This is a disturbing look at the cruel and disgusting manner in which cows are treated before we eat them.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Nintendo's Future
I still love the old school Nintendo. For some reason, the minimal options on the controller--left, right, jump, shoot fireballs--are appealing to me in their simplicity.
I lose interest as the options become more complex and varied, though I know that for most people, the opposite is true: the more possibilities on a gaming console, the more entertaining.
The problem that I see for Nintendo in the long term is not in their ever-increasing functionality, however; it is in the recent safety flaws in the Nintendo Wii remote, ie. the safety straps breaking away.
This obvious lack of testing and basic engineering oversight speaks volumes about Nintendo as a company. They got ahead of themselves and presented a revolutionary gaming system that has forever changed the gaming experience, but at the expense of what should have been the strongest and simplest component of the controller.
If a company cannot develop the software side of their product at the same time that the structural basics are maintained, what else are they unable to juggle? Marketing and accounting? Will they jump back to basics at the expense of further gaming development?
This may seem like a small issue to some, but from my perspective it is extremely telling of Nintendo as a company, and it doesn't speak well of their future prospects.
I lose interest as the options become more complex and varied, though I know that for most people, the opposite is true: the more possibilities on a gaming console, the more entertaining.
The problem that I see for Nintendo in the long term is not in their ever-increasing functionality, however; it is in the recent safety flaws in the Nintendo Wii remote, ie. the safety straps breaking away.
This obvious lack of testing and basic engineering oversight speaks volumes about Nintendo as a company. They got ahead of themselves and presented a revolutionary gaming system that has forever changed the gaming experience, but at the expense of what should have been the strongest and simplest component of the controller.
If a company cannot develop the software side of their product at the same time that the structural basics are maintained, what else are they unable to juggle? Marketing and accounting? Will they jump back to basics at the expense of further gaming development?
This may seem like a small issue to some, but from my perspective it is extremely telling of Nintendo as a company, and it doesn't speak well of their future prospects.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Wii-diculous
Apparently, the newest ninja technique involves hurling the Nintendo Wii Remote from helicopters, with deadly effect and accuracy.
The first instance of this came about when a retired ninja was playing with his Nintendo Wii, lost his grip and killed a terrorist who was sneaking up on him.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Wii Problems
This report of another Wii problem comes from the South Pacific. A crew member aboard a gigantic ship hauling Iron Ore was playing with his Nintendo Wii in the hull of the ship during his free time, when the controller whipped out of his hands and put a hole in the side of the ship.
Broken Straps, Broken TVs
I was playing on my new Nintendo Wii yesterday, Wii tennis actually, and there were two incidents worth hearing about.
First, you should know that once I get into something I'm into it nonstop until I get sick of it, all day long and through the night. So I was playing this tennis game for hours, kind of making a joke of the fact that I wasn't paying attention to anyone or anything else. And I was havin' a blast, just laughing and jumpin' around like an idiot for hours.
Now this started to annoy my younger sister, who kept saying she was tryin' to sleep and she had to get up early and blah blah blah. So around 8:30 she comes into the room to see if I'm sick of it yet, and I smack her in the face with my backhand. My tennis backhand, accidentally. This, needless to say, didn't go over too well.
After that I was all fired up, and by 11 PM I had been playing on that damn thing for almost seven hours straight, so my hands and arms were pretty weak and tired. So in a last ditch attempt at a power serve, I lost my grip on the damn controller and spiderwebbed my 3 month old Hitachi flatscreen. Cracked it like a broken windshield. I haven't slept since.
So anyway, keep the door locked and use the safety straps.
First, you should know that once I get into something I'm into it nonstop until I get sick of it, all day long and through the night. So I was playing this tennis game for hours, kind of making a joke of the fact that I wasn't paying attention to anyone or anything else. And I was havin' a blast, just laughing and jumpin' around like an idiot for hours.
Now this started to annoy my younger sister, who kept saying she was tryin' to sleep and she had to get up early and blah blah blah. So around 8:30 she comes into the room to see if I'm sick of it yet, and I smack her in the face with my backhand. My tennis backhand, accidentally. This, needless to say, didn't go over too well.
After that I was all fired up, and by 11 PM I had been playing on that damn thing for almost seven hours straight, so my hands and arms were pretty weak and tired. So in a last ditch attempt at a power serve, I lost my grip on the damn controller and spiderwebbed my 3 month old Hitachi flatscreen. Cracked it like a broken windshield. I haven't slept since.
So anyway, keep the door locked and use the safety straps.
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