Two Warnings on ISPs About OnLive
It’s pretty rare that I council ISPs on how to do their jobs. Okay, fine, I do that about every five minutes on this blog. But, here I’m going to focus on one topic that has popped up recently; OnLive. As you may know, OnLive promises lag free gaming from your web browser. I’m not [...]
Low-key at GDC
Yes, I will be at GDC. Most of my time will be in meetings as we work on an upcoming project. However, as I always do, I am open to sitting down with just about everyone in the industry. From fans to interested future employees, it’s all fair game. So, if you are interested in [...]
NVIDIA Expands Mobile Driver Support
A little over a week ago, NVIDIA finally expanded their support of mobile chipsets with ForceWare drivers. Previously, only a couple of graphics cards in NVIDIA-powered laptops could use NVIDIA’s stock driver. Sure, there has always been laptopvideo2go.com (which hacks the desktop ForceWare drivers to work on laptops), but this has at times caused problems… [...]
Kega Fusion Comes to Mac
Here’s a Christmas gift I wasn’t expecting… Kega Fusion has been ported to Mac OS X! Kega Fusion is one of the most popular SEGA Genesis + CD + 32X emulators out there, and the developer has just finished porting it as his first Mac app. This really opens up a lot of potential for [...]
Quake on iPhone is Illegal. And isn’t Illegal. iD Really Needs a Spokesperson…
I don’t like when companies over generalize. So, when iD CEO Todd Hollenshead made the following remarks, I got a little ticked. Basically, iD is asserting that Quake ports to iPhone must be sanctioned by iD, in order to be released: “Hollenshead informed us that ZodTTD’s port would be illegal and not sanctioned by the [...]
Bad Ads: Nintendo DS Women
The latest ads from Nintendo are a perfect example of a bad TV advertisement. In case you haven’t seen them, they feature pop star women using Nintendo DS with assorted games (Brian Age, Nintendogs, Mario, etc). That’s fine, but the format of the ad is worse than bad… it’s alienating. Yes, this is pretty much [...]
Xbox Live Arcade Delisting: Stupid in 10 Separate Ways (Updated)
It’s been awhile since the Xbox team did something stupid. Fortunately, this week they did something stupid… with gusto! In a nutshell, in case you haven’t heard, Microsoft has announced that they have tenative plans to stop selling certain Xbox Live Arcade games which both have low review scores, and have a low “conversion rate” [...]
Tip: Play Halo 1 Again
One of the nice things about the new MacBook Pros (and technically the previous revision) is their GeForce 8600GT Go graphics. Which, after running through Halo 3 for the n-th time, gave me an idea… MacSoft was really hyping how their version of Halo was the most refined, so why not put it to the [...]
Wii House of The Dead – Ported by Sonic Team
Crazy, but it appears to be true. The Nintendo Wii version of House of The Dead 2 & 3 appears to have been ported by Sonic Team. Where’s Sonic? Bueller? Bueller? Anyways, the evidence that they did the port lies in all the online files residing on Sonic Team’s Japanese servers… Like, here. After the [...]
Deal: Halo 3 for $20 at FYE (Free at some stores)
FYE retail stores are running a $40 rebate on Halo 3 right now. They appear to be mistakenly offering this rebate without the requirement that you buy an Xbox 360 (which appears to be where the rebate originated). However, the rebate makes no mention of the need to purchase an Xbox 360, and prints at [...]
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