Sunday, December 24, 2006

YouTube - Bunnies don't milk cows

If you ever get a chance to try a Wii, you HAVE to try this game:
Rayman Raving rabbits

It's very funny... and make very good use of the Wii-mote...

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

New MMO in dev...

I see things like this and I have to pinch myself to see if I'm dreaming...

Fallout is one of my favorite RPG of all time (Chrono Trigger is another) and to hear a new MMO and that a new game is coming out in november of next year I feel like I'm dreaming...

Of course, it's still a years off, but since the original was release in 1997 and the last sequel in 1998, I've already waited more than 7 years for this game... so a year or two doesn't sound all that bad...

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Wii have a winner!

I've always liked gaming, but consoles have always been a sort of 'nope' for me. I never felt that the consoles where an irreplaceable thing, that you couldn't have has much fun with a good computer game. And it was mostly true. Simcity, Civilisation, Starcraft and the recent MMORPG are just a couple of title off of my head that I find more enjoyable on a computer than on a console (if they are even available).

Well... What I experienced monday changed all that...

I got to try the new Nintendo Wii.

I have heard of it and was intrigued, so when I had the opportunity to try one, I took it... I have to admit, I was surprised... very surprised.

30 sec was all it took me to understand the basic of the tennis in Wii Sports. I lost, but it was fun... a lot of clean simple fun...

The Wii-mote change the entire relation you have with the machine itself. The idea of movement instead of buttons tend to make the game feel more natural. You don't have to think about which button to hit, you act, and the character on screen follows you. It's a big step up the learning curve. A First Person shooter is the perfect example for this: you don't to explain the controls, you just point the Wii-mote at the screen, and shot!

It's so simple, my mother actually liked trying the thing this morning...And she never played any video game before...

I'm not sure I'm going to actually buy one, but I am sure to keep an eye on it...

Friday, December 08, 2006

Sick

I've been sick for the past couple of days. It's this bizarre condition where I dizzy spells several times per day, yet I'm still able to stand on my 2 feet. I mostly feel OK throughout the day, but it's really annoying..

The doctor wasn't even sure exactly what I had...

Anyway, I feel a lot better now that I did the 'ultimate natural treatment':
-Lots of sleep
-Eat well, at least one orange or apple or banana a day
-Cut back coffee to minimum dose (Small instead of Large)
-Multivitamins every morning
-Tylenol and more sleep when things go ugly.
-Workout when able to..
-NO alcohol (well, not sure if it helped a lot, but I did it anyway)

I know it's mostly all common sense, but we, as human being, tend to be too lazy to actually do all those things...

But that i've tried it for a week, I feel great... I think I'll try and keep that treatment all winter, to try to prevent the flu. Or at least keep the symptoms to a minimum.

Anyway, I know It's superficial information but I challenge you to try it for a week... It's not easy, But I think it's worth it..