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    THQ Thought of Wii U Controller "18 Months Ago"

    The Wii U controller is basically the bottom screen on the DS, so clearly the basic technology was come up with by Nintendo long before THQ came up with uDraw. Also, while the similarities between uDraw and the Wii U controller are obvious, so are the many, many, many dissimilarities.
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    289: My Nintendo Shame

    This is a rather sad piece, although it does seem odd you wrote it in the best year the Wii has had. But it's true, Nintendo has not been producing games of the caliber they were in the pre-Wii days, and I say this both as someone who genuinely likes the Wii and as something who has never shared...
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    Epic Mickey Offers No Choice

    Warren Spector has said specifically that Mickey was not a game of moral choices, and I think that's accurate. Paint and thinner are not good and bad, and the choices you make are ultimately more about whether you want to fix the world you're in or just get through it. This is not to say that...
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    The Future is Still Retail

    This article conclusively proves the entire game distribution model will not go completely digital in the next two years. That's about it. Some points are silly - plenty of people impulse shop on the internet - and some only speak to the present - sure not everyone is connected to the Internet...
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    Netflix Calls HD Streaming "Underwhelming," Perfect for Wii

    Give me a break. First off, only about a third of homes even have HD, so for a lot of people this is a non-issue. And come on, taking a shot at a game console because it's not the perfect format for playing movies? Was that Nintendo's goal? Personally, I don't need my game console to play HD...