Archive for March, 2008
March 31, 2008
Jamie found a NYTimes op-ed by a grad student and a professor from Cornell, outlining some research they did into alternate baseball universes. The goal was to find out how unlikely in fact was Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, played out in the 1941 season. No one since has even come close to that record. The math guys ran simulations of the entire history of baseball from 1885 on — 10,000 of them. For each simulation they put each player up to the plate for each at-bat in each game in each year, just like it happened; and they rolled the dice on him, based on his actual hitting stats for that season. (Their algorithm sounds far simpler than whatever the Strat-O-Matic guys use.) The result: Joltin’ Joe’s record is not merely likely, it’s basically a sure thing. Every alternate universe produced a steak of 39 games or better; one reached 109 games. Joe DiMaggio was not the likeliest player in the history of the game to accomplish the record, not by a long shot..
March 31, 2008
AFP - New games releases for spring 2008 include a range of sport themes, with a new version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 specially for Wii, a blue tennis-playing hedgehog, high-def racing cars and a “god of war” combat game, complete with high gore and ancient Greek mythology.
March 31, 2008
The latest Gamestop Weekly ad confirms that the Mario Kart Wii Wheel will be available to purchase in a stand-alone fashion for just $14.99 per unit.
March 31, 2008
According to reports, Nintendo has gone to legal efforts in a bid to make a US fansite called Friendcodes.com drop its logo and domain name. The site states that \”Nintendo is “asking” us to remove the site files that are infringing the copyright (such as the logo, which contains the word “friendcodes”), and to drop the domain name for the same reason.\”
March 31, 2008
Sony Computer Entertainment America have said that they are still working on the \”portable copy\” technology that will enable PS3 users to copy a standard-definition version of a Blu-ray movie to your PSP. SCEA have said that Sony Pictures will be releasing the first Blu-ray movies that support this \”later this year\”.
March 31, 2008
Wal Mart has confused some consumers with an unofficial $207.00 God of War PSP bundle of its own. The Wal Mart bundle contains a \”BONUS God of War skin for your PSP. A Walmart.com exclusive!\” The Wal Mart bundle actually is more expensive than the official bundle with the deep red PSP, but the official bundle has not yet been released. The Wal Mart bundle also won\’t include any of the extras included in the official bundle.
March 31, 2008
Dark_Alex has released a new custom firmware, 3.90 M33-3. This version includes the following change: \”March33 noumd driver compatibility has increased to support games like Coded Arms, Patapon, Harvest Moon Innocent Life and probably others affected by same errors.\” Read more and discuss: here.
March 31, 2008
A list with details of the GTA IV achievement requirements and points you will receive for completing them has been revealed. Check the forums for the list.
March 31, 2008
Crave Online had the chance to get some further information on the proposed Gears of War movie. A producer remarked that \”We\’ve got our script on and a director we\’re about to attach. We\’ll hopefully make that early next year for the summer of 2010.\”
March 31, 2008
Microsoft has signed an agreement with a company headed by Peter Safran (a Hollywood producer and talent manager) to produce original shows for the Xbox 360 that will likely be under 10 minutes long. \”The new shows will be available exclusively via the Xbox 360 for a time, then may appear elsewhere,\” Safran said. Microsoft have said that they are definitely looking at this deal as the first of many.
March 30, 2008
Some screenshots have been unveiled of what are meant to be the achievements in GTA IV.
March 30, 2008
Games industry analyst, Michael Pachter, has said the weak dollar is the reason for the Wii shortage in the U.S. Pachter believes that Nintendo have been sending more Wii consoles to Europe where they can make a bigger profit from those countries with stronger currencies. However, Pachter believes that demand is now subsiding to normal levels and that the surplus consoles will be sent to the U.S. Pachter concluded that he believes that it should be easy to pick up a Wii in the U.S. later this year.
March 30, 2008
Hudson has revealed details for its upcoming WiiWare title currently known as Karaoke Joysound. Hudson hope to have 20,000 songs available at the start of service for the karaoke title and will add 1,000 every month. Hudson has plans for a subscription service rather than you having to pay per song and it is assumed this will let you download as much as you like over a set time. The title is expected to be released in Japan this Summer.
March 30, 2008
According to a Dutch site, Nintendo will be launching three new colors for the Nintendo DS in Europe on May 1. They are green, red & ice blue.
March 30, 2008
According to data from Nielsen VideoScan First Alert, Blu-ray versions of movies are starting to make up a bigger percentage of sales. Research analyst, Tom Adams, believes consumers have increased confidence to purchase Blu0ray titles and that Blu-ray disc sales will continue to grow thanks to \”increasing penetration of Blu-ray hardware, and sales of Sony’s Blu-ray-driven PlayStation 3.\”