The new PSP Iphone?

In other words, Sony isn’t really offering anything in the way of major game playing improvements, and with the dropping of the UDMA drive, the PSP Go! looks a little like a disabled iPhone substitute for gamers . Cheap, small, elegant, and potentially limited in usefulness, the PSP Go! Looks like an attempt to get more money out of gamers.

Perhaps Sony thought the iPhone represented a brand new form of computing rather than seeing the iPhone as a temporary marketing trend which may be replaced by any number of open source Google Android enabled portable phones.  Looking at all the glossy magazine ads touting the latest "apps" it seems apparent the Apple wants to believe they can charge people for what are essentially glorified shortcuts or proprietary alternatives to services easily found for free on the web.  This may work in the short term, when Apple has all their customers in AT&T contracts, but soon – perhaps by the end of the year – alternatives will be available.

Perhaps the whole thing will go the way of Sony’s ill-fated iTunes-like music subscription service, and millions of customers will be left holding hard-to-use pieces of hardware without software support.  It seems all the talk about Sony finally “getting it” when it comes to the Internet is not entirely accurate.

What gets people to buy the next great thing is either innovative game play like the Nintendo Wii, or lower price points like the Gameboy.

Sony PSP Go! will have a hefty price tag

Sony’s Go! promises may be a little pricey, especially compared to the iPhone, which gets subsidized by the sales of phone contracts. And when it does come out later this year, it will have to compete with all the new Android gadgets so it will have a lot of proving to do.  So what in the end will Sony have achieved?  They’ll possibly end up getting out of the portable gaming market all together. They are certainly distancing themselves from their current PSP customer based by shedding the internal UDMA drive and with it the ability for any GO! purchaser to play the games they already own.

This may all end up for the better, because once Sony gets its hand out of the software distribution market it may be able to once again refocus on hardware  and come out with some elegant and pricey Vaio type Android-compatible products.

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The Wii Sports Resort technology

Wii Sports Resort utilizes the Wii MotionPlus hardware accessory, which is included in the game package. This responsive tool plugs into the Wii Remote to make the game more in tune with players’ movements. The Wii MotionPlus is a small device that does not weigh down the Wii remote or make it overly bulky. Its purpose is to recognize more complex motions than the remote could respond to on its own. Additionally, the Wii MotionPlus enhances response time so that users’ motions are instantly reflected on the game screen. In addition to Wii Sports Resort, the Wii MotionPlus has also been used with Crazy Mini Golf, Red Steel, Academy of Champions, and other newer Wii games.

A fun, family friendly multiplayer game

Like the original game, Wii Sports Resort is designed for multiplayer usage and for friendly competition among family and friends. As such, it can accommodate up to four players in each game. Nintendo has yet to reveal all the potential games available, but some of the sports options will include Frisbee, jet skiing, sword play (Kendo), ping pong, and golf. All in all, at least ten games will be included with Wii Sports Resort with the potential for more to be made available through an expansion pack at a later date.

Users playing Wii Sports Resort play using their Mii characters. A Mii is a virtual avatar that users can create and use with a wide range of Wii games. A Mii also allows a player to keep track of high scores and earn bragging rights both with friends at home and across the Wii network.

Wii Sports Resort is a simple, intuitive game designed for users of all levels. Players do not need any familiarity with video games to appreciate the Wii Sports Resort experience, and there is little, if any, learning curve associated with game play. Plus, like many Wii games, Wii Sports Resort gets players off the couch and promotes active play instead of sedentary gaming. The game is set to be released in the summer of 2009, and will likely boast top sales marks among Wii owners.

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Warning Desktop Tower Defence is extremely addictive!

The goal of Desktop Tower Defence is for players to protect their desktops from invaders. The name comes from the setup of the game screen, which is designed to resemble an office desktop. The invaders, or “creeps”, start at one side of the screen and attempt to travel to the other. If they reach the right side of the screen, the player loses a life. Once all twenty initial lives are lost, the game is over.

To attack the creeps that are trying to invade a player’s desktop, users have a number of attack tools. For one, they can create towers to block paths and shoot at the enemies. A tower costs money, though, and the better the tower the higher the price. There are ultimately six upgraded varieties of towers to choose from with each offering a unique advantage.

Killing the creeps is how players earn additional gold for tower building. Extra money is awarded for destroying tougher boss enemies, which only appear every seven levels. Each level consists of one wave of twenty creeps and lasts roughly 25 seconds. Some creeps will also have special abilities. For example, there are waves that will fly and others that will come at higher speeds. Additional cash can also be gained by selling towers, though this requires time.

To get started with Desktop Tower Defense, it is recommended that new users try the Quick Start Tutorial mode. This will cover the basics of game play as well as familiarize a new user with the keyboard controls used in the game. After this, players should join the Desktop Tower Defense community. There, they can submit high scores and even setup friends-only boards to brag to their peers. Those who play Desktop Tower Defense find the game to be highly addictive, but also report that it is excellent for relieving stress.

Join the thousands of other people killing the creeps!

The year it premiered, Desktop Tower Defense was named one of the top ten entertainment web applications. Since then, its popularity has skyrocketed, and today millions of users log on to fight the creeps and upgrade their towers. In fact, the game’s popularity grew so much that a Nintendo DS version was made available in May 2009.

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