Different Gamer

EyeToy VS Live Vision VS Wii

2006-08-18T23:26:00.000-07:00

I'm A Little Pissed..

One Of The Main Reasons I Made This Blog Is Because I Want More People To Know About The Different Video Games..

One Of Those 'Different' Video Games Is EyeToy, A Game Franchise I'm A Really Big Fan For, I'm The Only One Out There..

Being A Rather Hard-Core EyeToy Fan, I Need To Help Spread Word About The EyeToy Capabilities..

So, Natrually, When I Saw A Digg About The 360 Live Vision Cam Tech Demos, I Was Pissed To See People Suprised About It And Were A Bit Lowly To EyeToy..
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060818/cifaldi_01.shtml

Now, If You Remember, I Had Done A Post A Long While Back About Tech Demos For The EyeToy That's JUST LIKE THIS.. None Of This Is New..

Just A Small Rant..

In Blog-Update News, I Have Some Planned Articles For This And My Other List Of Growing Blogs.. But As A Sony Gamer Advisory Pannel Member, I Will Post Those Articles There Before It Reaches Here.. That Isn't Really All New, I've Done That For Many Articles In The Past..

EyeToy Sonic

2006-07-22T09:24:00.000-07:00

I Could Just Go On About The EyeToy, But I'ts Best I Just Show You..

Here I Am (with my sega saturn shirt) Playing A Little Demo Of The 'Sega Superstars' Game For The PS2, Obviously, Using The Eyetoy Camera..

Compared To The Wii, This One Is More Of A Workout..

Nintendo's New Secret!

2006-06-13T21:26:00.000-07:00

ok, Not Really, But This Following YouTube Video Is Kinda Cool..

The Wonders Of YouTubeing..

EyeToy Bits, PS3, 3rd Eye Interfaces

2006-05-28T15:37:00.000-07:00

1st Of All, EyeToy Play 3 Is Announced For September Of This Year.. And It's Quite Late..
http://www.us.playstation.com/PS2/Games/SCUS-97498

And Now, A Little Bit On The PS3 Vs. Third Eye Interfaces..
(originally posted on the scea's gamer advisory board)

People Think Many Thoughts About The PS3 Controller, Think It's Good, It Sucks, Ripping Off A Certain Other Company, Just Brining Back And Old Idea..

well, When I 1st Saw The PS3 Controller In Action, My 1st Initial Thought Was This: Third Eye Interfaces Needs To Move On..

What Is 3rd Eye Interfaces?

http://www.thirdeyeinterfaces.com/

Using Lenticular Cards ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular ) And The EyeToy Camera, It Can Recognize The Your PS2's Controller Movement..

http://www.thirdeyeinterfaces.com/media/thirdeye_mov.html
(warning: very slow during the 1st half of film)

Granted, You'll Need A Lot Of Light (like every eyetoy game), Add This Big Card Thing To Your Controller, And A Little Limited.. But It's One Very Interesting Idea..

However, Sony Had Introduced Their 6-Way 3D Control Not Too Long Ago, Which Requires Less Than 3rd Eye's Idea, But A Bit More Pricey.. Not To Mention Other Advantages (no eyetoy needed, can be played in the dark, no attachments required) That Factored In To Killing Third Eye Solutions..

well, Not Quite.. TEI Is Now Aiming For The 360, Being That It Has A Camera And Doesn't Have A Motion-Sensitive Controller..

But Just Imagine If Third Eye Actually Got Out..
You Can Tilt And Spin The Controller, Move It Around 3D Space (left, right, up, down vs ps3's up and down), Including Forward And Backward (the current eyetoy can actually know how close or far an item is), Making It Work Practically Like, oh, Nintendo's Wii Controller, For Cheap!

But What Do You Think? Who Is The Better One In The End: PS3 Controller, Or Third Eye Interfaces? What Do You Think Of TEI? Would You Want To Play Using It? Anything Else? I Want To See What You Think...

My Bold-Claims

2006-05-09T22:34:00.000-07:00

Do You Agree With My Predictions?

There's Actually More.. But Don't Want To Post Them All..

E3! E3! Also- Support

2006-05-09T22:04:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone! It's E3! Time For Joy, Happiness, And Some Game News..

Unfortunately, I Cannot Go On The Blog Every Day And Post Updates As I Am Currently Busy For The Week, However, I Will Post A Recap Of All-Things-Different Over At E3, Stuff Like EyeToy News, Guitar Hero News, And Of Course, Wii News..
With That Said, I Will Finally Make It A Habit Of At Least 1 Post Per Every 2 Days.. Make This Blog Useful.. Goes The Same With The Rest Of The Nymo Blogs (nylogs as i like to call them) Out There..

Also, Help Us Out A Bit And With The Little 'IndieKarma' Bit That You Probably Noticed Already..
It May Be Annoying At Times, But I Will Turn It On And Off Every So Often..

