Comments on: Podcast Episode 17 - Hollywood and the Wii Get Both Barrels http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels The Official Site of Benjamin J Heckendorn Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:47:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jones http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1859 Jones Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:55:56 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1859 @arakis You actually have to send your copy of Twilight Princess back to Nintendo to be replaced if you have that problem?!? I hadn't even heard about this! Wow... If MS or Sony did this the Nintendo faithful would be boiling them in oil. Amazing... Does this happen on both the Gamecube and Wii versions or only one of them? PS - Passenger 57 rocks!!! Glad to know someone else is aware of its existence. :) @arakis

You actually have to send your copy of Twilight Princess back to Nintendo to be replaced if you have that problem?!? I hadn’t even heard about this! Wow… If MS or Sony did this the Nintendo faithful would be boiling them in oil. Amazing… Does this happen on both the Gamecube and Wii versions or only one of them?

PS - Passenger 57 rocks!!! Glad to know someone else is aware of its existence. :)

]]> By: arakis http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1828 arakis Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:16:35 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1828 Great podcast. Please keep up the due diligence and stay above the hype. It is really irritating in the mainstream gaming press, so it is a real treat to listen to some straight talk. You guys make a great point that we would suffer if gaming abandoned pushing the cutting-edge of technology. A good question to ask is where is the downloadable patch for Zelda's savegame problem? Why do gamers have to mail discs back to Nintendo? Keep up the obscure film references (Passenger 57, I know thee!) while you are at it too. Great podcast. Please keep up the due diligence and stay above the hype. It is really irritating in the mainstream gaming press, so it is a real treat to listen to some straight talk. You guys make a great point that we would suffer if gaming abandoned pushing the cutting-edge of technology. A good question to ask is where is the downloadable patch for Zelda’s savegame problem? Why do gamers have to mail discs back to Nintendo? Keep up the obscure film references (Passenger 57, I know thee!) while you are at it too.

]]> By: rockasoo http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1760 rockasoo Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:32:37 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1760 Best podcast yet! Honest and funny! Best podcast yet! Honest and funny!

]]> By: Rekarp http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1740 Rekarp Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:03:00 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1740 "I was over at Jones’ playing Guitar Hero 360 and it was a lot of fun. Tiring for my fingers, but fun." Did you get back in time for Lost? heh Well some games for the Wii do have the option to use the "Classic Controller". Maybe more games will have this option? But I do find FPS games (ie Red Steel) easier with the wiimote than the dual analog sticks on the Xbox. This comes from years of PC gaming tho so I am "trained" with a mouse. “I was over at Jones’ playing Guitar Hero 360 and it was a lot of fun. Tiring for my fingers, but fun.”

Did you get back in time for Lost? heh

Well some games for the Wii do have the option to use the “Classic Controller”. Maybe more games will have this option? But I do find FPS games (ie Red Steel) easier with the wiimote than the dual analog sticks on the Xbox. This comes from years of PC gaming tho so I am “trained” with a mouse.

]]> By: Bruce http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1728 Bruce Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:54:17 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1728 Such vitriol spewed at the Wii... We'll see what happens with the console "wars," but did you ever consider that the Wii may very well be where gaming is headed? Not necessarily for the games in particular, but for the control schemes, which have to advance for gaming to get to the next level... Even Ben's future of gaming articles predict an evolution in that aspect of gaming. Slapping more buttons on the controller with each new generation isn't exactly a revolutionary concept, nor does it create a more immersive experience, which is where this stuff is probably going to go. Nobody is holding a gun to anyone's head to make them buy a Wii. Sales may end up plummeting and driving Nintendo out of business. However, if gaming is ever going to get beyond a button mashing, couch potato activity, Nintendo is doing more than Sony or Microsoft... Such vitriol spewed at the Wii…

We’ll see what happens with the console “wars,” but did you ever consider that the Wii may very well be where gaming is headed? Not necessarily for the games in particular, but for the control schemes, which have to advance for gaming to get to the next level…

Even Ben’s future of gaming articles predict an evolution in that aspect of gaming. Slapping more buttons on the controller with each new generation isn’t exactly a revolutionary concept, nor does it create a more immersive experience, which is where this stuff is probably going to go.

Nobody is holding a gun to anyone’s head to make them buy a Wii. Sales may end up plummeting and driving Nintendo out of business. However, if gaming is ever going to get beyond a button mashing, couch potato activity, Nintendo is doing more than Sony or Microsoft…

]]> By: Elk http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1618 Elk Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:05:13 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1618 Who says you can't have casual Wii? Look at Super Paper Mario or Sonic and the Secret Rings! You can sit lazily and play those! The motion controls just replace buttons. Oh, and by the way, to clarify, I am also getting a 360. Who says you can’t have casual Wii? Look at Super Paper Mario or Sonic and the Secret Rings! You can sit lazily and play those! The motion controls just replace buttons. Oh, and by the way, to clarify, I am also getting a 360.

]]> By: benheck http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1616 benheck Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:54:41 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1616 I see your point Rekarp. I was over at Jones' playing Guitar Hero 360 and it was a lot of fun. Tiring for my fingers, but fun. Point being, unique controllers are cool but it's too bad the Wii doesn't have something "standard" as well. Too bad the Wiimote wasn't like the pack-in light gun 20 years ago (optional for games, but included) I see your point Rekarp. I was over at Jones’ playing Guitar Hero 360 and it was a lot of fun. Tiring for my fingers, but fun. Point being, unique controllers are cool but it’s too bad the Wii doesn’t have something “standard” as well. Too bad the Wiimote wasn’t like the pack-in light gun 20 years ago (optional for games, but included)

]]> By: Rekarp http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1595 Rekarp Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:26:07 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1595 You didn't run this Wii fan off :). Its true what your saying tho. I think what the Wii controls scheme needs is a "lazy" controller so I can kick back and slam a brew and play a game. That is what the Wii is missing for me atleast. Me and my friends do play Tiger Woods PGA and SSX for endless hours sometimes tho. You didn’t run this Wii fan off :). Its true what your saying tho. I think what the Wii controls scheme needs is a “lazy” controller so I can kick back and slam a brew and play a game. That is what the Wii is missing for me atleast. Me and my friends do play Tiger Woods PGA and SSX for endless hours sometimes tho.

]]> By: Jones http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1590 Jones Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:05:26 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1590 A Sega comeback would be great! :) They were my favorite back in the days of the Genesis. But I wouldn't hold my breath on them getting back into consoles unfortunately. :( A Sega comeback would be great! :) They were my favorite back in the days of the Genesis.

But I wouldn’t hold my breath on them getting back into consoles unfortunately. :(

]]> By: dudex77 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels#comment-1589 dudex77 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:59:16 +0000 http://benheck.com/04-13-2007/podcast-episode-17-hollywood-and-the-wii-get-both-barrels/#comment-1589 great podcast and im surprised im not the only one who thinks the wii is going to damage the gaming industry, except i think the same thing goes with the ps3. to me the 360 is the only one that really gets gaming completely which really kills me considering my hate for micro$oft. Whens sega going to make a comeback? great podcast and im surprised im not the only one who thinks the wii is going to damage the gaming industry, except i think the same thing goes with the ps3. to me the 360 is the only one that really gets gaming completely which really kills me considering my hate for micro$oft. Whens sega going to make a comeback?

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