SlipperyBrick (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Nintendo has announced the launch of its WiiWare game download service for the Nintendo Wii. This launch comes almost a year after Nintendo announced the WiiWare game development platform last June. If you've hooked up your Wii game console to the Internet you can connect to the Wii shop channel, buy some Wii points and [...]
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Indepedent developers of video games are a downtrodden lot. Like independent film makers, they only get so much recognition from the big guys. But that's been changing as more voices decry the dearth of creativity in big budget games. Nintendo is the latest to recognize the problem and is launching its WiiWare downloadable games platform today [...]
Ypulse (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Hip hop's cool factor just plummeted (after an older college basketball coach nailed the Soulja Boy dance on camera - yikes) (Salon.com, day pass or subscription required) - Cyber sex 2.0 (teens are using their cell phones for flirty texting...
barbd (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
So now Google jumps into the fray with their Friend Connect, a universal profile that will allow people to maintain one single profile across a number of different social sites. This concept has been talked about for ages now, and I guess it's good that we’re seeing it come into fruition, with a number of [...]
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
This week marks the launch of WiiWare, a series of cheap, downloadable Nintendo games created mostly by independent developers. The debut lineup includes LostWinds (in which you control the weather to protect a Mario-like protagonist) and a trivia game called...
Infendo - Nintendo blog (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
As I’m sure you've heard, WiiWare launched in North America today with six games. The only one, and I do mean only, that I wouldn't spend money on is VIP Blackjack. I’ve already purchased and played both My Life as a King and Lost Winds (impressions coming soon, but they are both beautifully looking and [...]
