Present were Dougie, Alana, Petro and myself. We blew up some computers and pizza boxes with the ballons.
I took the pictures 
Last saturday was 95c cheeseburger day at the local Burger King! So $28.50 later we ended up with two trays totaling 30 cheeseburgers. We ate them all. Eventually. It was a pretty good effort mind you, out of the five of us who ate them (two of us ended up going all out) we only went home with 6. That night 4 more where eatten by my brother. Crazy!
Gaming Drink: All About One Game – Article 1
This Issue:
I’m quite pumped for this game. It looks good, it feels good, and personally I like the idea. But when it comes down to this title, there isn’t much information for it or there is and websites refuse to put it all up. This first issue of Gaming Drink finds all the information I can in a short 30min to write up an article in the same time to create a no.1 resource for the particular game at this point in time.
On the first of June 2007, The Ward got a publisher. The game also got a name change and became now known as Dementium: The Ward. The game is been developed by Renegade Kid. In general the title is a mature-themed survival-horror FPS for the Nintendo DS.
The general story is:
Dementium: The Ward tells the tale of a man who awakens to find himself alone in a mysterious, derelict hospital that is frozen in time. Confronted by the deadly, grotesque surgical experiments that wander the halls, a series of challenging puzzles and a cast of peculiar characters, he must face his deepest fears, unlock the mysteries of the hospital, and escape with his life. A completely new experience on the Nintendo DS, Dementium promises to creep you out with gory visuals and bone-chilling audio that brings the world screaming to life.
We were all hoping for multi-player. But from this point in time the feature has been cut out. Confirmation came from the blog post from Jools Watsham’s My1UP Page.
It has been a tough pill to swallow, and I know this next piece of info isn’t going to be easy for some people to swallow either, but to ensure the single player experience of The Ward is all that it must be, we have decided to cut the multi-player game mode entirely. This will allow us to focus all of our attention on making the core gaming experience shine, which in this case is the single player game mode. I truly believe this is the right thing to do, but I am sad that multi-player won’t make it into this version of The Ward. It is our hope that the single player game is enjoyed enough by people to warrant a sequel, which can feature a true multi-player experience. Sigh.
What if could of been:
The Ward supports local Wi-Fi multi-player game-play; offering a variety of different multi-player experiences including, Death-match, Survival and Claim the Brain game modes. Support for on-line is not yet decided.
When it comes to what influenced Dementium: The Ward, it has been said many movies, games etc. have molded the idea. Such as; Silent Hill, Doom 3 and Dawn of the Dead etc. Each had a interesting bit which the creator could have said ‘oh that sounds cool’.
Defending yourself against the creatures isn’t no biggy. With 8 weapons all together. Such as a flashlight, nightstick, shotgun, and electric bone-saw etc.
Interaction with surroundings isn’t as common with this title as what could have been. But if the game sells well more interaction could possibly be in a sequel of sorts.
The game is controlled similar to Metroid. With the bottom screen used to navigate through options and to look around. The microphone isn’t used in the title.
For those wondering how long the game will take to complete. It will take a good few hours. Not long, but 7 – 8 would end up been the average time frame.
With random monsters which you wouldn’t expect in a hospital and been a Indy game. We would love to see where this ends up.
You all know my idea for the future OS. But what about Mobile phones? These days we only have 2 kinds. Mobiles and Smart Phones. As more and more phones become ‘smart phones’ just phones are becoming the thing of the past such as the creation of mobile phones themselves.
So my idea for a mobile phone 2.0? Check this out:-
These days phones are alcomplicated, they need to be simplised. A huge touch screen and a few small buttons on the bottom should be things like quick links. Such as to games, music, contacts etc.
As for a mobile buttons:-
This alows a qwerty keyboard down for ringging people and typing stuff (sms, internet etc.) and games.
Lets give the design a OS:-
Having a OS for a phone such as this, makes it dubble as a PDA and become a smart phone.
Then adding buttons on the ‘desktop’ alows links to things such as ‘Music’, ‘Games’, ‘Messages’, ‘Internet’, ‘IM’ etc.
Now I’m going to talk abit about the features it should have.
The next generation of phones should have a GPS inside them, this will be more clear with my next idea. But the GPS could be used as a dubble for your Car GPS or if your using a IM system have it as your private message ie. ‘I’m currently – Traveling on the New England Hwy’.
It should also have a camera in the back, but have it so you take a picture of yourself and use as a ‘profile image’ each phone would have a profile. Then you will also have a ‘personal ava’ which will be shown on the OS anywere.
