Recent content by pumbaa

Check out this stuff just posted on 4cr. Nintendo let out a Cowboy Jed music video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-zNbbJ2cqs And a montage of b-roll footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3uTKDZAVk Also looks like they want to try to get people to remix this stuff. Interesting...

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/04/22/mario-kart-ditches-wii-would-like-to-play-for-cowboy-jed/#comments What do you guys think? (Also, I realize I'm randomly posting at random times with no consistency. Ah well.)

I suppose I'm asking as a foil to Microsoft and Sony. The Gamerscore and Playstation blogs are (like it or not) "marketing." The Halo 3 ARGs? Marketing. BioShock's Cult of Rapture website? Marketing. I know I'm asking about a wide range of people here, some of which have bought the Wii itself...

Everyone seems to be getting tripped up on the "hardcore" samantics. Hardcore is just a way of saying "the gaming subculture," "us," "the people who will always been online anticipating multiple titles that are coming out and actively discussing aspects of gaming." There's a difference between...

I've been around. Not actively posting... but around.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this for the past couple days and I’m wonder what you guys have to say about the topic. Before Metroid Prime 3 was released, IGN posted an editorial that questioned why Nintendo wasn’t hyping up the game. Stephen Totilo also had a few interesting things to say...

The Wii Dog will rule the world one day. Just you wait all you unbelievers!

I've seen the thing about the Wiimote being off. I don't know if it's a fake or not... but it's pretty damn funny regardless. The dog Mii is especially on point.

Yes, yes Kayden. It is indeed I, after a long hiatus. I come back to post about YouTube videos.

So accessible, a dog can play it. Maybe. I have no idea what's going on here... but it seems to be a dog playing the Wii. Check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyenTp2-fE8

Anyone? That one died faster than (insert something witty here...)

In the spirit of the OP, I wonder then what Nintendo's place in all this is. We've gotten a couple of definitions on what "hardcore" means and is... but I think where I'm coming from is this perception that Nintendo is no longer or hasn't been "core" for a while. Nintendo's conference seems a...

Then what is a game that caters to the hardcore? Is it an expansive, "deep," time consuming game? Does it have a lot of barriers of entry in order to "get" it? Does it require mastery in order to truly enjoy it? I think in this way, Ninja Gaiden may be a "hardcore" series? I dunno.

In looking at the response from e3, there is even more talk of Nintendo "abandoning" the hardcore gamer. Nintendo's press conference, although they tried, didn't really do much to dispel this thought. Nintendo has said games like Mario, Metroid, and Zelda DS support their "hardcore" gamers...

Anybody use the CC coupon lately? I'm thinking about using it on the $249.99 19 inch Element HDTV: http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/howToGetItTab.do?c=1&zip=33166&oid=175558&userClick=&showMoreStores=true#tabs