Posts tagged ducttape

Daglow defends Wii as next-gen

by David Hinkle (Aug 20th 2007 5:10PM)

Stormfront Studios' Don Daglow doesn't see the Wii as two GameCubes duct-taped together. Rather, Don is of the mind that the experience dictates how evolved it is perceived by the player. Sure, it lacks the sheer processing power its competitors do, but its ability to provide us with truly unique ...

Another side to Chris Hecker's duct tape rant

by Ross Miller (Mar 12th 2007 1:05PM)

If you've followed the Game Developers Conference at all, you probably heard about Maxis programmer Chris Hecker comments that the Wii is nothing more than two GameCubes duct tape together (though, to be fair, that's a 0.5 upgrade from comments that the Wii is "GameCube 1.5"). We're willing to wager ...

Spore developer rants on Wii

by Eric Caoili (Mar 7th 2007 7:25PM)

Chris Hecker didn't pull any punches at GDC's "Game Publisher's Rant" session. The Maxis developer began his "Fear of a Wii Planet" diatribe by declaring, "The Wii is a piece of sh*t." He went on to describe the console as being vastly underpowered, citing low graphical standards and an inability to ...