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As for going back through old gaming libraries, I for one will never stop mining my own collection. I have accepted the fact that I own more games than I'll every be able to complete in my lifetime. It's probably stupid for me to even continue buying anything for old generations of consoles. But I feel like I need to preserve it. Heck, if my games get donated to a museum of gaming someday, that would be great.
I've actually started writing about my experiences going back to old games, or games I never got a chance to play, and have been having a lot of fun with it. Just by randomly choosing something I already own and spending an hour or so with it, I'm sitting down afterwards and writing a quick review of that hour of play. I think just as these need to be remembered, it's also important that there continues to be a dialog about it. If we don't continue to talk about it, why would any publisher ever go back to mine their past releases.
The worst part of all of this is unfortunately going to be the titles that fall through the cracks over the years. All the titles owned by defunct developers/publishers that we may never see again. Or things like Goldeneye 64 or Toe Jam & Earl that have strange licensing issues keeping them from re-release. There's got to be a way other than dragging out extinct hardware for these games to be experienced in the future."
In the near future, my anchor to the midwest will be lifted, so I'm looking forward to throwing as much against the wall as possible during that time. But I look for content like yours in the meantime. When G4 started out doing a lot of different things, and the Area 5 guys did their shows, I loved it. But it's been awhile since shows like that have been around, so keep up the work. There's definitely an audience."
I'll definitely keep an eye out for another one. As one of the guys doing your typical style podcast, it's nice to see fresh ideas. We struggle with being stuck in the center of the US where not much is going on that doesn't revolve around Call of Duty.
I don't think your personal introductions need to be there. I think each piece really did a great job of introducing itself and the whole show flows nicely."
Now that the Wii U has been announced, it will succeed the Wii, making the Wii not obsolete, but a gateway drug. Six years for a console cycle is longer than most. And while Nintendo didn't recapture the popularity they enjoyed with the SNES until the Wii launched, they are in a similar position now, with many more eyes on their next move."
Now, I don't at all feel that this is morally reprehensible. Lying is, yes. But do you feel that it is fair for Microsoft, allegedly knowing they were shipping defective hardware, to not repair every console that fails without any input from the consumer? I am not a person to argue that Microsoft is inherently evil. But this is an issue that effects nearly everyone who owns a 360, or at least someone you know. And that's just not good for the gaming industry.
There are many people who just want a console to play video games. They will not connect to Xbox Live. They may not connect their console to and HDTV or even understand the difference. They just don't have the information. And if they become disillusioned by a negative experience with a gaming console, they may think twice before purchasing a console again. So I am merely trying to provide assistance in making a bad situation a little less negative."
