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On them Twinkie tres, with the hood screaming
"We on our way!"
Can't forget where I come from
So I extend my hand to my man screaming
"I'm on my way!" Hello New World
Ask me something
RSS
A Flash Website I Made That Is Bullshit
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"The Wii was the first console to break that cycle, directing a large chunk of its innovation toward a novel control scheme, sacrificing raw computing power to do so. It worked. The Wii became the best-selling console of its generation, and its competitors soon followed with non-traditional control schemes of their own."
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John Siracusa in Annoyance Driven Development
I told you guys: The Wii was not a fad. Mr. Siracusa just said it a lot better. And with facts.
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Link to this post • 8:00 pm • 20 February 2013 • 1,445 notes
On Marco.org on Nintendo
But the Wii was a fad, in retrospect.
WHAT.
The Wii pushed Microsoft and Sony into wedging new interaction models into their gaming systems. The Wii still appeals to millions of non-gamers. Just check out your local Craigslist for the Wii. Considering its low-powered hardware, low resistance to wear and poor title choice, the resale value for Wiis (Wii?) and peripherals is rather high.
What’s more is that this story should be familiar. That description one paragraph up describes Apple’s first iPhone — just change the competitors and replace ‘title’ with ‘app’. The problem isn’t the Wii’s viability, its the Wii U’s (apparently, anyway — I’ve not played one). If Nintendo can survive to the next system and innovate the way we can interact with machines, AGAIN — enormous, colossal, massive ’if’s — they’ll more than survive. (Whether or not they invent motion gaming is as relevant as whether Apple invented touchscreens.)
Which is all to say I think Marco Arment is absolutely wrong about the historical Wii. Non-joystick based platform gaming is not only viable, people clamor for it. Maybe just not us nerds. I’m not saying that platform won’t be iOS in the future. I’m not saying iOS doesn’t have inherent advantages. But many people want to move around, get healthy, blast things, etc. without mastering a controller with 8 buttons and two joysticks. And the Wii was killer at performing that task. (And they might see advantages in buying a separate device to perform that task.)
This one sentence really detracts from an otherwise solid position that Mr. Arment takes on Nintendo’s plight.
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Congrats to Joanna, (whose feature on depressing nail polish color names is very funny) for being featured on what I’d argue is the best curation of arts, culture and comedy of our generation - this isn’t happiness.
I sometimes try to explain to people who aren’t from Indiana about how incredible the people and institution of the daily print student-run newspaper Indiana Daily Student is, but I can’t do it justice. Fortunately the overachievers of the already exceptional bunch are doing the job for me. On top of Joanna — who seems to now own Buzz Feed — Allie is at Facebook, Nina is becoming internet famous and Brian writes for the Onion, among others. Eamonn and Ryan write and talk for ESPN. Brittany is in Hong Kong and Brian’s in Bejing — for the Wall Street Journal. Michelle is reporting for the Chicago Tribune. Cordell might still be at Bloomberg. I think Katie’s at the Washington Post. Kevin’s about to graduate from what might be the fourth best MBA program in the country.
This list is not exhaustive (sorry to those I left out — this is from memory) and is limited to just a few graduating classes. I am not yet sure why I got to work side-by-side with these people, but I know I’m better for having done it.