Last night was Wii night. We gathered with a bunch in front of Jason's big ass TV for a round of games. First we played Wii-sports followed bij WarioWare and Rayman Ravin Rabbids.
The Wii doesn't sport the computing power of the Playstation 3 nor the Xbox360, the graphics are rather simple. None of that degrades the gaming experience, the Wii's revolutionary and versatile interface drags anyone, take anyone literally, into it's games. To put it simple it captures motion, forcing the player to mimic real life moves to get around in a virtual world. If you serve in tennis, you throw your arm holding the controller in the air as if it was a racket, when you bowl you strike a pose you would only strike on a bowling alley. That's how real it gets, that's how grandparents get addicted and children neglected. I was warned by my collegues, and I can only confirm: even people adverse to gaming will surrender to the Wii's gameply. Way to go Nintendo!
Find out more on the official site: http://www.wii.com
For those that haven't seen all the fun yet, here are a couple of movies:
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Gaming reinvented
Friday, February 09, 2007
Dynamite Surfing
A new way of surfing. Don' try this at home kids. This clip immediately sparked a lively discussion 'real' versus 'fake'.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
I ran into Jeff Bridges today.
When returning from the vending machine after getting my morning frappucino I ran into a dude with long hair comming out of the elevator close to my desk. "How do I get to the main lobby from here?". "Well, carry on and take a right after the first door at the end of the hall..." - wait a minute - "...way" - I know you. You are Jeff Bridges... hmmm... makes sense... Jeff is doing BigZ's voice in Surf's Up. Later on today I a CG-supervisor told me that the cast was in Imageworks for some interviews, takes and mugshots.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
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