Podcasting, Nintendo & E3

By now, 90% of everyone who has a hard drive based MP3 player has an iPod. What may this mean? Well for starters, there is now a new medium for content. Basically it is radioshows from the internet. If you want to get started, and like Disney, try http://www.disneyland.com/podcasts . Even if podcasts don't end up being your thing the Disneyland Radio show is quite entertaining and informative. You don't have to have a iPod (but why would you want anything else?) The most interesting part of the new offerings at Disneyland this year is the Buzz ride. In July you will be able to play online with the ride, lighting up targets for the riders to shoot. It shall be interesting. Speaking of online gaming. It looks like a bright future for Nintendo. I admit I am a big fan. I got the Gameboy Advance and then the Gameboy SP. Well if you ever thought that even the GBA SP was too big and not a bright enough screen you are in luck! They introduced the GBA Micro! About the size of an ipod mini and much lighter. Also Nintendo's long awaited online service will be free!!! Take that XBox live! Infact not only will Nintendo have free wireless gaming via hot-spots and wireless internet but the Nintendo REVOLUTION will be all wireless. No more cables! I just hope the controllers have as much life as the wavebirds. The Nintendo Revolution might not be the 'best' box out there in mid 2006 but its on my list. Wireless online gaming and cordless controllers are cool enough, not to mention its gonna be smaller than any console out there, but what takes the cake is what is playable. Revolution games? Of course. Gamecube games? Great! DVDs? Finally. N64 Downloadable games? Cool! SNES Too? Awesome NES? Give me Super Mario 2&3!!! However, as can be expected no GBA or DS as they are still the games keeping Nintendo alive and strong. I will settle for a DS MMORPG! If not then Mario Kart DS (Online) and Mario Brothers Superstar Saga, will have to hold me over. Oh and Please hurry up with the new Zelda for Gamecube. I would love to morph into a werewolf. Note to Sony: The PS3 isn't too ugly, but those controllers are Ug-Ly. They better be darned comfortable. However I must congratulate Sony on putting SD slot into the PS3 (as is Nintendo). They rarely let other cards play with their "Memory Stick" which is probably why I don't have a PSP.