Nintendo Wii News
- Police report 8/7/2008 Thursday, August 7, 2008 @ 8:35AMCape GirardeauThe Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.DWIn Veronica L. Schearf, 25, 1400 S. West End Blvd., Apt. 30, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, no proof of insurance and failure to obey signal.
- Research shows gaming can improve medical skills Thursday, August 7, 2008 @ 8:25AMIF WE KNEW becoming a doctor involved playing on a Nintendo Wii we would all be signing up.
- Around West Hagerstown Thursday, August 7, 2008 @ 7:10AMSchool supplies to be given away Washington Square United Methodist Church, 538 Washington Ave., Hagerstown, will hold a free school supply giveaway on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 10 a.m. The church is next to the Western Enterprise Fire Hall. For more information, call 301-739-2653 or 301-790-3510.
- Bobby Carrot series Thursday, August 7, 2008 @ 2:36AMAttila writes: Java games have arguably been around longer than Symbian games, they are far more numerous and, in my opinion, they are quickly decreasing the once so obvious gap in quality between games written for these two platforms. It is high time to meet a real Java royalty: Bobby Carrot.
- Feeling the Wii burn Thursday, August 7, 2008 @ 2:10AMWe have all known someone, or been that someone, who has been struck by the power of video games. Endless hours sitting in front of the television simply mesmerized by the electric glow.
- The geek shall inherit the earth Thursday, August 7, 2008 @ 1:26AM Mark Samuels, Computing , Thursday 7 August 2008 at 05:15:00 The world seems to have suddenly decided that technology is cool - and woe betide anyone who disagrees Technology used to be the preserve of the geek. The commonly accepted perception was that only boring people liked mucking around with computers....
- Indoor, high-tech children: Stunted specimens? Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 7:14PM As a child, Sandra Muñoz-Weingarten remembers trying to outfox her mother.
- BBC reveals iPlayer user habits Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 5:46PM How do you view yours?
- Walmart.com helps college students get ship shape Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 3:08PMIn an effort to boost back-to-school shopping business, Walmart.com is offering free site-to-store shipping on items for college students’ dorms and apartments.
- GPS Cell Phones Brings Gaming Outdoors Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 8:11AMNew technology allows gamers to play interactive games in the real world.
- Captain Rainbow : nouvelles images Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 7:05AMNintendo nous dévoile de nouvelles images de Captain Rainbow sur Wii.
- Asus Eee Stick gets official Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 6:26AM Asus showed the Nintendo Wii like motion controllers at the Computex 2008, but released now an official press-release for the Eee Sticks. The Asus Eee Stick is a plug and play wireless controller for the PC platform that translates your physical hand mo...
- Local news briefs Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 5:36AMA $226,000 project to build an access road to T-hangars at the Wausau Municipal Airport has received the backing of Gov. Jim Doyle.
- NEWS: Wall Street Journal Interviews Iwata Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 3:03PMThe interview reveals information on the future of Wii including peripherals, the Wii Motion Plus, and some future titles in the Wii line.
- Panasonic Maps the Course of High Definition by Studying How Real Families Enjoy HD Lifestyles Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 2:46PMNEW YORK , Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Panasonic announced that it is looking for more families to participate in its Living in HD program, a unique study of real American families experiencing what it means to "live in High Definition."
- GOAL!!! - Hospital scores with interactive therapy Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 2:33PMEmily Heuser is playing goalie against a virtual opponent.
- Xbox to Undercut Wii, Analyst Says Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 1:23PMPrice cuts would bring budget version of Microsoft’s console below those of competition from Nintendo and Sony.
- WiiWare and Virtual Console Wii Shop Channel Weekly Releases Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 10:22AMWild West Guns, Sonic The Hedgehog and SPLATTERHOUSE 2.
- Circuit City Rethinks MAD Magazine Ban, Apologizes Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 9:15AM What started out as a modern-day book banning has fizzled into a major retailer apologizing to MAD Magazine, even borrowing a page from the infamous humor magazine to do it.
- Your P.O.V. Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 8:26AMCarlos Monarrez: Sports writer spends a day with fans, and he has some advice.
- Video made locally depicts toddlers being forced to brawl Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 8:20AMPUTNAM COUNTY -- Two toddlers who appear to be forced by older youths are shown kicking, flapping and cursing at each other in a video that apparently was posted for a time on the popular Internet site YouTube.A search of the site this morning did not prod...
- Circuit City suits aren’t laughing over MAD’s ‘Sucker City’ spoof Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 4:24AMCircuit City Stores Inc. temporarily banished the irreverent MAD Magazine from its store’s shelves for poking fun at the consumer electronics retailer.
- Chief: Home alarm led Bronxville cops to young suspects Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 2:46AMBRONXVILLE - A sounding alarm led police to an attempted burglary that has four teens facing felony charges in connection with a string of break-ins at six village homes, the police chief said yesterday.
- Calendar -- Urbandale & Johnston Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 2:23AMSummer Adventures. Through Aug. 8. Grimes Community Complex, 410 S. Main St., Grimes. Prices vary; bbarber@ci.grimes.ia.us ; 986-2143; www.grimesiowa.gov .
- Seniors using video games to stay active Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 6:45PMKids are often told to stop playing video games, but some seniors in Naples are being encouraged to play more. Seniors living at the Carlisle Retirement center in Naples are using the Nintendo Wii as a way to stay active.
- Wii Review: Space Chimps Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 3:02PMThis action platform title has plenty of movie based basic monkey business plus some new characters and 13 new enemies. This action platform title has plenty of basic monkey business based on the movie of the same name plus some new characters and 13 new enemies. Players travel to the planet Malgor where they must battle king Zartog. The battle begins immediately as the heroic trio, including ...
