Are Wii the Children of the Revolution?
Journal #5
Just a hype?! Are you kidding me?!
All the next-generation gaming consoles are technical revolutions.
The Nintendo is a wonderful invention; true and pure gaming at its finest. The dawning of the Wii wil forever change "traditional" gaming as we know it. Before, we would be sitting infront of a TV screen with a controller in our hands, pressing the a button to return the computer player's serve in a tennis simulation. Now with the Wii, the player would be performing the action in real life with the Wii's special controller: the Wiimote.
That's amazing. For the Wii and the Wiimote, there are endless possibilities.
Also, gaming is starting to integrate itself with the entire media industry. The PS3, 360, and Wii are all able to play DVDs, the PS3 is also able to play Blu-Ray movies right out of the box and you can get an external HD-DVD drive for your Xbox 360. All of the consoles are also able to use the internet, not just for gaming, but for ordinary surfing. Even pictures and videos can be stored on them too. Gaming consoles have evolved from merely being machines which play games to a multipurpose media hub.
It's funny how the PS3's specs are far superior than the computers of 10 years ago, for example. For all we know they already started working on holographic stuff. Imagine a holographic movie instead of on a screen (which are getting bigger and bigger everyday- think 100 inches wide). Imagine a holographic game, even! I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the next step was virtual gaming; wouldn't be awesome to really be cutting down your enemies in the next Zelda installment instead of performing the action in real life with the Wiimote and seeing it on the TV?
Everyone might not be into the Wii, but it should be considered a landmark of gaming.
We're lucky enough to be able to experience The Next Generation.
Just a hype?! Are you kidding me?!
All the next-generation gaming consoles are technical revolutions.
The Nintendo is a wonderful invention; true and pure gaming at its finest. The dawning of the Wii wil forever change "traditional" gaming as we know it. Before, we would be sitting infront of a TV screen with a controller in our hands, pressing the a button to return the computer player's serve in a tennis simulation. Now with the Wii, the player would be performing the action in real life with the Wii's special controller: the Wiimote.
That's amazing. For the Wii and the Wiimote, there are endless possibilities.
Also, gaming is starting to integrate itself with the entire media industry. The PS3, 360, and Wii are all able to play DVDs, the PS3 is also able to play Blu-Ray movies right out of the box and you can get an external HD-DVD drive for your Xbox 360. All of the consoles are also able to use the internet, not just for gaming, but for ordinary surfing. Even pictures and videos can be stored on them too. Gaming consoles have evolved from merely being machines which play games to a multipurpose media hub.
It's funny how the PS3's specs are far superior than the computers of 10 years ago, for example. For all we know they already started working on holographic stuff. Imagine a holographic movie instead of on a screen (which are getting bigger and bigger everyday- think 100 inches wide). Imagine a holographic game, even! I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the next step was virtual gaming; wouldn't be awesome to really be cutting down your enemies in the next Zelda installment instead of performing the action in real life with the Wiimote and seeing it on the TV?
Everyone might not be into the Wii, but it should be considered a landmark of gaming.
We're lucky enough to be able to experience The Next Generation.
posted by Aude Sepere at 11:05 AM
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