I haven’t personally had any time with Skate It for the Wii, but it looks like some negative opinions are already starting to fly concerning the controls.  I was wondering how well the balance board could possibly work with a skating game and so far, most opinions out of PAX have been on the negative side.  While I enjoy the various Wii peripherals on some games, I’d rather just have a standard controller for others.  Here’s what Ben Kuchera had to say about Skate It:

Skate It seems to use the Wiimote and balance board because it can, and during the demo I kept thinking to myself that I’d rather be playing with a standard controller. I think these concepts have value, Shaun White Snowboarding looks and plays great so far, but Skate It just doesn’t pull the execution off well enough to justify the balance board’s use.

Pic via IGN.com

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Balance, Ben Kuchera, board, controller, Controls, Demo, game, haven, Nintendo Wii, PAX, Shaun White, side, Skate, Snowboarding, time, value, Wiimote

Playing Blitz: The League on the PS2 was ok.  But now with LT, you can bet someone’s legs are going to break on PS3 and X360.  That’s right, Lawrence Taylor will be appearing in Blitz: The League II playing on the good ole’ New York Nightmare’s.

As the only videogame with a story mode exploring the darker side of pro sports, Blitz: The League II puts the player in complete control as he ventures through brutal on-the-field competition and entertaining off-the-field drama in his quest to reach the League Championship. Peter Egan (Playmakers) returns to pen the most entertaining Blitz storyline yet.

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: Blitz, Blitz: The League 2, competition, control, drama, E3 Trailer, Lawrence Taylor, League, mode, New York, Nightmare, ole, Peter Egan, Player, right, side, someone, story, Trailer, videogame

It’s incredible that this Nintendo classic has hit the 21 year anniversary. Not to be confused with the latter side scrolling adventure game ‘Battle of Olympus’ Zelda II was released in 1988 in North America and 1987 in Japan. Many Zelda fans did not accept The Adventure of Link even being called ‘the black sheep” of the Zelda series. Sales were still high, as expected, possibly due to this Japanese commercial.

I think the little girl said, “Haha, we got the game first! You filthy American’s get it next year.”

Enjoy your OSS!

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: adventure, Anniversary, battle, classic, game, Japan, link, Nintendo, North America, Old, Old School Sunday, Olympus, OSS, School, series, sheep, side, Sunday, year, zelda, Zelda II

It’s not surprising that Player X and Paramount just launched the game ‘The Love Guru’ for mobile phones. They are making the game available through more than 140 carriers, making it accessible to over 2.3 billion people. We don’t know a lot about the game here, but we do know that the title is made up of 6 mini-games where you try to beat various mental challenges to achieve total enlightenment. As an interesting side note, we do know Jessica Alba is a gamer, so I’d definitely like to get her thoughts on the game. We sent her an email, so will see if we ever get a response…

“We’re delighted to be working with Paramount Digital Entertainment on The Love Guru. A Mike Myers’ movie is a big event and we have worked very closely with Paramount Pictures to ensure the game matches the quality, humour and originality of the movie,” said Tony Pearce, Player X CEO.

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written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Digital, email, enlightenment, game, gamer, Guru, Jessica Alba, love, Mike Myers, mobile game, movie, note, Paramount, Player, response, side, title, Tony Pearce, X CEO

This week, Adam Sessler discusses the racist homophobes we run across too often while playing games online. He’s right about the fact that it’s usually the young 10-year old gamers taking part in this and they are honestly ruining the fun of playing online. It’s gotten so bad in Halo 3 that I simply have it set up so the other teams are always on mute and I very rarely play with random people on my side. It’s sad that people are like this online. I have always felt like the anonymous nature of the internet brings the worst out of people. When it comes to the children acting like this, I’d like to know where the hell their parents are. When I was a kid, if I had used the language and racist terms these punks are using, I would have been beaten senseless.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Adam Sessler, attention, Bigots, fact, fun, Halo, Hell, Internet, nature, Online, part, right, side, Soapbox, Week, year

I just discovered one of the funniest videos I have ever seen.  In the video, several British dudes attempt to travel through Alabama without getting shot or arrested.  The catch is that they also try to bring as much attention to themselves as possible.  With things like “NASCAR Sucks”, “Hillary For President” and “Man Love Rules” written on the side of their vehicles, I’m shocked they actually made it out alive.  The video does end in a sad note when they finally escape their Alabama adventure and end up in New Orleans.  They made a comment about how they thought the richest country in the world should have been able to rebuild the areas there and help the people of New Orleans with all the time that has passed.  But this is America and people have to realize we have long term memory loss.

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written by Will Snizek \\ tags: adventure, Alabama, America, attention, BBC, catch, comment, end, funniest, Hillary, Katrina, love, man, NASCAR, New Orleans, note, President, Shot, side, Sucks, video

With all the latest developments in a technology world, those “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up” infomercials are yesteryears news. Bluetooth has now moved into the medical field. Just like a laptop within a wireless signal, your “in-body network” would immediately send an alert when a heart attack is happening.

“The communications regulator said that sensors could be implanted into people at risk of heart attack or diabetic collapse that would allow doctors to monitor them remotely.

If the “in-body network” recorded that the person had suddenly collapsed, it would send an alert, via a nearby base station at their home, to a surgery or hospital.

However, Ofcom also gave warning in its report, Tomorrow’s Wireless World, that the impact of such technology on personal privacy would require more debate.

The technology, which is being tested now in Portsmouth, could also be used if a patient failed to take his or her medicines. A pill dispenser would send an automatic reminder and, if the pills were not taken within a certain time, an alarm would sound and a message would be sent to the patient’s family or carers.

However, health experts say that they are skeptical about the level of take-up of “in-body” sensors while research into the possible radiation impact of wi-fi networks is going on.”

“Be sure to stay in range when your having the “Big One” Pops!”

This topic brings up a huge debate. On the one side, you’ll have a great healthcare system that monitors you and can assist those patients in need. On the other side, you’ll have Big Brother telling you when to take your horse pills and don’t sit on the toilet bowl for long periods of time because your hemorrhoids might pop out.

I now ask you, the viewer, what is your take?
A. Let the Gob’ment and Doctor’s monitor..
B. I don’t need no stinkin pills

Via Times Online

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: A. Let, alert, attack, B. I, Bluetooth, bluetooth devices, Bluetooth medical, debate, device, Heart, iMPACT, in-body network, Network, news, patient, Portsmouth, side, Suppository, Technology, time, world