it’s all here, and the impact is undeniable. Why then, I ask, am I still so annoyed with this amazing machine? Before I jump headfirst into flame land, however, hereR...
Wii reaches 22 million-sellers in 16 months
The sales-tracking website VGChartz.com is now reporting 22 Wii games have sold one million copies or more worldwide. LucasArts’ Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga is the latest Wii game to go platinum, making it the ninth third-party game to reach this prestigious plateau. These figures sharply contrast criticism asserting Wii software has poor selling potential. For comparison, Microsoft...
Leaked Revolution Ad?
This was sent to us from an unconfirmed source via email. It is pure speculation, however. The individual claims to have access to non-public info, but says he only works in marketing and not in actual development. Apparently, it depicts an ad campaign to be launched at the same time as the Xbox 360 release later this year. Personally, I think a March 2006 release to be too early, but your guess i...