Edward Green

@mrspiteri

I agree. English form over function.

As for the DX I think I will head for the budget end for now. When I need a larger reading experience I need more than e-ink.

The Wii is the best general gaming device I have ever owned. I can't think of a console that has a better selection of games for the living room. I can play it with my Platformer loving partner, with children and random friends.

Ninty's line up this year nails it. I still have uncompleted games on the Wii. Gaming isn't about the number of games but the quality.

Of course I am a hardcore gamer too. For me that means 60fps, Keyboard and Mouse. Anything else just wont do.

It's a game for guys with girlfriends. :-) Or who want them. 'Wanna come back to mine and play this great Wii dancing game', is far better a chat up line than 'Wanna watch me veg out of the sofa and blow peoples heads off'

Picked this up and played it as a break from NSMBWii.

Girlfriend is better at both.

I stick to L4D on the PC.

Played this for a couple of hours the other day and my arm aches. And I like motion games.

Generally what I am looking for in a console game is a title that does something better than my 'study' based gaming PC. So in general FPS' on any console are less interesting to me. I want 60fps and mods for a start.

Motion controls are part of what the Wii does better, on-screen multi-player, platform games that my girlfriend likes are too. Red Steel delivers Motion controls. I can't see my girlfriend liking it (and I refuse to call her a casual player when she plays more platform games than I do, and nails them), but I could see some other Wii owners I know - the Wii Fit + Call of Duty / HOTD types enjoying it. But they might be better downloading Rage of the Gladiator from Wii-ware.

These 'occasional' core gamers will pick it up over the coming months. It will slow burn if it burns at all.

I read somewhere that the latest Rabbids game did well over time. A good 3d platformer type game with great level design.

I wonder how many of these will work on my iPad.

Sorry mean Netbook!

I am really happy with my UK Civic Type S 2.2D. Cruising on the motorway on long trips hits 50+ MPG, and yet it is great fun to drive on winding country roads. It can also overtake tractors with ease. That 20-50mph pull is vital in a car.

I am keen to go hybrid, and hoped Honda would provide the combination of performance and economy to rival their own derv unit which still feels a better drive than the VW equivalent at the moment. I also want a car with a low production and shipping carbon footprint.

I hear you. I picked up DS:E and didn't really get into it after a bug crash. It is now less than half the price. Whereas I could sell MPT for not much less than I paid for it!

As opposed to 15 year old boys which is who mainstream games seem to be aimed at?

The real question at hand is why Sega is incapable of doing what Nintendo does. Use existing IP's people recognise to create wonderful games that appeal to a wide range of gamers, indie, casual, core, whatever.

Very sour grapes.

Quite the opposite. As a PC gamer I picked up a Wii for the living room because it wasn't laden with games designed for teenage boys, but rather titles I could play with other adults without being ashamed of the adolescent content. Not just Ninyendo-core titles, but Wiiware and 3rd party titles.

I own on the Mature titles in the piece. Madworld because I like niche weird indie titles, HOTD:OK because I love rail shooters with zombies with some friends, and The COnduit, because as a PC gamer I wanted to see if an FPS could work without a KBM. but hardly play them, because I tend to play with other 'normal' people. Be it NSMBWii, de Blob, a Boy and his Blob, or Little Kings Story. I don't see the difference between the challenge in these games and in Crysis or Left 4 Dead. They are just a different core experience. Closer to classic gaming rather than the embarrassing mess mainstream gaming has become.

But still 3rd party Wii games struggle. Even the ones not aping the HD twins output for 15 year old boys. Which is a pity.

Meanwhile Apple is selling niche and indie titles for the iPhone by the bucket-load. Although I see Moki is now on WiiWare as well as iPhone.

Still sticking with the Touch Pro.

Windows Mobile is very dull, irritating, slow and fiddly.

But it does the job.

I need to sync multiple Google cal's (I use goosync - because it works), multiple IMAP email accounts, have Tom Tom level navigation, a good hardware keyboard, and reasonable document editing.

iPhone, Pre, Blackberry and Android are getting there. Heck my Treo 650 could do all the above. But Windows Mobile is just about the best solution for me at the moment.