See You Soon!

Revolution Evolution

2006-04-27T23:25:00.000-07:00

The Biggest News Out There: Nintendo Gives The Final Name Of Their Codename 'Revolution', Which Was A Good Name.. This New One, well..

It's 'Wii', As In 'We', Like 'We Can All Play Along'..

A Huge Surprise For All, But I Know It Will Be Getting Some Used Too, I Mean, We Had Some Strange Names Out There, Like TiVo, Go Daddy, Countless Web 2.0 Sites, Including Google..
But We've Gotten Used To It..

And On Wired, Somebody Pointed Out This Nice Point:
No Confusion..
Game Store Employees Always Get The Questions Of A 'PlayCube', Or A 'Playstation 360', And 'Mario On Xbox'..
Wii Is Simple, And Different, Once People Know What Wii Is, The Would Most Likely Know What It Is Forever, Not Confusing It With The Sony Or Microsoft..

But What Was My Reaction?
'Why?'

I Was Confused, I Wanted Something Catchy, Something That Can Just Tell What It Is Based Off What It Says.. then again, You Never Got An Actual Saturn On Sega Saturn, But You Got Imagery, You Hear DreamCast, An Image Comes To Minds, Because You Know What Dream Means, And For PlayStation, You Know It's A Station Of Playing..
Wii? What The Hell Is Wii?

People Won't Think It's 'We', But 'Wee', As In Urine, Or Could Mistaken The pronunciation And Say 'Why'..
But 'Wii' Can Be Made Of Other Things, Like 'WiFi' Without The 'F', And For Sure, Wifi Will Be Huge On Wii..
Also, The Wii Is Wee, As In Small, I Mean, (they have once said before) 3 DVD Cases! That Big! It's Wee Small!

I'm Not A Huge Fan Of It, But We Will Have To Make Something Out Of It And, Ultimately, Get Used To It..

So I Did An Exercise To Get Used To It: Make A Wii..

I'm Still Not Used To It, But I Sure Made A Hell Of A Model Out Of 'Google SketchUp'..

CHECK IT OUT!
http://flickr.com/photos/nymo/

The Remote Didn't Make Out Too Well, But The System Itself Did!
hell, If You Want To Download It, Go Here!
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=7892a87b2139dadc5ca773122069e151

Anyways, Good Luck Nintendo, You're Going To Need It..

well, Maybe Not..

I Mean, People Were Shocked With The Controller Way Back Then, Saying Nintendo Is Going To Die.. Now, People Are Interested In It..
Could It Be The Same For The Name?

One Thing Is Certain: Nintendo's Got Balls..

Good Night Everyone..

EyeToy: What's Not Selling?

2006-04-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

I Had Faith In The EyeToy Ever Since I Saw It’s Concept, I Always Saw Potential In It, But Sales Wise, well, I Don’t See It In Many Homes..

Why Isn’t The EyeToy Selling, I Mean, Specifically, In The US? In Europe, It Seems To Be Popular, well, At Least That’s What I See From There.. Is SCEE (sony computer entertainment europe) Have More Faith In The EyeToy Camera Than Our Own SCEA (sony computer entertainment america)?

Ok, Let’s See How EyeToy Compares From The US To The World..

Go To EyeToy.Com, You Find A Fancy Flash Page With Many Links, See The ‘English’ Panel, Clicking The UK Flag (and skipping the warning) Gets You To Another Nice And Fancy Page Full Of Other Games, Downloads, And A Special Contest For ‘Club EyeToy’ Members.. If You Even Wait A Bit, A Nice Little ‘Happy Spring’ Egg Floats Down.

Ok, Now Go Back To EyeToy.Com And Click The US Flag.. Surprising, Isn’t It? There’s No Fancy Look, No Big List Of Games, No Exclusive Downloads, No Contests, No ‘Club EyeToy’, Not Even A Happy Little Seasonal Greeting.. It’s Just Another US.Playstation.Com Page..

Ok, Let’s Look At The ‘REAL’ EyeToy Games (‘real’ as in a eyetoy-only game) Made Here In The US..

let’s see, Ok, Good Old Harmonix Made The Cool Hoverboard Game ‘EyeToy Antigrav’, And, well, THQ Made ‘Nicktoons Movin’ ’, And I Guess ‘EyeToy Kinetic’ Was Made Here With Nike Motionworks..

In The UK, well, SCEE’s London Studio Makes Just About All The 1st Party EyeToy Games, Those Of Which Are EyeToy Play, Play 2, Play 3 (which is not yet out here, but has been in europe since around december of last year), Groove, Chat (also not available here yet), And SpyToy (renamed eyetoy: operation spy in the us, maybe because europe already knows about the eyetoy while the we don’t).

