June 15, 2006

1up

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If your into gaming I would suggest this site, 1up, to you because its like a myspace with gaming and actually really intresting.

I just joined in so if you join in see if you can find me (My games name thing is Leer)

But anyway its a nice site and you should check it out no matter what

www.1up.com


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Grand Theft Auto IV Gets RAGE

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Word on the street is that the next Grand Theft Auto title will make use of the “Rockstar Advanced Game Engine,” otherwise known as RAGE. The only other title to implement the system thus far has been Rockstar’s Table Tennis. Does this mean we’ll see ping-pong car-crash physics in GTA?

Not necessarily. Table Tennis was lauded for its stunning, sweat-drenched character models with real-time facial expressions, along with the accurate sense of weight and physics the visuals seemed to capture (take a look at screenshots of the game here), and some of these core components could certainly be transferred over. In that case, RAGE could mean we’ll see a greater emphasis on physics and character expressions in GTA IV (though hopefully not as much perspiration, ugh).

Prior-gen iterations in the series were developed with an engine called Renderware, now EA-owned technology that made an apperance in games like Black, Tony Hawk’s Underground, Burnout: Revenge, and Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows. But to be clear, because the RAGE middleware was designed specifically for “next-gen systems,” and not for Table Tennis alone, the engine may have other functionalities that Table Tennis didn’t reveal in full.

We’ll keep our ears tuned to the street, as Grand Theft Auto IV is said to be releasing on October 16, 2007 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Grand Theft Auto IV Gets RAGE - News at Gaming Horizon

Cool, A GTA game that actually looks as good as it plays =D

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June 13, 2006

Nintendo Wii

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Wii

Ok If you havent heard of the Wii its the Revolutionary new console made by Nintendo. More info straight from the wikipedia entry:

Wii (pronounced “we”, IPA: /wiː/) is Nintendo’s seventh-generation video game console, their fifth home console, and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. Until Nintendo announced the console’s official name on April 27, 2006, the official codename of Wii was Nintendo Revolution.

Wii is unique in that the console’s controller - affectionately dubbed the ‘wii-mote’ - can be used as a handheld pointing device as well as detecting motion in all three dimensions. The controller also contains a speaker and a rumbling device to provide sensory feedback. The console is confirmed to have a stand-by feature entitled WiiConnect24, enabling it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while consuming very little electrical power.

The Wii will also be able to downloadnes/snes/sega genisis/turbografix/n64 titles =D

So yah its preety much going to rock all our socks off. More info is only a google search away.

Just thought I’d get the word MORE out.

~Leer