Wiimote on PC Acceleration
The Wiimote is bluetooth? How did I miss that bit of info?
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links for 2006-12-01
Halo 3 Beta signups
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Microsoft To Give Away 30,000 Copies Of Vista, Office 2007
I am almost done “watching” the videos.
(tags: microsoft vista)
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Whyville Flu Shots
The citizens of Whyville will have the opportunity to receive a flu shot which will result in immunity to the “Why-Flu,” a simulated virtual version of common influenza. Similar to a real flu, the Why-Flu will is transmitted between by “contact” in the virtual community, such as being in the same vicinity as another citizen’s infected avatar. Without the protection of a flu shot, a citizen will very likely get infected and experience virtual symptoms that include uncontrolled sneezing that interruptions in the ability to chat as well as unsightly red boils on one’s virtual face.
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OMG, this is so …read more
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The Blogosphere’s Alive, With The Sound of Halo…
Hopefully you heard Julie Andrews when you read that headline. If not, I’m horribly old and out of touch with the youth of today.
Take a look at what I just saw on YouTube.
Reader comment:
Someone just pointed out to me that this video may cotain the release date for Halo 3. One car in the vid license plate number is GOW1106, Could be meaning Gears of War 11/06. The other car reads HA LO0307, pause it at 50 seconds its on the right…. probably not true but intersting
I first saw this via Joystiq, and now I’m seeing …read more
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In Game Adverting or Spyware?
EA places this card in Battlefield 2142’s box:
… a strange disclaimer, stating that the user’s IP address and “other anonymous data” would be sent to a company called IGA Worldwide in order to deliver in-game advertisements.
Is this in-game advertising a little over the line? I’m voting yes…
2 CommentseBay Says Average Cost of PS3 is $1K+
People are working hard (or hardly working) to get their hands on the PS3. Folks are paying, on average, more than $1K to take home the shiny black console.
The Wii and XBox 360 are getting some love as well on eBay, but the PS3 is certainly the darling of the auction site at present. Who’d have thought that shorting your distribution outlets and making them appear much more popular than they really are would work for a console? Must have learned something from the 360’s release…
Gears of War Hits #1
Gears of War, the highly anticipated game from Microsoft Game Studios, has shocked all expectations of sales. While MS clearly saw it as an answer to the disappointment that Halo 3 is not yet ready, the rest of us just sat back and compared it to Halo, where it came sadly lacking.
But then again, what game doesn’t come up short against Halo. I often wonder if Halo was really all that good or if we are all in love with it for old times sake.
Our own lurid fascination with Halo notwithstanding, Gears of War shocked us …read more
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Launch Recap
The Wii sold roughly 650K units at launch, compared with about half that number of PS3s. However, with the PS3 losing money with each sale, Sony is probably content with that number. In fact, they lowered the number of PS3s, in my opinion, to lower their initial financial outlay and still create a feeling of selling out.
XBox 360, as a converse, is finally making about $75 per console (their initial loss per console was $75), now that they have reduced production costs. Surely, since the frantic pace they were asking for fulfillment has been slowed …read more
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Wii and PS3 Launch This Weekend
Duh, huh? LOL I just wanted to let you all know I will be posting little over the next few days, since I’ll be attempting to cover these launches locally. I’ll let you know what I find here.
Whatever you see locally would be great to note. Please leave me any messages in the comments or at robyn@b5media.com. Thanks!
IGN and Fox’s D2D
IGN was purchased for a great deal of money last year by Fox Interactive Media, and their Direct 2 Drive area is already beginning to show promise. Recent partnerships with Starz, Lionsgate, Manga, Central Park Media and 20th Century Fox (NewsCorp) hint at a large future.
The site doesn’t promote just any show for download to WMV-capable devices. Men-focused shows only need apply.
– Movies run $7.99-19.99 while TV shows are the ubiquitous $1.99 a pop with season prices varying. TV offerings are limited for now to a grab bag of Fox series including 24, Prison Break, Bones.
Variety (which had …read more
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