DENVER, 3:23 PM, FRI JUL 25 | 66 POSTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS | tips@kotaku.com | RSS
AU
Posts Tagged “

virtual boy

clip

Virtual Boy Commercial

Watch and witness how Nintendo tried to suck people into what was arguably one of their biggest flops. The soothing, semi-detached and slightly echo-y announcer's voice was even then synonymous with "artificial intelligence." (Thank you HAL 9000) And let's face it, a person telling you something is cool is one thing, but if a computer or robot tells you it's cool, then it must be true. So, if you've ever wondered how to market your own headache machine that will eventually become an industry joke and desktop novelty, now you know. More »

nintendo

Nintendo's "Biggest Mistakes" Includes Wii

Games Radar's latest feature talks about the seven biggest blunders the currently lovable Nintendo corporation has made over its 20-odd year stint in the videogames business. Some of them are quite obvious, such as the Virtual Boy, but it's number seven that will likely incur the most venomous wrath from under-70 Nintendo fans. More »

wii

Reggie Fils-Aime: The Wii is No Bongo Controller

Nintendo has released some truly inventive products, which are collecting dust. Take the Virtual Boy and the Power Glove. The company was pushing the boundaries, but that's all that happened. They were pushed, and there wasn't the software there, causing the products to ultimately collapse. In short: They reeked of gimmick. In an interview with AOL, Nintendo of America prez. Reggie Fils-Aime assured that the same is not true of the Wii: More »

virtual boy

Nintendo Games Played With Eyes Filled With Blood

In Freshman philosophy class, my professor once invited us to indulge in a thought experiment: imagine, for a second, that you were grown in a test tube in a completely ascetic laboratory. You spend the next 21 years living in a single room of this laboratory... you can do anything you want, but the scientific puppet masters behind the scenes are conducting an experiment on you. The experiment is this: your entire environment is designed so you never, ever see the color red. More »