Points of Interest – 12/19/06
- Sounds like PS3 buyers aren’t the ones in danger of being mugged, any more.
Frankly, the whole idea of someone trying to steal someone else’s Christmas shopping absolutely disgusts me. If I ever found out my parents or someone actually succeeded in swiping a paid-for product like that just to give it to me, I’d throw it back in their faces.
I suppose one could argue good intentions in the end, but the means certainly don’t justify this kind of crap. At Christmas/Hannukah/Non-Denominational Holiday time, no less.
There’s a special place in Hell for that kind of behaviour, I’m sure. And I bet it involves an Atari and E.T.
- Time, while giving us all a nice little honor (see today’s The Daily ‘Shroom items #2 and 3), weren’t quite so nice to the likes of Sony, Fox, and O.J. Simpson, as they were all among five phenomena that didn?t live up to the hype.
- Speaking of hype, now that it’s all died down, GameDaily gives the Wii and PS3 a second, “more sobering” look.
- Evil Avatar reports that Sony’s saying that the PS3 will never be 100% utilized.
Well, stop the presses! A game system that’s not 100% utilized?! Say it ain’t so!
…correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that more or less true of damn near every video game system to come out? If I’m not mistaken, there are even homebrewers squeezing a few more drops out of the old Atari consoles that were once thought as being impossible.
- Oh, finally. Wii Forecast Channel on the 20th? About time.
- Of course you realize, this means war.
- Proto-Wii controllers? What the bloody Hell?
The star one has to be a joke…
- The man with the Castlevania plan, Koji Igarashi, has a new video interview out and about, and he even talks a bit about next-gen.
- The 10 Most Dangerous Toys Ever.
I had a friend years ago who had a lawn dart. Man, that was fun. Not much point, but who cares?
- If you’ve ever submit a guide to GameFAQs, maybe you should read this.
- Lara gets “drool-worthy,” just in time for a new movie.
- K.K. Slider boogies on down in the snow.
And look, there’s Yoshi, too.
- So wrong.
So hilarious.
A Zelda cartoon, animated to look like South Park but using voice clips from the old cartoon.
And as a bonus, you can see the original scenes and context at the bottom as it plays.
- I bid a dollar.
I don’t think I’m going to win.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”
December 21st, 2006 at 11:23 am
4. That has got to be one of the more hilarious quotes I’ve heard from Sony. Wait, isn’t that what we’re supposed to be buying when we purchase a PS3? POTENTIAL? Which is not even being used? I’m telling ya, Microsoft and Nintendo don’t need to make any effort to tear down Sony. They’re doing it TO THEMSELVES.
And yes, in theory you will never utilize 100% of any computer as there will always be just one more little thing you can do… But you bring up an excellent example of that theory in practice. Some of the homebrew stuff out there is amazing. So a statement like this, that the PS3′s full capabilities will not be used, kind of goes without saying… But to explicitly state it, isn’t that kind of a blow to developers working so hard to juice this thing? And to consumers who were told that this unused potential is precisely what they’re investing in? There had to have been some better way for him to say, “Games are good now but they’re only going to get BETTER!”