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Squatworthy: Whoever named the Nintendo “Wii”

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

wiiIn case you haven’t heard yet, Nintendo has changed the name of their “next-generation” console from the “Revolution” to the “Nintendo Wii”.

Let me start off by saying that I know this site isn’t the first to flame the big N for their indiscrection in naming their system after a kiddy word for a bodily function… But they do deserve it.
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Gamespot 2005 gaming retrospective

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

gamestop bestof2005Gamespot is featuring a great article called the Best and Worst of 2005. They’ve outlined the most important moments in gaming over the last year.

Some gaming moments I remember which made it to the list are:

  • EA’s overtime lawsuit
  • Hot Coffee controversy
  • Next-Gen console announcements
  • Gamestop Pwns EB Games
  • Half Life 2
  • Nintendo loses monopoly on handhelds with PSP launch

One notable event was missing from their list:

Oh well, Maybe next year…

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