...gs really stand out for the Wii securing a big future quite quickly.

Backwards-Compatablity The Wii is built to be able to load both it's own games, and any Gamecube game. It's slot-disc loader can take both sizes, which is a first for game consoles and may be a mixed bag if the slot-loading mechanism can get easily fouled. The wii can play all of the Gamecube games, work with the Gamecube memory cards, and also allow you to use Gamecube controllers. For affordability, this means people who have spent a bunch on their GC hardware can use some of it with the wii - and not have to go out and buy the new console, plus controllers, plus memory, etc. For the family group the wii is targeting, this is a smart move.

The wii Remote This is the really cool part of the entire new console. A completely cordless, motion-controlled remote that knows how you are moving it and can translate that movement on-screen to the game so you can use it as a baton for concerts, a sword or staff for battle, a gun for shooting, a laser-pointer for targeting, whatever you can think of as a controller, the wii remote can be it. The wii remote runs off standard AA batteries and according to the specifications, a pair of batteries can run the controller for 30 hours under full use, or 60 hours on standby. Not too bad for cordless with force-feedback capability and long-term memory storage on the controller. Each remote can store a Mii avatar, which is designed on the wii and can be transported to different wii consoles for gameplay among friends. Some games will use the Mii avatar as the player's onscreen charact...more

nintendo wii - A Real Game Console

...eep in its vertical orientation, the near-equivalent of three DVD cases stacked together. The system weighing 1.2 kg (2.7 lb) is the lightest of the three major seventh generation consoles. It is possible for the console to be placed either horizontally or vertically. The nintendo wii console features a recurring theme or design along with the console itself, SD cards, the power supply and all the sockets have one of their corners chipped off in a triangular fashion.<...more

Playing Games Online to Entertain Yourself

...h offers such games for a minimal fee which compared to buying a game is a lot cheaper. There are also other games which take advantage of the social power of the web to create entire community of players, these are called massive online multi-player games.

Now that we have established that high quality games can be found on the web lets move on to game sites, these have been designed to provide flash applications that the user can interact with. Flash is a standard technology which all users have available in their web browsers otherwise it is easily downloadable from the web. Using flash doesn't represent a security risk becaus...more

Hottest Gifts For Christmas 2007

...Every holiday season, there's always a ton of new products and new entertainment releases just in time to take advantage of the gift giving season. Despite a lackluster US economy, 2007 promises to be a strong year for consumer spending during the holiday season. Here's what's hot, or will be hot, this Christmas 2007:

Books

Books are always a hot seller during the holidays, though they are often not bought specifically as gifts, but as a gift for ourselves to enjoy over the winter holiday. Hot books this year include the Oprah's book club selection, Love In The Time Of Cholera, the latest novels from Patricia Cornwell, Alice Sebold, Laurel K. Hamilton, John Grisham, Ken Follett and Robert B. Parker. For...more