But That’s Not All, There Are A Number Of 3rd Party, a number of which are quite forgettable, Like Clumsy Shumsy, Yeti Sports Artic Adventures, And Rhythmic Star (not all sure if that’s japan or not, and no, we’re not going into the state of eyetoy in japan, they seem to be kinda good with it)

So, Support For EyeToy By SCEE, 2, SCEA, .5, Or Less..

Ok, So We See That Our Own SCEA Doesn’t Support The EyeToy, Let Alone Make US Developers To Support It In Innovative Ways Other Than Imposing Your Image In-Game Using EyeToy Cameo (which also was developed in europe, mind you)..

Well, EA Tried A Bit And Did Some Minigames In ‘Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban’, I Applaud EA For An Attempt..

But The Question Is: Is The Lack Of Support That SCEA Gives Really Effect The Consumers Choice Of Purchase?

Let’s See What SCEA Did To Show Off EyeToy Games To The Public, Let’s Start With The Ads..

Chances Are That You Passed By An EyeToy Commercial On TV, But Most Likely, You Didn’t. I Wasn’t Even Aware That There Were EyeToy Play (original) Commercials For The US. Now, Compare The Number Of Times You Seen An EyeToy Commercial To The Times You Seen, oh, Tourist Trophy Or Ratchet And Clank, Jak Maybe.. Very Little To None..

Ok, Print Ads, I Bet You And I Seen Them In Issues Of EGM Or OPM, Namely, EyeToy Antigrav. But These Ads Have Also Been Seen In Children’s Magazines. Does SCEA Think EyeToy Is For Kids?

That’s What I’m Thinking, I Mean, Go Back To The European EyeToy Site And Notice The Different Ages Of The People Playing EyeToy Games, There’s Young Ones, Older Ones, Even Grandparents In The Screen Shots. Wait, Better Yet, Check Out The European Box For EyeToy Play 2, You Notice That There’s 2 People In Maybe Their 20s ‘Playing’ The Game..

Ok, Look At The American Box For EyeToy Play 2, Children, There’s Kids Seen ‘Playing’ On The Play 2 Box.. Does SCEA Really Think EyeToy Is For Kids?

And Do Kids Really Care? I Mean, I’ve Seen Kids Go Crazy And Bang Away On The Bongo Drums That Used To Be At GameCube Kiosks, But At The Playstation Kiosk, well, No..

Ok, Let’s Broaden This Out, Who Actually Seen Anyone Play EyeToy Demos At A Playstation 2 Kiosk? And Do These Demos Actually Help People Consider The Purchase Of An EyeToy Game?

Where I Am, It’s A Sure Rare Sight For Me To Go Into A Game Store And Find Someone Trying An EyeToy Demo, Most Likely, There’s On The Kiosk To Play Something Else With What They’re Familiar With: A Controller..

That’s The Other Thing: Do People Really Want To ‘Get-Up-And-Play’? well, A Number People Rather Get Up And Play On A Guitar Hero Controller, Many On A DDR Mat, Few For An EyeToy Camera.. Is It Too Hard For A Person To Play An EyeToy Game? Or Are EyeToy Games Just Not That Solid? (most likely the case, hopefully, that all changes)

So, What Am I Getting At? Well, This Is Just A Sort Of An Open Letter To Sony Computer Entertainment of America And A Realization To Many About The Support For EyeToy And To Hopefully Get It Out More And Make Something Out Of It. I Mean, Developers Have Been Fascinating About The Nintendo Revolution’s Controller And What They Can Do With It, well, What About The EyeToy? It Very Well Has Expansive Possibilities And Probably More Functions Than The Revolution, The Developers Are Just Not Thinking It.

So What I’m Hoping For In The US Is A More Spread-Word About EyeToy And More Developer Support At E3 And By The End Of This Year.

If That Ever Were To Be, well, Who Knows What Could Happen, Nation Wide Realization That Video Games Are Not All Violent And Such, I Don’t Know, But I Could Dream, Can’t I?

Hello From Nymo Island

2006-04-08T21:33:00.000-07:00

Just Felt Like Showing Some Pictures Taken IN-GAME Of 'Me And My Katamari', Which I Finally Picked Up..

The Funny Thing Is In This Version Of The Katamari Trilogy, The Camera Is Given To You At The End Of The Game, And You Can Take Pictures From Anywhere, And Just About Anywhere, Even The Game Menus As Seen Here And In Here:

And The Game Will Slap On The Early-Photo-Esq Date And The (c) namco Logo..

More Pictures MAY Be Posted Soon..

Target Has EVERYTHING!

2006-04-08T21:06:00.000-07:00

Saw This At Target, And I Was In Shock..

Do You Remember Those Water-Based Toys/Games That You See In Dentist Offices Where You Push The Button And It Makes A Jet That Pushes The Beads Inside To Go Up And Hopefully Land In One Of The Buckets When They Float Back Down?

well, They Made A Super Mario Version Of It..

