Thursday, April 28, 2005

I'm a big fan of video games and ahve been for much of my life. It's a unique industry in that the main players on the hardware side, which now is Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, only release new versions of their products every 5 years or so. The last iteration was in 1999 and 2000 when Nintendo released the GameCube, Microsoft the X-Box, and Sony the Playstation 2. The new generation is just around the corner and speculation is rampant. The Playstation 2 is rumored to be powerful far beyond the others, a virtual supercomputer in a small box. The extent of the rumors I ahve read about the new X-Box revolve around its name, and not anything much about what it really does. The Nintendo device is where the real fun comes in. The name I have heard is Nintendo Revolution, and the revolution involved is rumored to be a 3D Projection display for the games. How crazy is that? To add to the veracity is a report that George Lucas plans to turn all his Star Wars movies in 3D films, and mentioned that video game device is soon to be released which will take advantage of new, advanced 3D technology far ahead of mainstream Hollywood. Could that device be the Revolution? Who knows, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed because it sounds incredible. If there's one company in all the world that can take a wacky idea and turn it in to god, it's Nintendo. Or didn't you ever play that game where you maneuver an Italian plumber into jumping on turtles?

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