Category:Games

Zombies will always infect videogames, because gamers need something they can shoot guilt-free.

Games Beat: Will Wright says games are headed toward ubiquity, diversity, and art

"Almost every new technology is an amplification of our body," Wright said, "Computers, the internet, social networks expand everything. The most important thing they expand is our imaginations and our brains. I think of games as imagination amplifiers. We can construct these elaborate worlds, play with them, share them back and forth, and this is one of the culturally most impactful things that our medium can offer."

Maybe it's why some of us are trying to archive it like it's art.

I've been tuned to the importance of gaming in our culture ever since my brother turned me onto Jane McGonigal's book, Reality Is Broken.

This is such a good rip on Mike Tyson's Punchout.

The people at Sony and Microsoft have to be a little envious of the interactive controls on the Nintendo Wii. The graphics on the Wii aren't nearly as detailed as that on the PS3 and XBox 360, but just take a look at these videos and tell me it doesn't look fun as hell:

http://us.wii.com/

I really like the Wii site too. Very clean and organized.

It's nothing new, but I always find it amusing when the media creates 'battles' where there are none. Within the last week we've seen the launch of the Sony Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii. These are both gaming systems so obviously there's going to be some competition by default, but the reality of the situation is that these two systems are have completely different target audiences. Actually, the case of the Nintendo Wii, it's just a larger target.

Sony's PS3 runs for around $600 and is being marketed as more of an entertainment center for your home than simply a video game system. The Nintendo Wii, on the other hand, is being marketed for the kid demographic and doesn't have nearly the processing muscle as the PS3, but features some kick-ass, interactive controls (that's the reason I personally want a Wii).

Now there's going to be competition, but the media needs their black & white. Good & Evil. Let's give it to Mary Wong from the Associated Press for this article:

Companies Pursue Game Console Supremacy

from the article:

The game-console war is officially under way with the sold-out launches of Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii, but there are still a lot of battles to fight -- and dragons to slay.

It's the same language we see when any new digital music player comes out, what do they ask - "Is this the iPod killer?" There can never be a new digital music player, it has to be an iPod killer.

If I get a new job at a company, are people to assume I'm after the CEO's job (I might be, but you can't assume that)?
"Mulvey After the Man in Charge"

If I make a new friend, am I trying to get rid of this person's best friend?
"Mulvey Aims to Phase Out Friend Competition."

Please people. Let's relax a little and ease up on the 'wars'.

Ashes Clashes Backyard Classic Catch (found at theFWA)

Jason Reinsvold's Bow Master - don't waste too much of your Friday on this game.