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Archive of January 2009
Obvious Alert: Nintendo's Brain Age Doesn't Make You Smarter
Nintendo has implied that their Brain Age games make you smarter (or at least keep sharper). And gamers and people with adequate intelligence have long known that this simply isn't based in any amount of truth. Apparently a French researcher didn't get the memo and had to go reveal this to the Christian Science Monitor, which promptly published an article about it. Thanks, everyone. Really.
And, hey, for all of you who play Wii Fit out there - I'm sure someone will eventually publish a study saying that if you go exercise outside, you'll get the same amount of benefit without the ridiculous expenditure. Just so you know. You heard it here first.
January 29th, 2009 / paladinz / Tags: video games, nintendo, brain age, obvious, science / Trackback / CommentsDean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son
In this grisly thriller, the first in a new series by bestsellers Koontz and Anderson, Dr. Frankenstein has survived into the 21st century, masquerading as biotech tycoon Victor Helios. Helios wants to replace flawed humanity with his New Race, people born and fermented in pods, their personalities programmed by him, their imperfections removed in the lab. But at least one of his creations has become a serial killer, trying to assemble the perfect woman from parts of many. Like expert plate-spinners, the authors set up a dizzying array of narrative viewpoints and cycle through them effortlessly.
Excerpt from Amazon blurb January 28th, 2009 / Binkley / Trackback / Comments
The Cast of Red Alert 3: Uprising
Red Alert 3 had a ridiculously fanservice-heavy cast, including Kelly Hu, Gemma Atkinson, Randy Couture, and Jenny McCarthy. Now, the recently-announced expansion pack has added "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Malcolm McDowell, Jamie Chung, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, and Holly Valance for what promises to be an even more over-the-top set of cutscenes.
To gauge the campiness level of these casting decisions, you probably want to check out Flair's quote about joining the game:
When I found out that EA wanted me to be part of Command & Conquer, all I could say was ‘Woooooooooooo!’
Yeah.
Image from Kotaku.
January 27th, 2009 / paladinz / Tags: video games, red alert, ric flair / Trackback / Comments
From The Non-Adventures of Wonderella
January 26th, 2009 / Binkley / Tags: webcomics, wonderella / Trackback / CommentsFelica Day gives Jimmy Fallon some WoW Tips January 23rd, 2009 / Binkley / Tags: video games, wow / Trackback / Comments
Obama Street
People in San Francisco celebrated the Obama inauguration by switching many of the signs on "Bush Street" to "Obama Street". This is social engineering at its best and an awesome way to celebrate the new administration!
This particular picture was uploaded on Flickr by jen_maiser.
Wii is on track to outsell PlayStation 2, while PS3 is on par with GameCube sales
We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so then the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine-and-a-half years [of the PS3's supposed 10 year lifespan]?
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January 21st, 2009
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Sony exec Kaz Hirai, in an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine. This entire interview is simply unreal.