Take a trip back to the early 80s when Nintendo was working on the development and design of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Now imagine that instead of the brilliant and amazing NES that we know and love now, Nintendo had gone the direction much more popular at the time, virtual reality!
Testers Wanted - Nintendo Virtual Reality
06:21
I personally really enjoyed the Mario segment as well as the Mega Man segment. I was linked to this video from a friend of mine that apparently worked on the video. I’m not sure exactly what his part in the whole deal was, but evidently this was part of a Carnegie Mellon project assignment. Heh, A+.
January 23rd, 2007
by Anuj
Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to make it out to see the midwest premiere of the new documentary, 8-Bit, at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio.
A self-described documentary about art and video games, the film takes a look at many of the components of the current 8-Bit new media art movement in several of it’s forms. According to the creators Marcin Romacki and Justin Strawhand (who were present at the screening) the film started off as a documentation of “chiptunes,” music created by using the onboard/on-chip sound processors and synthesizers of old consumer electronics like Commodore 64s, Ataris, and Game Boys. Via word-of-mouth connections and research the film quickly grew to incorporate other elements of the 8-Bit movement, such as nostalgic game art, machinima, virtual environment pieces, console hacking, and gaming installations.
[Review, Trailer, and Links after the jump] (more…)
January 19th, 2007
by Mike
So now it’s E4. The successor to E3 has been deemed the Entertainment For All Expo or “E For All”, but that name is stupid, so it’s E4 from now on, which is only slightly less stupid. Apparently according to this official banner of theirs “for all” even includes douches in powder blue trucker hats. But let’s get to the point here. E3 is back and now even more consumer focused than it was originally, which brings some pretty hefty pros and cons along with it.
The new format will include the same showy loud displays of days past, a seemingly larger focus on consumer electronics (CES style), retail zones set up for consumers to purchase things that were demoed on the showfloor, a Video Games Live concert, videogame tournaments, and job-fair/networking opportunities. While this sounds nice for those who couldn’t make it to past E3s (it honestly just required some effort, it wasn’t as restrictive as many were led to believe), it doesn’t sound all that spectacular to me.
[we called it e4 first, before ANYBODY!] (more…)
January 5th, 2007
by Mike
So here it is kids, the very first episode of my new startpause.com strip, StripShow. It promises some half-ass Photoshop, the occasional drawing or two, and content that amuses at least the two of us, the odd egret or two, and maybe even you. The strip will be presented in the form of Java slides. Why? Because it’s tasty! There will always be some more info and background after the jump if you choose to indulge in such delights. So without further ado, click away:
[Click first big image to start show, mouse over edge for next panel, Java must be enabled]
[who would win in a fight?] (more…)
December 7th, 2006
by Mike
I’m so freakin’ excited I even donned this armor I nabbed after bagging some shinejob outside of town. Cleaned out the sweat and had the wookie fancy it up a little. Check out that pose, kid. Sometimes I even amaze myself. Anyways, back to the matter at hand. Now, I know a lot of you are jumping all over the damn place trying to find a Wii. Hell, a lot of you are jumping all over the place after you get your Wii. For those of you who managed to smuggle one to the homefront, good work. Just make sure your siblings keep their grubby paws off it.
[psthreepio and artoods won’t be ignored] (more…)
December 6th, 2006
by Mike
Recently was a time of politics. Which means that politicians and voters alike everywhere were getting out there and finding one side of the fence to be on. While I may not be the most politically inclined person, I do know a thing or two about picking sides of a fence. It’s pretty much what we as people do. Now, I do have my preferred sides of the fence when it comes to politics, but those aren’t really the types of things I generally like to discuss, so that isn’t what this is about. This is about the consumeristic nature that drives us to make the decisions we do, this is about us as consumers.
[i want to consume a sandwich] (more…)
December 5th, 2006
by Anuj
You may have seen the news about Reggie’s Interview on MTV during which he talked about many Wii related things, the most important being that Nintendo is actively looking into getting Goldeneye on the Wii Virtual Console.
This of course would require large sums of money, as Microsoft owns Rare and thus the code, and Activision owns the Bond rights to the videogame license. Reggie said it could be a situation where “The pain is worth the gain.” I have no doubts that getting Goldeneye on the Virtual Console could be a huge plus for Nintendo, but there are several reasons why I’m hoping they don’t actually follow through with it. They are as follows:
[”all bonds,” go!] (more…)
November 30th, 2006
by Mike
God Hand rocks. It’s definitely one of my favorite PS2 games, it’s hilarious, it’s random, it’s hard, it’s skill based, it’s fun. It’s probably gonna be one of the most underrated games ever…ok, maybe not underrated exactly, but underplayed definitely. About everyone that plays it, the few that there are, love it, but like I said, there are few. Anyways, here is the amazing and hilarious God Hand credits song.
God Hand - Ending Credits
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[my complete thoughts on God Hand] (more…)
November 15th, 2006
by Anuj
Ok, so the the website isn’t completely done, not even close, really. There’s still so much more I want to add, more I haven’t figured out yet how I plan to do, and it’s not exactly the way I want it even in the state that it’s in right now. But the fact of the matter is, I have plenty of things to say, with more added to that list each and every day, and another fact of the matter is, is that I just don’t have time right now to work on the website to get it done to the optimum level that I have thus far wanted.
Well ok, maybe I do, shut up you. Whatever the case is, while I do still plan on “finishing” the website (whatever that finished state is supposed to be), the main purpose of the website, the reason for it existing, is so that we can reflect on the matters that are important to us on a day to day basis, present our opinions not just for others, but for ourselves as well, so that we may reflect on them.
[upkeeping this is harder than you would think!] (more…)
October 30th, 2006
by Anuj
Just a quick update on how things are going with startpause here. Anuj and I have been busy getting acquainted with the beginning of the summer and such, and will be back in action very soon. Basic layout, design, and interface are all in place and we’ll be fleshing out the site with the real content, categories and so forth in the very near future with early August as our current target for getting things running full steam with regular updates. Meanwhile be sure to check out the Forums, as we’ve got a great group of core posters, and the more the merrier. I hope you’re looking forward to this as much as we are. Thanks for your patience, and I hope everybody’s July is proceeding smoothly!
July 8th, 2006
by Mike
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