Nintendo has cooked up some pretty innovative ideas the past few years, no doubt. But the Wii Vitality Sensor isn’t exactly making our hearts burn with desire. More like murmur with apathy.
News Blips:
• New knowledge of Wii Vitality Sensor causes excitement flatline. A trickle of info has come out on Nintendo’s wacky new peripheral that will likely do little to get your heart pumped. Turns out the finger condom has a small light inside that will measure various things going down in your body (duh!). In one demo, you’re tasked with the exhilarating act of breathing in time to a metronome. And, in another, it times how quickly you fall asleep due to utter boredom. Yawn… [Kotaku]
• Well, that’s nice: Black people can play Project Natal, too. Seems Shoe’s Project Natal impressions caused quite an Internet tizzy when he observed that dark-skinned game consultant N’Gai Croal had difficulty air-steering his virtual car during his demo. Well, it appears that Microsoft’s new motion-control gizmo loves all races, as the company released a video of several famous African American sports stars pantomiming like pros. Support for Klingons? Now that’s another story. [Kotaku]
• Crackdown 2 looks to encourage four-way orb-grabbing. The product page-searching sleuths over at VG247 discovered that Crackdown 2’s official page reveals the game might include 4-player co-op and 16-player multiplayer matches. If this doesn’t pan out, we’re totally suing Microsoft for false advertising. [VG247]
• Clutter your apartment with plastic crap for cheap. GameStop is slashing the prices on all versions of Rock Band and Guitar Hero in case you haven’t annoyed your neighbors yet. [Kotaku]
• Armageddon is upon us: Dynasty Warriors spin-off canceled for America. It turns out that Warriors Orochi Z, a spin-off that combines both Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors, is not coming to America. God help us all! [Kotaku]
Hit the jump for some video blips, including a World War 2 zombies, picture-perfect African animals, Tetris porn, and…more.
Video Blips:
• There’s zombies in your World War 2 game. Japanese undead rise for this DLC Call of Duty: World at War trailer.
• SNL funny man pitches funny game concept to videogame funny man. Watch Jason Sudeikis try to pitch Focus Effect 4 to Brutal Legend’s Tim Schafer.
• Oh, hell yeah: Afrika interview. We can’t wait to shoot endangered animals…with a camera.
Cultural Blips:
• This Tetris shirt is the right fit, depending on which way you rotate. Check out this sweet Tetris shirt that some designer made. [technabob]
• Sure, why not: Tetris porn. Don’t worry, it’s semi-safe for work. [Geekologie]