‘Gaming’ Archive
Wii Wheel Rock You
Sunday, April 27th, 2008And here I thought I was clever. Alas.
The Wii Wheel is surprisingly well crafted. I expected it to be a worthless hunk of plastic, because:
- My Gamecube steering wheel makes Mario Kart Double Dash unplayable.
- Excite Truck’s wii-mote steering is not very accurate.
- The Wii Zapper, a similar peripheral, is annoying at best.
And yet, somehow, the Wii Wheel works well. The only problem I have with it is hopping into a turn while skidding in the wrong direction, but I experienced the same difficulties in Mario Kart DS, where only the D-Pad is to blame.
Best Buy Isn’t Evil?
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Another Red Ring of Death
Sunday, March 9th, 2008I just experienced my second red-ring-of-death… jeez. I got my first 360 back in May of 2006, and it died a good 13 months later in June 2007. Yesterday, the new one died, a scant 9 months later. Thankfully, I purchased the Best Buy replacement plan both times, so I replaced it without any hassle.
I still prefer the 360 to the other current-generation consoles, but this high failure rate is very ridiculous.
Odometers
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
