Posts Tagged “sony”
Sony’s Cross-Play Capability Will Connect Gamers Everywhere
In less than a month, Sony’s PlayStation Vita will be hitting the Western markets, much to the gaming populous’ anticipation. Sony’s next generation handheld has received a lot of hype about its added features over the existing PSP, such as the rear touch pad, dual analog sticks, front and rear cameras, and the Six-Axis Motion Sensor. These are all very exciting additions indeed, but there’s one that truly places Sony above its competition in the innovation department, and has received far less emphasis than it should have. And what is this understated aspect? The cross-platform capability, of course! Read On »
CES 2012 Day Three Wrap
Day three of the CES adventure has wrapped up. The doors to the showroom floor have opened and we had the opportunity to take a look at some of the products that may change the way we game in the coming months and years. We also took a few minutes to have a look at some additional devices that caught our eyes. Here’s a recap:
2011 A Year Of Videogames in Review
Having heralded in the New Year with new games, consoles, and adventures to look forward to, Wanderson75.net decided it was high time to look at what this past year brought to the world of gaming and technology. Even a cursory glance would remind us that 2011 was a bit of a rollercoaster ride, providing a myriad of emotions ranging from excitement and anticipation (announcements of next generation consoles and handhelds) to outrage and disgust (major game services being hacked), a sense of loss (at Steve Jobs death), or even incredulous hilarity (the recent Ocean Marketing debacle). Here are some of the more noteworthy items, in our most humble opinion: Read On »
Sony Announces The Not Playstation Portable 2
It goes without saying that after yesterday morning, sites like Kotaku have gone absolutely ape crazy with their coverage of the Sony Press Conference last night of the Next Gen Portable (formerly dubbed as the PSP2 by everyone in the media and consumer market circles, except Sony). And who can blame them? I’ve only had my PSP for a short time, but I very much enjoy the look, feel, and features that are available on… Read On »
Console News For Monday, December 20
Only a week left until Christmas. Have you gotten your shopping done? Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation Coming To A DS Near You Dragon Quest fans rejoice! The 1995 continuation of the Dragon Quest series is finally coming to the States on the Nintendo DS handheld console. Originally released on the Super Famicom (Japanese Version of the SNES), DQVI was never brought over to the US for commercial release. No release date yet however,… Read On »
A Parent’s Guide To Video Games For Your Kids
This story never gets old. A few weeks ago, I was at BestBuy picking up some goodies for my wife. While I was in line, a mother walks up with her son that had to be no more than eight or ten years old, and clutched in his hot little hands was a copy of Call Of Duty: Black Ops. I’ve seen this more than once this holiday season mind you. But for some reason,… Read On »
Kinect’ing For The Holidays
Well, it’s officially winter in Southeastern Michigan. The flurries are coming down. My car is grumbling on the slick roads since I’ve effectively doubled it’s horsepower. No fast driving for me for the next three months. What to do…
In previous years, this has usually been the season where I stay indoors as much as possible, crawl under a blanket, and gain an extra 15-20 pounds from all of the holiday turkey and ham and fixins’. Of course there’s also the holiday shopping, which I try to get done as early as possible to stay away from the hordes of last minute shoppers.
But this year is a little different. Since I received my Kinect sensor, there’s been quite a bit less time on the couch, and much more moving around. Unfortunately, I’m on a spending freeze for personal goodies since it is the holiday after all, and being married means that I have to leave something for my spouse to purchase for that wonderful day, December 25th.
So right now all I can do is dream. And what am I looking forward to?
Video Games
Dance Central – Yes. I’m looking forward to playing this one. Behind closed doors and with the windows shut, of course. But this looks to be a very fun game.
Kinect Sports – This is an exceptionally fun game. I could see myself spending many hours playing Table Tennis, Soccer, Boxing, And Volleyball.
Assassin’s Creed II – Yeah, I know. It’s been out for a while. But with a pile of other games topping my list this last year, I just haven’t had time to sit down with it. But now it’s on the top of the stack. And as soon as I get done playing Mass Effect 2 for the billionth time (this time with all the DLC), I’ll be popping that in the tray.
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – As soon as I get done with ACII, this’ll be next on my pile.
Halo: Reach – Of course! With the new Noble Map Pack out, I’ll be sprinkling some death from my DMR here and there throughout the winter.
Movies
Tron: Legacy – This is definitely my holiday topper. I feel like I’ve been waiting 25 years for this movie to come out!
MegaMind – Going to see this on Saturday actually. Can’t wait!
The Tourist – I’m intrigued by this one. I’m a huge fan of Johnny Depp and I’m hoping this one is better for Angelina Jolie than Salt was. Such a disappointment…
DVD/Blu-Ray
Despicable Me – releases on December 14th. I saw this twice in the theatres and I still want more. I’ll probably watch this a few hundred times over the next couple of months.
Red Vs. Blue: The Recollection – If you don’t know of Red Vs. Blue, then you don’t know what you’ve been missing. Reliving the last three seasons is certainly going to be a treat. Unfortunatley, there’s no Blu-Ray option yet, but I’ll still be enjoying this in all it’s DVD glory.
Back To The Future Box Set – Yeah. It’s kind of nostalgic. But hey, that’s me.
And of course, planning the next car project to make it better, stronger, and faster.
Kinect vs. Move – Round 2 – FIGHT!
Hot off the presses. Microsoft has apparently sold 2.5 Million Kinect Sensors in 25 days (which is apparently better than the first month of iPad sales). That’s an average of 100,000 Kinect devices sold per day. Per Don Mattrick, President of the Interactive Entertainment Biz at Microsoft, “We are thrilled about the consumer response to Kinect, and are working hard with our retail and manufacturing partners to expedite production and shipments of Kinect to restock shelves… Read On »
OnLive Delivers Through The Cloud. But Will It Succeed?
Recently, OnLive began offering their OnLive Game System for pre-orders online for a very attractive price of $99. This game system features a revolutionary way of accessing games and content through the use of “The Cloud” as opposed to the more traditional physical media formats that you see in today’s consoles. But what is OnLive? What does it do? How does it work? And more importantly, what effects, if any, will it have on the… Read On »