Gadgets galore
It's been a slow day at the office and one of my teachers found news about teh E3 Expo where Sony and Nintendo have been showcasing their new consoles.
First up, Nintendo have a new revamped version of the Gameboy Advance, the Gameboy Micro. This version really is tiny, about the same size of your average mobile phone.
Nintendo have also released news of their new console, the Nintendo Revolution. It looks pretty cool and is packed with stacks of new technology, including USB ports, Wi-Fi, ethernet, slot CD drive and SD memory slots. It will also play Gamecube games as well as allowing owners to download games from Nintendo's 20 year back catalog.
Sony have released info on the new Playstation, the imaginatively titled Playstation 3. It looks pretty cool and, like Nintendo's new machine, is stacked witgh loads of new technology including USB ports, three enternet ports (internal hub?), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and slot BR-ROM drive. There are no PS controller ports on the machine, and looking at the press releases it seems that teh new controllers will can be connected via USB and Wi-Fi. You'll be able to use your PSP as a controller too. Think of teh gaming possibilities of having your own private screen while playing a game?
I'm more excited about these new machines than previous generations. These machines may be promising "to revolutionise video-gaming", just as previoud generation, but I feel that the technology has matured enough to for this next generation actually could deliver this promise. That's pretty exciting. And I'll be in Japan when these machines are released so I can be first in the queue to find out!!
And if all this wasn;t geeky enough, I come home and find out about this land walker via the Japan Times.
It's like the future is round the corner.
First up, Nintendo have a new revamped version of the Gameboy Advance, the Gameboy Micro. This version really is tiny, about the same size of your average mobile phone.
Nintendo have also released news of their new console, the Nintendo Revolution. It looks pretty cool and is packed with stacks of new technology, including USB ports, Wi-Fi, ethernet, slot CD drive and SD memory slots. It will also play Gamecube games as well as allowing owners to download games from Nintendo's 20 year back catalog.
Sony have released info on the new Playstation, the imaginatively titled Playstation 3. It looks pretty cool and, like Nintendo's new machine, is stacked witgh loads of new technology including USB ports, three enternet ports (internal hub?), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and slot BR-ROM drive. There are no PS controller ports on the machine, and looking at the press releases it seems that teh new controllers will can be connected via USB and Wi-Fi. You'll be able to use your PSP as a controller too. Think of teh gaming possibilities of having your own private screen while playing a game?
I'm more excited about these new machines than previous generations. These machines may be promising "to revolutionise video-gaming", just as previoud generation, but I feel that the technology has matured enough to for this next generation actually could deliver this promise. That's pretty exciting. And I'll be in Japan when these machines are released so I can be first in the queue to find out!!
And if all this wasn;t geeky enough, I come home and find out about this land walker via the Japan Times.
It's like the future is round the corner.
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