“I have an idea for an Infendo post you should do…” — Sean Malstrom

And so began this simple post on an extraordinary idea. Perhaps a bit crazy too, but then again all disruptive technologies are labeled as such before they’re accepted en masse.

The idea? That the Balance Board packaged with Wii Fit isn’t an accessory at all. It’s a console, just the like Wii or even the PlayStation 3.

You were wondering when Nintendo would update the Wii? Unveil a Wii 2? Good news: The Wii Balance Board is it.

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Epic Games doesn’t like Wii. Here’s what president Mike Capps had to say in a gang-bang interview with IGN.

“Pffffffffft…[when asked by reporter Nate Ahearn what the chief officer thought of Wii, to which Ahearn replied, “I think the same thing!”] It’s a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they’re like, ‘Oh my God that’s so cool, I’m gonna go buy it’. So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they’ve showed it to someone else who then goes out and buys it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on.”

Capps then proceeds to call Wii a great business investment but that his company will not be investing. “We go forward, not back,” he said, suggesting that any company that develops Wii games are digressing the medium, not progressing it.

Sounds like someone is scared Nintendo will eat into their lucrative middleware business, which makes its money selling pretty graphics tech to game developers. It’s one thing to dislike Wii for what it is, but another to dislike it due to conflict of interest.

Beware of anyone who brags about buyer’s remorse.

As long-time Infendo Radio listeners have come to know, Scott, Kyle, and myself are no fans of lengthy video game names, especially ones with silly subtitles. I began to notice their increase with each subsequent podcast, which regularly profiles the news game releases.

The result got me thinking, the thinking got me pitching, and the pitching landed a commission from Crispy Gamer to write an article. Unfortunately, Nintendo didn’t comment, but I’m happy with the turnout, nonetheless. Here’s an excerpt: (more…)

Here is a recent promotional line taken from a 2K print advert for Top Spin 3, a game I’m particularly excited for excluding the below reason:

Evolutionary Visuals™ (Apparently, 2K owns the trademark on better graphics) - Watch in real time as your players get progressively hotter, sweatier, and dirtier while competing at breathtaking venues.

Watching a character become progressively soiled does not sound fun, nor is it fun to watch — although it may be expected in a realistic simulation game. Nothing wrong with evolutionary graphics, but let’s keep things in perspective, m’kay?