It's official, Wii No. 1 everywhere
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Not really surprising news but a landmark just the same, Nintendo's Wii is officially the number 1 console of this generation.
Wonder World Amusement Park
Wii
Oh look, a mini-game collection on Wii. Not just any old mini-collection, mind you, but one specifically geared toward kids and their grandmas. How clever. They might be on to something here.
There is no 'Wiimote' control, only Weemote
Hardware, Television, Wii
While Nintendo's latest console may be good, affordable fun for the consuming masses, it's inadvertently brutal for small business, specifically for a small technology company that formerly had a lock on the term "Wee."
E3 '08: Nintendo unveils Cowbell Hero w/enahanced Wii-mote
Nintendo DS, Wii
E3 2008 has enabled videogame vendors to strut their stuff and roll out their latest and greatest this week. Nintendo took the opportunity to unveil a Wii-mote enhancement device plus a "Cowbell Hero"-type game called Wii Music.
Top Spin 3
Wii
Not to be confused with a great tennis simulation, Top Spin 3 is a great tennis simulation... that is, unless you're talking this here Wii version of the game, which is not a great tennis simulation, it's just based on one.
Wacky Races: Crash & Dash
Wii
If you're old enough to remember watching 60s-era Hanna-Barbara cartoons on Saturday mornings, take off the rose-colored spectacles o' nostalgia for a minute and recall how crappy they really were. Wacky Races on Wii is like that, only you have to pay for it. So don't.
Down Lo on the Downloads: Shop-Store-Market 07/08
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
As downloadable casual console games go, last month saw the expected simplicity of block-breaking games and interactive screen savers, but also the deceptively cheery and frightfully addictive Xbox Live Arcade puzzle, RooGoo, which looks like cognitive skills program for toddlers, but is so not.
Blast Works
Wii
As the likes of RPG Maker and Fighter Maker date back to the mid-90's, Majesco's Blast Works is not the first game of game design, but is it the first to bust out of the swamp of casual mediocrity on Wii to offer something that is still expectedly "casual" yet elaborately interactive, too.
Sick kids get some Wii time
DVD, Television, Wii
It's no fun being a sick kid, but Nintendo and the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation are doing their part to make the experience a little less miserable.
Modern console gamer will spend $30,000+ on games
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
GameStrata just released some research that pegs the average gamer as spending $765 per year on games and gaming hardware. Cumulatively, that adds up to a new car they can't afford.