It relation to Nick’s Article.

A World of Warcraft Question was featured on Jepordy!

“Leroy Jenkins is a popular player of this game” - What is World of Warcraft?

Didn’t see the episode but many people have told me about this.

Sam You Wool

The feeding frenzy is about to begin.

Microsoft’s next-generation gaming console, Xbox 360, is set to be released at 12:01 AM tonight/tomorrow morning. According to a Microsoft press release, “more than 4,500 retailers [will] open their doors at 12:01 a.m. to answer the demand for the Xbox 360 console and 18 launch games.” The Xbox 360 is the first of the next generation of gaming consoles (PlayStation 3 and Nintendo revolution are the other two) to be released to the general public. Sony and Nintendo plan on releasing their new consoles next year. This represents a nice reversal of fortune for Microsoft, which has been hounded with bad press over security concerns, Windows Vista delays, and sweaty dancing CEOs.

If you are planning to go to a launch event and would like to write about it for us, let us know.

For the past few months, the gaming world has been abuzz with anticipation over Nintendo’s new game console and its supposedly revolutionary new controller. Well, while delivering his keynote speech from the Tokyo Game Show yesterday, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata finally put an end to the suspense, unveiling the controller that will be used for Nintendo’s next generation console.

The new controller resembles a TV remote more than it does a conventional game controller, and it is designed to be held like a TV remote, with the thumb falling on the cross pad and large ‘A’ button below it, and the index finger gripping the ‘B’ trigger underneath the controller. Midway down the face of the controller are the Home button (whose purpose Nintendo has yet to elaborate on) flanked by the requisite Start and Select buttons. Further down are the alternate ‘A’ and ‘B’ buttons, placed such that the controller can be turned on its side and used as a standard NES controller.

The industrial design of the controller exudes a very iPod-like air of understated beauty, as does the console itself. Both console and controller will be available in a variety of colors.

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Cyan Worlds Inc, who made the Myst line of games has laid off the majority of it’s staff, leaving just Rand Miller and Tony Fryman looking after the company. As it stands, Cyan Worlds will exist, but I guess Myst V really is the end of the series for Cyan Worlds.

Deep Thought salutes you for revolutionising gaming in the early 90s and for giving us one of the best game series ever.

The PSP has finally been released in the UK and Australia after months of delay. Sony are expecting to shift 100,000 in the UK today, though most of these are likely to be from pre-orders. Though The Register is reporting that the Aussies don’t seem to be quite as excited:

According to the Australian newspaper, some 25,000 AUD400 PSPs were on pre-order ahead of the launch, with Sony anticipating some 15,000 further sales across counters and online during the first four days of availability. ®