WBX: "Told you so" would be mean, but…

WBX: WinBreak Exclusive – Follow up
Remember in EARLY JANUARY, when I said two specific games would be making their way to the still-new Xbox Originals? One of those games I mentioned, was Guilty Gear X2 #Reload. Well, as of yesterday, June 11th, Major Nelson has confirmed Guilty Gear X2 #Reload will be released this coming Monday, June 16th, along side The Legend of Spyro™: A New Beginning.

While Spyro might be for the ESRB aged “E10” in your home, and not getting a warm welcome from the “gaming elitist” community, I have actually heard many good things about Guilty Gear X2 #Reload and think that there are more than just a few people excited about this one coming to the Originals program.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, don’t distrust the WBX, you’ll only end up embarrassing yourself. 😉

Wii for Rehab, another quaint story…


I could be reporting on the three people who were tied up while their house was robbed of their Playstation 3. I could, but I like nice stories. Wichita Falls TimesRecordNews is running an article about a local physical therapist using Wii Fit to keep her young patients active and engaged in their therapy. We’ve heard similar reports before, and even seen the Wii pop up in retirement communities to keep seniors active. My own grandmother had her first Wii Bowling lesson this weekend!

The article does a great job of explaining how the young patients don’t even think of things like Wii Fit as Therapy, and look forward to it. While I can’t imagine there’s anyone still out there who doubts the way the Wii is breaking new ground and tearing down walls, this article is one of many great arguing points for anyone trying to persuade employers, boards of directors, or funds committees that the Wii can serve a purpose beyond “video games.”

EETimes reporter guesses at the RRoD… wrongly.


Junko Yoshida, writer for EETimes.com, put together an article entitled The truth about last year’s Xbox 360 recall. The article is wrong from the title on down. Microsoft never once issued a true “recall.” They offered extended coverage for a single well-known and wide-spread issue.

Yoshida continues his inaccuracies when he says that Microsoft developed their own graphics processor, and that’s where the problems came from. He says that only after the “recall” did they call up a “United States” based company, which he assumes was the former ATi. First: ATi is/was Canadian based. Now part of AMD, the graphics chip division still resides mostly in Canada. Second: the Xbox 360 has used the ATi R500 “Xenos” chip since it has launched.

Microsoft has admitted there is a problem, isn’t that good enough? Let’s not beat this dead horse anymore, people. Especially not with hit-grabbing tactics filled with inaccurate reporting.

PSN Bringing 'Interactive Magazine' – QORE


For anyone who was an original member of the Playstation Underground, this shouldn’t come as a big surprise. Sony Computer Entertainment of America says they will unveil “Qore” this week. Much like the original Playstation Underground discs, Qore is an interactive experience, offering exclusive game content, behind the scenes videos, and all kinds of exclusive news. The new feature will be $2.99 per “issue” or 24.99 for a 13 “issue” subscription. You can see a brief preview of it on Crackle.

It sounds like it wants to compete with well known Xbox Live feature, Inside Xbox. “Inside Xbox is Free!” people will boast… and while that is true, it is free, even for “Silver” account holders, the majority of Gold members more than pay for their brief videos and interviews. It may be a little while before we see the value of Qore, but it is something interesting to take a look at. If their sales are lacking, we may see a price adjustment, or if it does extremely well we could see Microsoft try to step up the Inside Xbox offerings.

And so nobody thinks I’m forgetting them, yes, this feature also competes with Nintendo Wii’s new “Nintendo Channel.” Except the Nintendo Channel is strictly streaming video, at this point, it offers no trial version downloads, in game content, etc… See? I’m on top of my game!