Online retailers, they are really only good at:
A) “Accidentally” listing a game that is yet to be officially announced, beating publishers to the mark and causing PR managers to curse their latest top secret project being revealed by a button-happy online retailer.
B) Somehow coming up with their own games, listing games that are neither confirmed […]

Rumours are seeping through the highly alert guards of the Internet (who am I kidding, the amount of porn that gets through each day is enough to provide a strong economy for a small country) that Nintendo is developing a wireless nunchuck for the Wii.
Of course, the nunchuck is connected to the Wii-mote by way […]

“Daddy, daddy, is it here?”
“Yes son, it is. Came this morning.”
“Oh Richard, I’m so glad you bought a Wii for Christmas. What a lovely gift for the kids.”
“Quick Daddy, open it! Open it!”
“Ok buddy, calm down. Here I go…”
Internet auction site eBay has been selling thousands of Wii’s, PS3’s and Xbox 360’s over the past […]

I don’t know about you, but I hate it when promises are broken. A promise to buy my favourite cereal and then not picking it up, trivial as it may be, still pisses me off. Wikipedia defines a promise as “a psychological contract indicating a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in […]

10:47pm. Excitement is building.
11:06pm. In the car now, driving to the midnight launch.
11:20pm. I have in my hand ticket number 53, handed to me by EB employee Mark.
11:35pm. Crowd starts to form. EB run out of tickets. Good thing I got here early.
11:59pm. Seconds left. The 40+ crowd is getting restless.
12:01am. Australia holds their breath.
The […]

Nintendo’s finally released their urine-sounding (and possibly smelling, yet still unconfirmed) console into the arms of loving Australians nationwide today. As expected, Nintendo fans have taken to the streets at midnight to welcome in the launch of the Wii console. While official launch celebrations may not have been as elegant and large-scaled as the Xbox […]

Look, if you want to get technical, (and I’m sure a few of you will), the countdown began months ago, when it was announced Wii will be launching on Australian shores on December 7th, 2006.
But I’m starting it today for two reasons.
1. I’m the one writing this article.
2. Today my Wii console has finally been […]