9-21-06: Console Wii-kend

Microsoft: Don't forget about me!
Do you have quick fingers? Do you want a 360 Core System? Do you have $100? If you answered yes to any/all of these questions, then Amazon just may have a deal for you. On November 23, 2006 at 11AM PST, Amazon will be offering one of these deals. Cast your vote for the 360 deal for $100!

Sony: You can have me! But at what cost?
I'm sure we've all heard of some of the PS3 horror stories by now. What, with the shootings, face-pole contact, and robberies. If you didn't want to risk your health, you could always blow your life savings.

Nintendo: Wii want to play!
The most prevalent gripe about the wii-lease is the Error #110213 people have been getting when trying to connect to the WiiConnect24 service. However, it just sounds like Nintendo's servers were flooded with requests.



You can probably figure out which console I ended up with this weekend. Yes, I camped out for 7 hours for the Nintendo Wii. Was it worth it? Hell yes. Multiplayer is the most fun I've had gaming in a long time. Also, the new Zelda is absolutely epic. Don't just take my word for it, it's getting incredible ratings.

News blog starts now - 9-21-2006 : Why do Apple and Sony hate America?

O'reilly speaks out against iPods, PS3

What do gamers have in common with Jihadists? I don't know, but apparently Bill O' Reilly does. On Friday's episode of the Radio Factor, he had this to say about the PS3:

American society is changing for the worse because of the machines… In the past to flee the real world people usually chose drugs or alcohol… now you don’t have to do that, Now all you have to do is have enough money to buy a machine…

Basically what you have is a large portion of the population, mostly younger people under the age of 45, who don’t deal with reality - ever. So they don’t know what day it is; they don’t know temperature it is; they don’t know what their neighbor looks like. They don’t know anything… because they are constantly diverted by a machine. Now what this does is it takes a person away from reality because they’ve created their own reality…

Is he actually saying video games are worse than drugs and alcohol? Man, I just can't wait for my next Zelda fix, I need it bad. Also, I don't know about you, but I know what day it is, as you may be able to tell from the title of the post. I can tell you it's 53 degrees outside, and I see my neighbors every few days. He goes on to convey his ignorance on the PS3:

The newest thing is the PlayStation 3. Now this is a machine that allows you to play games in hi-def and all this other stuff… It’s the newest state of the art system from Sony…. It has a video game console, plays DVDs, connects you to the Internet, tells you how handsome you are. It’s six-hundred bucks. Now people lined up for hours to get this thing. Hours!

Hours, Bill? God forbid! Now, you may be wondering how much farther Bill will deign himself into the world of video games. Fear not, it gets better:

I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod… If this is your primary focus in life - the machines… it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America… did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them? …I really fear for the United States because, believe me, the jihadists? They’re not playing the video games. They’re killing real people over there.

Don't forget it, iPod listeners are destroying America through their apathy! Honestly, no one can alienate entire audiences like O'Reilly. Apparently, the "computer geeks" don't have enough social skills to be accepted by O'Reilly. Not that they would really care, after all who wants to be friends with an outspoken hypocritical pundit?