Last year, Microsoft’s big E3 announcement was Final Fantasy XIII coming to the Xbox 360. Some Sony fans complained about Microsoft moving in on their system’s coveted franchise, but this year, Microsoft is moving in on Nintendo, and in a much bigger way by introducing their motion controller, or lack thereof, Project Natal.
“The controller is a barrier seperating video game players from everyone else,” Don Mattrick, senior Xbox VP, said in his introduction of Microsoft’s rumored motion controller. The term “controller” is actually a bit misleading as the motivation behind Natal is eliminating the physical controller and replacing it with the player’s entire body.
While the idea is obviously linked to that of the Wii’s motion controls, Natal looks to expand far beyond Nintendo’s current reach, if only because the technology appears to be far superior to that of the Wii remote and Nunchuk. I’m a bit skeptical, however, that Natal will usher in the revolution in gaming Mircrosoft’s presenters implied.
Demoman is a feature in which I make (incredibly harsh) assumptions about upcoming games based on their (horrible) demoes, while making observations about the purpose and importance of video game demoes.
While the Nintendo DSi is a worthy purchase for anyone who has yet to upgrade from the original DS “Phat”’s outdated size and appearance, the handheld’s new features are either shallow or have yet to reach even a fraction of their full potential. Most disappointing of all is the lazy recycling of older games, which comprises majority of the current DSiWare offerings as “express” titles.
I was planning on doing a more non-traditional review of Resident Evil 5 for BOLDSTATE, but we were in dire need of 
Police officers, over the weekend, were killed by a crazy man with a gun, and blaming anybody else besides him is like blaming a flight attendant after a terrorist takes down a plane.
This is Tortimer, a video game character from the Animal Crossing series. He serves as the mayor of your town in all three of the Animal Crossing games, but he is not a real person. He is a character controlled by lines of code and is only capable of relaying so much pre-programmed dialog. You can usually find him sleeping in his office in town hall, or ambling about on holidays. Journalists in Missouri, however, believe Tortimer is a real person. Jacqueline Lapine, a reporter who gets paid to report factual information of importance to local citizens, believes Tortimer is a sexual predator. Jacqueline is an idiot.
