Epic CEO: Nintendo Wii Is ‘Like A ‘Weird Virus’
April 21, 2008
While Wii has received almost universal acclaim from the press and has outsold both PS3 and Xbox 360 ever since being released in late 2006, not everybody is a fan of the console.
Epic Games CEO Mike Capps recently went on a rant to IGN about how Nintendo Wii is like a “virus” and how he’s not really a fan of the games, either.
While explaining that Nintendo has managed to bring people together and how he played Wii Tennis with his family after 25 years of not gaming with then, he opined that “I think it’s kind of like a weird virus because I have not yet found a reason to play with my Wii since then.”
Capps said that he didn’t enjoy Zelda; he wished Mario had a “button instead of wiggle and all that kind of ****.”
“So I haven’t played anything that I really wished hadn’t been on another platform sadly enough,” he added.
“Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. Obviously there’s a class of people who really love it and enjoy it and are getting into the games but I’m still waiting for that one game that makes me play it. Who knows, maybe Wii Fit will be it.”
American Idol’s Kristy Lee Cook: Brooke White Is Like My Sister
April 17, 2008
Kristy Lee Cook, the charming country crooner who some say massacred Paul McCartney’s 8 Days a Week, was the latest American Idol contestant to be voted off this week.
In an exit interview with Entertainment Weekly, she described the last moments before finding out that she was going to be headed back home. Ironically, Brooke White was sure that she was going to get knocked off, and Cook was the one to comfort her.
“She had really thought she was going to go home. I told her ‘No… You’re not going anywhere. Don’t worry about it. It’s going to be me.” I was comforting her. I had a gut feeling then it was going to be me,” she recalled.
When asked if that was annoying given the end result, she said that it was not.
“No, we pretty much have become like sisters. She was having a hard time with my leaving. It’s hard leaving. I was like, ‘Don’t worry.’”
Tragically, Don’t Cry for Me Argentina was going to be her number during Andrew Lloyd Webber week.
Dille: Upcoming PS3 Video Offering Will Be Different
April 17, 2008
The word around the campfire has been that Sony is close to releasing a much-anticipated video service for PS3.
Now Peter Dille, senior vice president, marketing and PlayStation Network has chimed in on the matter, confirming that a video service is indeed coming to PlayStation 3, but that he’s not ready to make the announcement quite yet.
“While I don’t have any new announcements here for the PS Nation, it’s already been confirmed that we’ll be offering a video service for PS3 in a way that separates the service from others you’ve seen or used,” wrote Dille on the official blog.
“Ultimately the goal of the PSN service will be to break through the overwhelming clutter of digital media to give you the TV, movies and gaming content you want.”
“More on this very soon,” he teased.