Celebrating 25 Years Online 🎉
Today is a very busy day for Nintendo. With the launch of Super Mario Galaxy and three new Wii Console Games, the blue glow from the slot illuminator did not fill me with the usual joy. Instead, it was more like, “What now?!” Oh, that’s right. I forgot about the new Wii Channel – Check Mii Out. Here’s the message that greeted me…
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As someone who doesn’t drink or smoke, I’m not used to being asked for my ID. Even when I was into Karaoke, the local bars rarely bothered to check my age. “Don’t worry about him. He’s just having French Fries and a Soda.” Yet today, I got a chance to feel young. I actually got carded to buy a video game. Call of Duty 4 is rated Mature!
Around at 8 pm, Sunday, Nov. 11, Super Mario fans will line up at Nintendo World, for the launch of Super Mario Galaxy – and I will be there! For those of you that are unable to make the mecha to 10 Rockefeller Plaza in NYC, don’t worry. Photics.com should have full coverage of the event. Return on Monday morning for pictures, videos and details of the event.
NCsoft’s call to fame and fortune is Lineage, but their third-quarter earnings release illustrates the changing times. Year-over-Year sales for Lineage are down 20%, while City of Heroes / City of Villians sales are down 23% versus the previous year. That put NCsoft’s net profit down 21% from last year. There was good news for the computer game company, Guild Wars sales were up 16% versus the previous year and up 57% when compared to the previous quarter.
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I’ve never been into politics. Real life leaders are not as majestic as the ones in the history books, nor are they as impressive as the characters in my video games. That’s when I started wondering, what if I could draw from fantasy worlds for leadership? Which video game character would I like to see run for the President of the United States?