Shield Yourselves

One final post on CES for this week, but it’s about one of the very first products to be revealed. I really had to mull this over and work out exactly what I think about this piece of hardware, and yes... I found something good to say about it, sort of. So here we go, my thoughts on Nvidia’s Project Shield.

The Shield is essentially a souped-up android device, running Nvidia’s new Tegra 4 processor. It features a 5 inch, 720p display, and a very... very familiar game pad, all wrapped up in a nifty clamshell design. Let me start on the design, this thing is sexy, it’s like a 360 controller and a F-117 Nighthawk had very awkwardly positioned love and made a babby. For a controller it doesn’t look like there’s too much extra bulk, even though this is much more than a controller, and as pretty much anything else, yeah... there’s too much bulk. This thing is not pocket sized although it is marketed as portable, but practical is something we’ll have to see about, I’ll get to that later.

Deals in Heels

So yesterday, at a Nintendo press conference in Japan, Nintendo decided to announce the release date for the WiiU, but nobody ended up giving a shit about that because they also announced that Bayonetta 2 is in production, exclusivley for the WiiU.

Now I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of the original Bayonetta game, if you’re reading this because you're a Nintendo fanboy then you probably won’t have as it was only released on the 360 and PS3, and if you’re a 360 or PS3 fanboy, you’re probably gobbing in your cereal as we speak, or at least that’s the impression given by the internet, which is collectively up in arms about the decision, even going so far as to start a petition. Yeah, like one of those ever got anything done...

The sad thing is though, that this has nothing to do with consumers fighting the mistreatment they face at the hands of a large corporation. It’s just a bunch of people, with a false sense of entitlement, moaning and bitching on the internet. And you wonder why people think CoD causes post office shootings?

Hardly a Podcast - Episode 13: The E3 Episode

This week, Jamie fears for his life, Nosh blows his nose, and Simon is disappointed by nothing much.

Music is credited to bosonHavoc, KtA, CyberSon and Progress105.