Now to clear up the GPS idea:-
The GPS will be used to ‘beam’ your location if you ring a emergancy number. It will also have quick dial to police etc. for your emergancy. This saves time etc. when having to say ‘where you are’, ‘your emergancy’ etc. Just say or type them when clicking onto a item.
Slashdot Symbols
Try this out on the Internet Channel. Where you put the web address at, just type “/.â€, (without the quotations), and then hit “OK†and it will take you to slashdot.com.
Wii Opera Browser + Hidden Wiimote Browser Controls
Regular Commands
A: Select/Click
Hold B: Free Scroll (much like pressing middle mouse click and moving the cursor in the way you want to scroll)
2 Button: Switch between Automatic or Manual zoom
(+) Key: Zoom in (if in manual zoom mode)
(-) Key: Zoom out (if in manual zoom mode)
Directional pad up: Scroll page up
Directional pad down: Scroll page down
Directional pad left: Scroll page left
Directional pad right: Scroll page right
Hidden Commands
B + Directional pad up: Refresh current page
B + Directional pad down: Favorites/Bookmarks
B + Directional pad left: Search current page
B + Directional pad right: Enter new URL (similar to address bar in your common browser)
B + (-) key : Go Back a page (similar to back button on your browser)
B + (+) Key: Go forward one page (similar to Forward button on your browser)
Mario Download Virtual Console
When Mario is collecting a lot of coins very fast, that means it’s downloading a lot. But when he’s only getting a little bit at a time, that either means the line’s really slow, or there a quite a bit of data left to be downloaded.
Mii Touch (WiiPlay)
If you click on parts of the Mii’s body, they will do different things.
Right Arm: Thumbs up.
Left Arm: Waves at you.
Right Leg: Does a pose standing on left foot only, arms go up bent at the elbows and eyes close making a haft circle up.
Left Leg: Looks like they will fall, standing on right foot only and mouth opens wide like a circle.
Body: Little bounce or jump and eyes open wide.
Head: Eyes close, head and body shake side to side.
Sleeping Menu Mii (WiiPlay)
If you leave your Wii Remote alone at the Game Menu for a while, your Mii will fall asleep and the music will change. If you leave it alone for longer, your Mii will eventually wake up and the music will return to normal.
Different Paddle For Laser Hockey (WiiPlay)
Press A and B together to switch to a different circular paddle before the game timer starts.
Move Slide Show Faster
When your viewing the “Slide Show†you can push “Left†or “Right†on the D-Pad and it will move to the “Next†or Previous†headline.
Cat Help
When you first download your channel update, you’ll see a cat on top of the box. Click on it and it will give you tips.
Longer/Shorter Display
You can press the “1″ or “2″ button during a “Slide Show†to adjust how long or short articles are displayed.
Cat Sounds
You can also click the cats in the progress bar, they make sounds.
Highlighting Text
Once you get to your news list, select “Slide Showâ€. Click the A button in order to read the whole article. In there, you can click and hold the †1″ button and it will highlight (underline in red) the text you want.
Bigger Doodle
On the Photo Channel, when you click “Fun†and then “Doodle†you can make stuff bigger and smaller by moving the Wiimote forwards and backward from the sensor bar.
Fire Mario on Virtual Console
When you are downloading a Virtual Consloe game, if you have Fire Mario on the downloading screen, press the A button to throw fireballs.
Edit Movie
Try editing a Movie File, and when you clicked on Fun, it allows you to do a motion puzzle! Every piece will move, and you’ll have to put it together! It’s really fun and different. Note: It is really hard!
Wii Sports Colors
Wii Bowling:
In Wii Sports if you hold the d-pad in different directions while loading a game of bowling you get a different color of bowling ball.
Left=Pink/Red | Down=Green | Right=Gold | Up=Blue (default).
Wii Baseball:
Also when loading tennis hold button 1 for Blue or 2 for a Green (default) feild.
Upside Down Wii
You can place the sensor bar upside down and it doesn’t reverse the directions of your movements.
Zoom In
In Wii Sports Bowling, when you press up on the Directional Pad, it will zoom in on the lane. The zoom in sound is the exact same sound from Super Mario 64 anytime you moved the camera.
Scare Miis
In Wii Sports Bowling, you can release on the back swing and throw the ball backwards. It scares all the Miis behind you.
Follow Mii
When you’re in the Mii channel and you don’t use the Wiimote for a little bit and your Mii’s start walking around, if you then suddenly use the Wiimote, all the Mii stop and follow the ‘hand’ for about 3 seconds.
Puzzle Pieces
You can have a 194 piece puzzle by holding down the 1 button before selecting any piece amount.