The Daily ‘Shroom – 1/31/07
- Some good news (well, not for me, but for SOMEone, I’m sure) I received by a tip from BPM Omega. Sounds like Vista’s Aero won’t affect gaming performance.
“As this was a concern of mine (as I’ve considered whether or not to actually USE my free Vista upgrade), it has been confirmed through testing that the Aero Glass 3D interface doesn’t hamper the PC’s performance when playing games. As it turns out, Vista disables Aero while playing 3D games.”
- GameTrailers has a video interview with Ed Boon regarding the gameplay of the Wii version of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.
What has me most curious is how punches and kicks are executed, or more specifically, how the differentiation between high and low punches would work.
- Good news from IGN for PS3 owners: you may be able to have your rumble after all.
- Godzilla: Unleashed on Wii.
Is there really anything more that needs to be said?
Well, in any case, there’s an interview behind the link there, which ought to sate you for now.
Oh, and screenshots. Beautiful, beautiful screenshots. HD? Whatever. I’m good with this.
- I was relucatant to report on the death of an EBGames Manager, who was suffocated by assailants during a robbery.
This really is tragic, disgusting even. Hopefully the thieves will get theirs.
- When Wario says, “I’m-a Wario, I’m-a gonna win!”, then you’d better believe it!
- Nintendo turns family into familii, seems to be the claims of one lady from Hardin County, whose family just can’t get enough of Big N’s wonderful little machine.
…yeah.
Incidently, I am curious if the Wii has been responsible for creating any sort of “family time,” wherein families that might normally go about their own business are spending more time together as a result of Iwata’s wondrous viral box.
- Apparently, there are those who would oppose Capcom in their attempts to besmirch the name of the AIAS and their pay-to-play awards. Click and see what Chris Kohler at Game|Life and Ray Padilla at 1up have to say about this recent turn of events.
I myself was unaware that awards shows operated this way. Might explain the Spike TV VG awards, too.
Or maybe not.
- So Game|Life reports that Guitar Hero is stickin’ around on the PS2 for now.
After reading this, thinking about Sony’s situation and stuff, I can’t help but wonder if maybe some sort of add-on to the PS2 for Blu-Ray and Sixaxis support might not have been a better idea.
On the other hand, that’d probably be too much like SEGA CD and 32X for some people…
…thought maybe just the same people avoiding it, anyway. Really makes you think.
- Burger King has a triple-platinum with cheese.
Heavy on the cheese, but heavy on the profits, too.
- o/~ Bad boys, bad boys… o/~
- Hmm…
“All told, Tim claims he spent six hours and a total of four trips to Wal-mart just to buy what should have been a “fully operational” machine. So either this is an isolated freak of nature, Microsoft is shipping abnormal amounts of defective product, or Wal-mart’s restocking returns.”
Knowing Wal-Mart, my money is on number three. What do I win?
- 1up.com has After Burner: Black Falcon for PSP, and is bound and determined to kick anyone and everyone’s ass in coverage, with exclusive hands-on, video footage, and even an official blog.
Mercy, please, I beg of you!
–LBD “Nytetrayn”
January 31st, 2007 at 9:30 am
4. That looks like World of Warcraft-level graphics! Pretty nice.
9. Is it any surprise? The PS3′s future is still unsteady for the time being. I just find it funny how people will criticize the Wii as “GameCube 1.5″, but what of the Sony camp? They’re still working with PS2 version 1.0.
12. Definitely Wal-Mart. I mean, early batches of Xbox 360s did have their share of problems (which is why I should probably be glad that my preorder didn’t get filled until 5 and a half months after launch… probably), but those don’t sound like MS problems. Red Ring of death, sure, I’ll give them that. But a missing controller? And not being able to play games? They’re definitely restocking returns.
Viva Pinata is worth the effort, though.
January 31st, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Pretty much all award ceremonies operate on a pay to be considered for nomination basis. They don’t pay for themselves after all. The Oscars and BAFTAs have been like it for decades.
January 31st, 2007 at 6:57 pm
I can definitely see both sides of the argument. I don’t think authors should discriminate the opposition so harshly. But I guess the fight here is against award events in general.