Jason

Yeah this shot apparently showed up a little while ago on a Japanese site listing the accessory as a headset for the DS Lite.

Flicker spotted it on the 28th, plus 2 cents on the voice applications:

http://www.flickergaming.net/index.php/2006/07/28/ds-gets-all-voice-crazy/

Joystiquery, eh?

You know that's just a bad start, since it practically rhymes with "bitchery." Never where you want to be when creating a you-verb. Or adjective.

I can't read or write.

It's funny to me that people keep thinking site like Joystiq (or mine) have anti-Sony spin, when what we have is an anti-bullshit bias.

Part of the beauty of being a blog (not MSM) is that you get to call em like you see em.

...Whale biologist!

It's funny how little things like the way you see colors can affect the way you game.

Turns out that Guitar Hero favors the colorblind - revel in your advantage!

http://www.flickergaming.net/index.php/2006/06/13/guitar-hero-favors-the-colorblind/

You know I never did have too much of a problem with cheating after souce and VAC came out.

Granted 1.6 was just fucked, but Valve gave up after a while and, well, anything's a hell of lot better than Diablo II's Battle.net, right?

Thanks for the linkage Robert!

I never did own issue #1, so this was a sweet find for me.

Thanks for the link love!

Yeah, the bottom line is kind of the ease with which WoW can conform to different play styles (Loren contrasts it with RTS play, which is basically at the opposite end of the spectrum).

Thanks for the link love, and rest assured, all of us at Flicker really *are* addicted to WoW ;)

How many votes does it take to get to the frontpage? Digg is something like 30, no?

The funny thing is that I see DIGG and the Netscape beta as services that can (and do, for the moment) very peacefully coexist (as competitors).

They target different audiences (as you point out - tech vs. mass) and I think these services actually gain value from having the other around.

Competition breed innovation - both services are only going to get better. Plus, I cruise both and submit articles to both. Certain links will do better in different crowds, and they serve up a different helping of "what's hot" online, which is why I check them out in the first place.

This way, if something slips by Digg unnoticed, there's actually somewhere else to check.

You know, this "learn by doing" is a pretty big part of why my friend and I started Flicker Gaming - the (relatively) small startup amount necessary for launching a blog is still less than business school...and I'd wager more useful if you're doing media/publishing.

Besides, it's also way more fun. The problem with doing things on the edge of a new technology, though, is that if you think of something new but you aren't as good at telling people about it first, you can lose out on "creativity points" (think Google v. Overture).

But now I'm rambling.