Incommunicado

Broken has been a little under the radar as of late. Rest assured, he is still alive and speaking of himself in the third person, still a part of the NakedNet, just rather busy these days. Looking for a new job so I have a bit of portfolio work to get done, namely assembling sample packets to send out everywhere, and also working on a new project, acting as a contributing designer for the 2old2play Magazine. 2old2play is a community of gamers over 25 years of age that are looking to escape the lobbies of online games that are swarmed with kids and immature gamers. If you are looking to play with people who know what kinds of things are going on in your life because they are the same age, have the same interests and have the same problems and successes, 2old2play is the community that you want to be a part of. There are LAN parties that any member can take part in, they have forums and blogs, internal clans and guilds, latest gaming news and reviews, and they know how to have a good time. You can subscribe to their RSS feed or to their weekly 2old2type podcast (also available through iTunes) and be watching out for the monthly magazine. There are plans for a printed version in the future that can be subscribed to in addition to the online ezine, but until then it will be a free download only. We're currently up to issue 2 and there's still a lot that we have planned to help it grow, so stay tuned and watch how it evolves. If you like what you see, feel free to spread the word. As far as I'm aware, 2old2play is a monopolistic organization and that's how we'd like to keep it. No sense in all adult gamers splitting off into many different organizations when you can join up with the 2old2play crew and help make LAN events larger, cheaper and more fun.

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Maybe it could've used a Wii bit more thought...

For anyone who just didn't use the internet over the last 48 hours, Nintendo has announced the new name for the Console Formerly Known As Revolution: Wii. Think of it like saying "we," as in "We are ready to play Wii" or "Don't shake your Wii-Wii more than twice when you're done using it," but not like the word "why", as in "Wii would someone name their baby that?" Nintendo gave their reasons for the name, and honestly, the more I think about it, the more I get over it. The initial shock was severe, and I still think that I'll find myself calling it the Revolution or simply the Rev, even after its been out a few years, but I'm coming around.

The tech geek in me, though, can't get past the thought that this peculiar Nintendo name might've been somehow inspired by Intel's Viiv technology (also pronounced with a strong E sound, rather than a strong I). Viiv, for those who might be unfamiliar with it, is Intel's newest digital entertainment technology. I'm still not entirely clear on the details, but it looks like it will permeate all aspects of digital entertainment: video (movies and television), music, photo-sharing, gaming, and more. Digital entertainment and multimedia, as we all know, has been made a more central focus for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3, so it seems like more than just a coincidence that Nintendo has named its newest video game console similarly to Intel's new multi-purpose digital media technology.

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