COLOURlovers :: Blog / Following Nintendo through the Ages (and Colors)

Every time I hear ?the adults? of my family talk about video games, which is usually after one of my cousins and I mention something, they seem to always loop back to, ?Wow, remember pong? We used to play that for hours.? And while controllers have seemingly become just more complicated and the games just the same, what?s been interesting to watch is the evolution of graphics over gameplay, specifically with Nintendo, the longest running console manufacturer.

A quick look at Nintendo, and it's progression of color palettes and display of available colors through the years. I tad bit more in-depth coverage of color palettes on system would be an interesting read. Such as Zelda on NES and other rememberable games. Similar to interesting color combinations in Castlevania I'm playing on the Wii on the VC. Good times.

Everybody Wants To Direct: Nintendo Wants Your Movies - Kotaku

Video game companies want you to make short films. First Microsoft calls for an original TV pilot. Then Midway called forth our inner Woo. Now Nintendo announces their Short Cuts Showcase, which challenges budding directors to create a short film with a Nintendo theme, with the top three entries being premiered at Rockefeller Center's annual summer film showcase.

To bad I don't have a video camera. I could make a video of April and I's drunken rants on video games and the Wii (thats not all we rant about). Splice em all together in some new wave style of quick cuts, maybe through some vector art over it, and submit the video. Maybe it could win, since Nintendo is trying to capture the adult audience with the Wii, or at least they should be trying to do so.

Colbert and the Wii

Just saw this watching Colbert Report rerun, and then saw the link posted over at 4 Color Rebellion.com.
Nintendo is really pumping the Wii on Comedy Central, maybe they should check out Adult Swim as well

Slashdot | Wii Aches — Couch Potatoes Working It Up

Genocaust writes
"While the new controller on the Wii is proving to be a success, it's turning out to be more effort than some die-hard couch potatoes bargained for. The Wall Street Journal reports on the newest workout regime for nerds."
From the article:
"In Rochester, Minn., Jeremy Scherer and his wife spent three hours playing tennis and bowling, two of the games included with the Wii. Mr. Scherer says he managed to improve his scores ? at the cost of shoulders and back that were still aching the next day. 'I was using muscles I hadn't used in a while,' says Mr. Scherer, a computer programmer who describes himself as 'not very active.' Mr. Scherer is vowing nightly 'Wii workouts' to get in better shape."
"Bunnies Don't Know What To Do With Cows," in Rayman, is another guaranteed way to get your arm aching. Cows are heavy, and it takes a lot of energy to throw them.

Wall Street Journal article linked at /. on how people are getting a workout playing the Wii.
A direct link to the WSJ article.