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Nintendo sells metric %#@&-load of Wiis in November

Monday 15th December 2008 10:14 GMT Greg GIlbraith

unsurprising

The Wii, much as it might be sniffed at for being casual, is something new.

I have yet to see anything console exclusive come out that really makes me ache to drop the fuckload of cash on a proper 360 /ps3 (the base models cost the same as the wii, but the base models are for suckers).

the Wii brought with it an actually new gaming experience. If I want to play platformers, there are plenty out there for my xbox or ps2. If I want to play tony hawk, i can get it for my xbox or ps2.

only with the wii can I wave my arms around like a wiitard and watch my onscreen character slash his sword through bad guys. love it. when the three consoles were being teased three years ago I made up my mind that it was only the Wii for Mii. It was the only one that brought something new to the table.

If they would just figure out some !@#$ing way for me to download tracks for Rock Hero, now...

Also, minor nitpick to the article -- it lists the Microsoft XBox. Should specify the XBox 360. There is another console on there from the XBox's generation, so it can't simply be assumed.

I personally still find it hilarious that the ps2 is selling in a robust fashion. For one thing, who the hell does NOT already own one?

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Battlestar Galactica prequel shuns space, spaceships

Wednesday 3rd December 2008 18:52 GMT Greg GIlbraith

@Enigmatic

I would say something about watching only a few episodes if it was lame, but I am not sure I can do that with a straight face. I've watched the last two seasons of atlantis, which have been only lightly sprinkled with entertainment.

I'm a damn fanboy.

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Wednesday 3rd December 2008 15:28 GMT Greg GIlbraith

wider, but as deep?

I. I agree with the suspicion that it will be Battlestar: Dynasty.. I personally turned off when I saw in a preview "So, mr. Adams.." "My name is Adama!" WTF! Galactica has never been anglocentric. The names are all supposed to be mediterranean. Some "repressed hispanic" plotline brewing? blech.

II. Baystars and Battlestars exchanging missiles is something I live to see, I won't argue. The strange quiet as the sky fills with vipers, raptors, raiders, and missiles leading inexorably to conflagration is exciting as all get-out.

However, they have props in my heart for one of the coolest sci-fi scenes ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdkCpnGMyGw&NR=1 (not to be confused with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPhwEtBcPc )

III. I'll still watch it, just to be sure. I love me some galactica. Not just for ships blowing up, but for the grit and drama. I don't know that they'll be able to maintain the nervous tension that makes galactica (early season esp) so engaging-- the constant threat of the cylons. Later, things got easier for them. They knew how to take on the baddies.. They had to play a deeper game. And also not be complete retards, which was tough for most of the central characters.

IV. If they want the "wider audience" that this appears to be going for, shouldn't it be on during the day on a network? Isn't a wider audience just more shallow? Less passionate?

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