Why is it all I could think of at the final shot is "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." This is an incredibly optimistic and idealized look at what is possible, but if they can pull off even a fraction of what they showed here, it could still be very cool.I like the idea of not having to hunt for my remote to browse the menus and watch movies and stuff, and the facial recognition would be cool too if it works.The rest of the stuff looks soooooo much like the videos Nintendo put out when they announced the Wii... I"ll believe it when it stops being a gimmick.
Does anyone have any experience with the devices from FALK? They may only be available in Germany, and I've been wanting to get a GPS device for a while now. The FALK devices seem to have a good interface, but their featureset seems a little on the low side. In general, are the European Garmin devices as good as their North American counterparts seem to be?
Well, well, well. Here I was thinking that CGW went down the tubes when Johnny Wilson left. I had no idea! The irony is, I had just started to like their mag again. Their whole 'no scores' policy made me think that they were going to be returning to their old review policies, where hard-hitting, in-depth content was what was central to their reviews, rather than fluff and sophmoric humor. But now they've gone and ruined all the faith I had in their magazine. To say they sold out is like saying Bill Gates makes money. On the other hand, Ziff Davis has been in trouble. With the advent of the internet, gamers get their information from 1up, Gamespot and, of course, Joystiq months before it appears in magazines. No amount of print exclusives and pretty pictures can substitute timely information and articles that are not (visibly) biased by ad buys. (Well, for the most part, anyway) So the question is, what would I rather see? CGW continue, with ostensibly no pressure from MS on their editorial content, or the magazine disappearing completely? Would the same talent that made up the publication find homes elsewhere? Would they be able to provide us with the same level of games journalism if they were under another editorial chain of command? Would Gamespot or PC Gamer snap them up and use them to their fullest potential? Maybe, maybe not. At the very least, we can't blame Jeff Green or the people at CGW (entirely) for this shift. ZD was long mulling over what to do with their unprofitable publications, and slapping a big ol' MS logo to the front of every issue, while perhaps not the best move they could have made, was certainly one the did with little or no input by the actual staff of the magazine. One could even argue that they have a tradition of corporate branding, (OPM, for instance. Heck, when PC magazine was first published, PC was an IBM brand name) and those magazines still have high publication numbers. Time will tell how much sway MS will have over the content of the magazine, but I guess all I have to say is: it's a good thing I didn't have to pay for my subscription. ( http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/egm/free-1-year-subscriptions-to-gaming-mags-175323.php )
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Jun 1st 2009 7:31PM (Joystiq)"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."
This is an incredibly optimistic and idealized look at what is possible, but if they can pull off even a fraction of what they showed here, it could still be very cool.I like the idea of not having to hunt for my remote to browse the menus and watch movies and stuff, and the facial recognition would be cool too if it works.The rest of the stuff looks soooooo much like the videos Nintendo put out when they announced the Wii... I"ll believe it when it stops being a gimmick.
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Aug 4th 2006 11:03AM (Joystiq)On the other hand, Ziff Davis has been in trouble. With the advent of the internet, gamers get their information from 1up, Gamespot and, of course, Joystiq months before it appears in magazines. No amount of print exclusives and pretty pictures can substitute timely information and articles that are not (visibly) biased by ad buys. (Well, for the most part, anyway) So the question is, what would I rather see? CGW continue, with ostensibly no pressure from MS on their editorial content, or the magazine disappearing completely? Would the same talent that made up the publication find homes elsewhere? Would they be able to provide us with the same level of games journalism if they were under another editorial chain of command? Would Gamespot or PC Gamer snap them up and use them to their fullest potential? Maybe, maybe not.
At the very least, we can't blame Jeff Green or the people at CGW (entirely) for this shift. ZD was long mulling over what to do with their unprofitable publications, and slapping a big ol' MS logo to the front of every issue, while perhaps not the best move they could have made, was certainly one the did with little or no input by the actual staff of the magazine. One could even argue that they have a tradition of corporate branding, (OPM, for instance. Heck, when PC magazine was first published, PC was an IBM brand name) and those magazines still have high publication numbers. Time will tell how much sway MS will have over the content of the magazine, but I guess all I have to say is: it's a good thing I didn't have to pay for my subscription. ( http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/egm/free-1-year-subscriptions-to-gaming-mags-175323.php )