6 Responses

1. Tha Gibbskin

   April 4th, 2007 at 11:00 am

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   i havn’t listened to it yet, but if there is any smack talk about the wii, y’all just don’t know and will probably have no idea.

   p.s. online guitar hero rock-offs, when??? i’m callin’ u out chris!

2. AngryGhost

   April 5th, 2007 at 7:11 am

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   Adam,

   Once you’ve listened to the latest p-Cast, I really want you to CONSIDER my arguments before you respond! I’m sure Wii Sports is probably a lot of fun to play, and the new Zelda is, well… a NEW ZELDA, but you can’t argue that the system doesn’t have problems! I mean, friend codes, no online play, Cooking Mama… come on! And I ask you this, which do you play more, your 360 or your Wii? (Note: I can and WILL edit your comment) Here’s a good article I found that sums up a few of the problems with the system:
   http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/04/04/wii-want-improvements/

   and another one from Digg. Read the comments, most people agree with what I’m saying:
   http://digg.com/gaming_news/3rd_Party_Killed_the_Wii

   Look, I’m a gamer. More so than most people, including you Adam (no offense). I realize that I should try it before I knock it, but can you really blame me for being skeptical and concerned that Nintendo will make the same mistakes they did with the Gamecube?
   As for online Guitar Hero 2 rock-offs, Harmonix said they didn’t include it at launch due to time constraints but it WOULD be something they’ll roll out in a future online update.

3. Tha Gibbskin

   April 6th, 2007 at 11:03 am

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   chris, i love you. 1st off, the whole point of the wii is to try it. you seriously cannot judge it without trying it. i know u’re a hardcore xbox fanboy and i also love my 360, its probably the best video game system ever (however, that “poll” is a bit pretentious). but, to refute u’re arguments in no particular order, the wii is obviously NOT trying to compete with 360 and ps3 in terms of graphics and as a complete media machine. when u’re playing the wii, u dont care about the graphics at all (closest comparison i can think of is playing guitar hero). nintendo wanted to revolutionize the one thing about video games that has basically been the same since the very beginning, the controls. they might not have completely changed the way video games are played, but they are at least getting developers to think outside the box (maybe why its taking a while for new cames to come out). give it some time, the 3rd party support WILL be there with as popular as it is and besides, everyone knows u buy a nintendo system for the nintendo games, c’mon now. i have zelda, rayman, monkey ball, wario, and wii sports. with all those mini games i have, it adds up to be 200+ different games i can play on my wii. about half of them are bad to ok, and the other half are either fun or fuckin awesome. i guarantee they could even bring a smile to YOUR face chris with some of the crazy ass minigames i have.

   u talked about showing people gears of war and everyone beeing like ooh, ahh, so pretty, and yeah its a great game. it plays almost the exact same way every other 1st and 3rd person shooter game does. the wii is completely different. every game has a unique feel. they are all fun in different ways. everytime i show it to someone who has never played, i’m playing for 2-4 hours at least (ask brandon about when he “stopped by” my new house when coming thru richmond and stayed for 3+ hours). i do play my 360 a bit more than the wii at this point simply becuase i’ve had my wii since day 1, and there have been a slew of really good games that just came out for 360. the 2 systems are a perfect complement to each other imho. i have my media center and graphics machine in the 360, and my fun machine in the wii. if i was to pick one, i’d prolly go with the 360, but i’d feel heartbroken without my wii.

   friend codes, blah, it sucks but whatever; no original download games, not necessary. no online mulitplayer, this is my greatest concern, the one thing i would like to change if i could. I’m not ruling out the possibility that they can bring it out later (like u said with guitar hero 2, which i also can’t wait for). yeah, its not perfect, but i’ve never seen a video game system bring people together like the wii. all types of people. gamers, non-gamers, guys, girls, kids, old people. the reason u’re argument is flawed is becuase u have not played it. like i said before, u just dont get it. and if u do play it and dont like it, whatever. u love u’re xbox and thats fine. just dont go around bashing the wii for no reason. it hasn’t done anything to you, it just wants to love you chris, let it love you.

4. barto

   April 11th, 2007 at 4:32 pm

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   Very good points Adam. I would say that you won the argument, and that you are a far superior gamer. I wonder how long its going to take for Mr. Angry Pants to take this post down.

5. Jason

   April 12th, 2007 at 11:22 am

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   MMmmmmMMm, I smell a flame war coming…. Smells like hatred and toast.

6. AngryGhost

   April 16th, 2007 at 5:53 am

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   Thank you Bart for your poignant comment. I would say that YOU have won your well-earned suspension from appearing on the podcast. Congratulations! As for your rebuttal Adam, I’ll edit this comment when I have a free minute at work.