Nintendo Week, Its Propagandarific!

Nintendo has recently revamed the Nintendo Channel on the Wii, one of the big changes is a new weekely show called “Nintendo Week.”  This 10 min show consits of its two hosts, Gary and Allison, promoting new games for the Wii and DS.  If it sounds like propaganda, its because it is.  And its campy too…really campy…I think that it is brainwashing me.

But overall, it provides a good format for the propaganda.  It’s campyness makes it funny, and its a great way to learn about new games.  And since it is only 10 mins, it does not have enough time to send me into a coma!  They announce some good games, but it always seems like they stick allison with some “dress up” game.  (and by always, I mean in the 2 episodes I have watched)  This week’s feature was all about Mario.  They had tons of gameplay footage of New Super Mario Brother’s Wii, and there even was a special guest appearance by Nintendo Legend Sigaru Miyamoto!

If you have a wii connected to the internet, this is definetly worth checking out.  Its an amusing little way to get your weekly dose of Nintendo Propaganda.  But if your wii won’t connect, your still not missing a lot.

5 Random Quotes for November (2009)

1. Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.  ~Sam Ewing
2. Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don’t do it.  ~Author Unknown
3. As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.  ~Author Unknown
4. I went to a general store but they wouldn’t let me buy anything specific.  ~Steven Wright
5. Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation.  ~Author Unknown

Which is better? – Halloween Special!

So what is your favroite type of halloween candy?

Happy October the 30th!

Well, tommorow is Hallowenn!  I am volunteering at the local coffe shop’s halloween thing they are throwing for the children.  Its going to be great.

But it already feels like Halloween!  I came onto campus today, and all the leaves had fallen off the trees, leaving them bare. (it would not be freaky, but I swear they were all there on wensday) The sky is dark and cloudy, and the library is having a halloween thing.  I just finished visiting all the sections and collecting all my candy…boy, I love candy.

Haloween Eve (or Hallow’s Eve…Eve) everybody!

Ducks Make for Good Theme Songs!

Great duck shows, great duck songs.

LETS GET DANGEROUS!

Needlemouse: Looks like Sega is Listening to Me ;)

Well, it finally looks like sega decided to follow my advice.  Ok, I am sure I am not the only one who gave this advice to Sega, but I am glad that they have started to listen to reason.

Back in Febuary, I wrote an artilce entitled “Sonic Should go Megaman 9;” It was all about why sonic should go back to being a 2d platformer.  As I was writing that article, Sega was already working on making my dream a reality.  Last month, they announced it.  They call it “Project Needlemouse” and it shall be a 2d platformer.  According to Wikipedia, “”The game will be a two-dimensional side-scrolling platformer reminiscent of the original Sonic games, with an emphasis on speed.”

An exact release date has not been announced yet, but we know its is going to come out sometime in 2010.  Sega has yet to name any consoles, but I think we can assume that Wii is one of them.  My guess is that it will come out for all the consoles.

This seems to good to be true….seriously, whats the catch?  Lets hope that this time its for real and not another “Werehog” or something like that.

Below is a teaser trailer, courtesy of  Machinima:

Free Programming Software from Microsoft!

Good news to all college students who are wanting to get into computer-related fields.  (like me)  Microsoft is giving you free stuff!!!  Microsoft DreamSpark wants to help aspiring computer pro’s a head start by providing them with free software such as: Visual Studio 2008 (professional edition), Server 2008 (standard), XNA Game Studio 3.1 (which lets you make games for windows and x-box), and much much more.

To get the free software, you must sign up and verify you are a student (not sure how yet, but I think you give your university email address), and download away!

https://www.dreamspark.com/default.aspx

Oh, and thanks for the tip Mr. Brewer

Which is Better? 6th Generation Consoles

The sixth generation was a good one for me.  It had some great consoles, but which one do you think was the best?

Where the Wild Things Are (2.5/5)

Before I start this review, I want to say that I don’t remember reading the book as a child, so I can’t compare them.

The basic premise is that this little boy named Max is sad at home, so he runs off and finds an island with these creatures.  He becomes their king, and tried to “keep the sadness out.”  Personally, I did not like the film that much.  The plot was supposed to be deep, but obviously it went over my head, becasue I did not get it.  It started out good, but as time when on it started making less and less sense until finally it ended horribly.  (I don’t want to give anything away, but lets just say it could have ended so much better…they forshadowed a great ending and then did’nt do it.)

Also, I might think twice about bringing small children to see this movie.  Many children under the age of 7 would be terrified by some of the scenes in this film.

Overall, I would not recommend this film.

Stargate Universe: “Air” parts 1-3 (1/5)

Well, I just finished watching the 3 part premier of Stargate Universe on hulu.  I give it 2 thumbs down.  The network went for “dark and edgy”, but they got “stupid and incoherent.”

First of all, if you do try to watch this, don’t blink, cause if you do, you will miss something and become confused….well, you are probably going to be confused either way.  The plot is crazy and jumbled.  Also, the first episode keeps jumping back and forth in time, making things worse.  The plot is devoid of logic, and it feels nothing like stargate.  In fact, its kinda an infult to stargate.

One bright spot was that there were cameos by O’Neill, Carter, and Jackson from sg1.  However Carter and Jackson’s cameos were not very long….or good.

…if you are a fan, you may remeber episode 200, where they did a parody of stargate with young, hip characters.  Thats pretty much what this series is.  (and I am not the only one to make this comparason…a dude on hulu did too)

Overall, if you are one of those people who think you are too cool for stargate and the older star-trek series, but like the new Star-Trek movie.  And if the buzzwords “dark and edgy” appeal to you, then you may like this.  But if you loved the first two stargate series, then stay away.  Just stay away.  This is not stargate, this is a bad joke.