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There is a method to boxing, but most people just flail their arms. The way to beat reckless people is just to dodge non-stop until they get caught in the Matrix-effect thing, then POP them hard.

These are very good :)

Moogle, I wouldn't be thinking of covering every possible situation, just the most obvious one: camera panning. Right now that's pretty much impossible! The more sensors the merrier, but that one gyroscope combined with the existing accelerometers would be more than enough for most applications.

I guess, with the single 3-axis accelerometer they have, they could use the side-to-side forces to pan the camera (assuming it's precise enough), but any tilt to the left or right would be instantly interpreted as a camera pan, making it likely that the camera would go completely nuts!

If they had a second 3-axis accelerometer toward the base of the Wiimote they could throw out data where the side-to-side forces were equal on both sensors (like when you twist/tilt the controller lengthwise like a log) and only accept those where the further sensor measured more side-to-side force than the closer one. That *might* work, but it's a whole lotta effort just to do what one single-axis gyroscope could already do for you.

Why is Nintendo always so late with their baseball games? It's amazing that they expect them to sell with such a street date.

I totally agree with Paul P. The 1-10 scale (usually a misnomer since most groups use a single decimal, making it truly 1-100) is already confusing because it is easy to compare it to the A-F school grade system (which, itself, has plenty of interpretations), and this latest re-interpretation only adds to the confusion. Personally, I'm a fan of less precision when using a score system. You make the number small, and you disassociate it with the grade scale. Not that hard really. Ideally I think a true 1-5 scale would work best for everybody. 1 and 2 are the two degrees of badness, and 3-5 are the three degrees of goodness. That's pretty much all anyone needs. It's not rocket science, as people with bell curve diagrams would like you to believe.

Cody, definitely the HDTV. And definitely component cables, even if you have a non-HD TV. I have a 27" standard TV and the component cables look MUCH better than composite (yellow video cable) video does.

Like you weren't buying a Wii anyway.

I don't think wind turbines are an eyesore. In fact it makes me glad to see them. They are a symbol of our ability to use technology for good purposes.

To the people who say to use a simple composite selector: the one obvious thing you've forgotten is sound. If you have a separate means of switching the sound channels (like two switch boxes) then great, otherwise get the 5-jack Madcatz one.

The cable quality concerns, as always, sound like a bunch of FUD to me. If I were viewing in 1080i I might be more critical (only a bit more), but most people aren't trying to do this. If people were trying to use coathangers in place of component cables then yeah, I see your point, but there's nothing wrong with your typical RCA cable set of a reasonable length.

OOPS, that was the wrong Madcatz switch. It looks very similar. Here's the one I should have linked to. This one is $20. The only difference is it has 5 RCA jacks per source, as opposed to 3.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle_cluster?q=madcatz+component+switch&btnG=Search+Froogle&lmode=online&oid=13059901895379698553