- Wii buffs NYC gym-goers - for $110 an hour Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 2:58PMA human trainer at Gravity Fitness incorporates video boxing, tennis, golf and dodge ball during traditional exercise sessions.
- Youth Focus--Jeremiah Johnson Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 2:55PMSiblings: Jordan, Jael, Johanna, Joseph, Jesse, Jonathan, Juniper, Judah, Jewel and one on the way. School and community programs: Gymnastics coach, AutoCAD drafting for Creative Design Studio, solo violinist.
- Nintendo: No Plans For New Peripherals Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 9:29AM Now that Wii Music has been revealed, said Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, the company has exhausted the majority of its original ideas for the Wii. "Wii Music completes what Miyamoto wrote in his proposal when he came up with the idea for the Wii," Iwata told the Wall Street Journal. "He was saying that he needs to think up more ideas now.". When asked whether any additional accessories ...
- East Rochester is dedicating Senior Center to its founder Monday, August 4, 2008 @ 7:26AM The building will be renamed in honor of Jean Daniel, who started a senior citizens organization in a church in the 1960s.
- Digital camera can focus on all the faces in a crowd Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 8:50PMCAMERAS
- Joan Aragone: Aurora Mandolin Orchestra shines in Redwood City Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 7:27PMONE MUSICIAN comes directly from his shift as an emergency room doctor in Antioch. Another drives from Oakland following her day as a graphic designer.
- Tom Daley: The boy in the bubbles Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 7:21PM Tom Daley is not the youngest person ever to contest an Olympic Games for Britain. When one newspaper suggested that he was, a chap called Ken Lester got in touch to point out, somewhat apologetically, that he had been 13 years and 144 days when he coxed for a rowing pair at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. When Daley competes in Beijing he will be 14 years and 81 days. But there is a more beguiling ...
- North County FYI Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 6:02AMArtist Ray Brownfield will speak at 2 p.m. Wednesday, California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido. Author Ann Patchett, who wrote “Run,” will read from her book and have a book signing, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive.
- Public libraries are keeping up Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 5:28AMOver the past two decades, Wendy McMorrow has seen the public library grow and change alongside her four children, who range in age from 20 to 12.
- Police reports from local municipalities Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 3:34AMGOULDS A thief stole a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban in the 12200 block of Southwest 218th Street between 10 p.m. July 22 and 7:30 a.m. July 23.
- Police reports from local municipalities Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 3:24AMTAMIAMI PARK AREA A thief stole a 1994 Ford F-150 in the 1200 block of Southwest 104th Court between 5 p.m. July 25 and 8:30 a.m. July 26.
- AGENDA Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 3:13AMErykah Badu sings in the schoolyard; Shakespeare gets the last laugh; Wii lovers put their dukes up; Galapagos gets a new home; and Queens gets all crafty. Badu to the bone MUSIC, Mon 4 George Wingate High School Playground; Brooklyn Avenue and...
- Golden day for Wesley Village Sunday, August 3, 2008 @ 3:00AMJENKINS TWP. – The United Methodist Homes of the Wyoming Conference honored its 50th anniversary with a celebration at its Wesley Village Campus Saturday. The event, which was held in the Partridge-Tippett nursing facility activity room, featured live entertainment, an art show and a cooking demonstration.
- "recent negativity toward the wii" Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 4:26PMTitusGroan wrote: Why so serious? i just realised that you try to have a debate on something and all you get are people having a dig. deciding what type of person you are based on one post. christ we all come on here because we love games dont we.
- "recent negativity toward the wii" Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 3:41PMAfter the recent E3 expo alot of discontent has been aired on these boards with regaurds to the lack of HARDCORE games announced. I myself am finding this baffling as the wii isnt even 2 years old and we have already had AAA titles in
- 2Q online jewelry, watch sales drop Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 11:07AMNonetheless, total U.S. online retail sales (excluding travel) reached approximately $31 billion in the second quarter of 2008.
- Nintendo, Sony want a piece of the pie Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 6:20AMAt back-to-back news conferences at the E3 video game industry trade show in Los Angeles, Nintendo and Sony unveiled their different approaches to the gaming market.
- Digital revolution takes Olympics to the masses Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 6:20AMFor the Olympic movement, the digital revolution could be armed with a double-edged sword.
- The AM Take Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 12:11AMIn November 2006, Nintendo released its fifth-generation console, the Wii. The video game company took a major risk when it eschewed graphical power and groundbreaking online capabilities for gameplay and control innovations.
- Getting serious about gaming Friday, August 1, 2008 @ 7:06PM(This is a Fellowship of Christian Newspapers special report) By STEVE RABEY Video games made their debut in arcades across America in the 1970s. Soon, millions of people were plugging quarters into massive consoles to play favorites such as Pong, Space Invaders and Pac-Man.
- QuakeCon: Carmack Dishes Dirt on Sony and Microsoft Friday, August 1, 2008 @ 6:46PMHow Microsoft is scared of Blu-ray while Sony is forcing extra dev time.
- Video game promotes drinking Friday, August 1, 2008 @ 6:30PMTYLER-Parents are now concerned about a new video game that takes a popular drinking game and rates it "E" for everyone. If you ask a college student what they do in their spare time, they may tell you they like to play video games or drink.
- Top 10 Entries on Top 10 Lists Friday, August 1, 2008 @ 5:05PMIf you’ve been reading gaming lists - magazine, internet or bar napkin - for as long as we have, then you’ve probably noticed a number of inclusions that seem to always make it.
- Holographic storage coming to the Wii? Friday, August 1, 2008 @ 7:21AM Patent application points to holographic storage for the Wii Nintendo has already admitted that the Wii has a storage-related “issue”. But a patent application’s revealed that the firm could be considering a futuristic storage format as a solution to the console’s memory problems.…