And It's Not Even Good!

Not Even Nintendo!

Believe Me, I Didn't See The Official Nintendo Seal On It

That Means Junk..

And I Don't Even Know What The Goal Of The Game Was, I Mean, You Had This Little Mario Puck That Was Pushed Around By These 2 Buttons, That Don't Work At All.. I Mean, In A Way Of Directing Mario Through This One-Way 'Maze' And Ending At The Center, In Which Mario Falls Behind The Maze And Back To The Bottom.. Pointless..

What More, There's Music And Lights That 'Follow' (i say 'follow' because it 'assumes' that mario is where the lights are now)..
Now That's A Sure Way To Shock A Kid..

And From What I Remember (ironically, i took this picture on april 1st), It Was About $9.99! Who The Hell Would Want To Buy That? Go Down A Couple Aisles To Get Some Quality Nintendo Games, WITH THE NINTENDO SEAL! Yes, It Will Be A Lot More Than 10 Bucks, But It's Damn Well Worth It!

Guess What Else There Was (not pictured)? Pokemon.. When Will Other Companies Stop Smooching Off Others For Money, And Why Did Target Out Of All Places Have This? I Mean, It Should Be In Walmart Where It Belongs!
(sorry, not much of a walmart person, we don't have any that i know of in san francisco..)

I'm Clean!

2006-04-07T17:03:00.000-07:00

Well, I Guess I'm Clean!

Here's The Stats:

Nintendo Fanboy: 46%
Sony Fanboy: 50%
Microsoft Fanboy: 37%

This means you're: Not a fanboy

Well, That's Nice To Know!

wait, 50% Sony? Maybe I Should Check Up On That..
naw, My Family Has Been Using Sony For Years.. I Guess That's Kinda Right..

So, What Does It Say About You?

Did My Eyes Deceave Me?

2006-04-02T13:21:00.000-07:00

I Was At Best Buy Yesterday To Pick Up Me And My Katamari.. Finnally..
But Then, I Noticed Something..

Passing By The Side Of The Aisles, I Saw The Box For EyeToy Play 2 (i still yet to get it) Was $29.99! Isn't It Supposed To Be About $49.99? Guess They Want To Sell It..

Too Bad I Didn't Have Enough To Get It..

ah, There's Too Many Things On My List To Get, That, Lumines (with my discount, $9.99), $69.99 1GB (or so) Memory Stick Duo From Costco..
i need to save up..

Expecially When Odama Is Coming Up..

edit: Yup! BestBuy.Com Listed It For $29.99!

but anyways, Anyone Who Wanted EyeToy Play 2 But Didn't Have Enough Money And Thought The Extra Camera Was A Bit Too Much, well, Not It's Like Getting The Camera For Free! Do What You Wish! Make A WebCam! Art! Who Cares! This Is Your Chance!

I Can't Help It: More YouTube: Katamari Minigame

2006-03-29T21:45:00.000-08:00

Remember A While Back I Posted About The 2D Sidescrolling Katamari MiniGame? Well, Check Out The Yet-Another YouTube Reference:

Seems That, Like How The Past Katamari Games Were, The Ending Credits Have A MiniGame/Level, And For The PSP, The MiniGame Is A Sidescrolling Katamari! Looks ALOT Fun, Better Than The Past Credits.. And The Great Old Guy That Sang For The Past Katamari Games Is Back!
I STILL Need To Get Me And My Katamari! Ugh!

And You May Recall The Other Flash 2D Katamari Game Online, Which Is Now Gone?
Seems Somebody On The Katamari Damacy Fan Live Journal Got It For Download.. I Also Managed To Snatch It Up Before KatamariDamacy.JP Closed, I Sould Make A Torrent, Or Maybe A Pando..

Microphone Pong

2006-03-29T21:37:00.000-08:00

One Of Those Moments When I Ask Myself "Why didn't they bring that over here?"

The Following YouTube Video Is From The PS2 European Hit 'SingStar', Which Has A Minigame Similar To Pong, Only That You Use The Mic To Practice Your High And Low Notes..

Caution: Lower Your Volume!

Typing HeroMania Revolution!

2006-03-29T20:59:00.000-08:00

i know, I Haven't Been Catching Up On Blog Posting.. I Should Have Posted How My Time At Video Games Live Was, I'll Get To That Soon..

Anyways, I Just Had A Thought..

I Was Recently Bored And Not Doing Anything (well, not doing what i need to, but i'll get to that later as well.. i hope.. carry on..) And Decided To Watch YouTubes Of Peripheral-Based Music Games, Those Of Which I Watched Were Donkey Konga, Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, BeatMania, etc.. And While These People Were Wildly Banging Away, A Strange Thought Came Up When I Decided To Answer A Question On Yahoo! Answers: While Typing Quickly I Thought "hey, What about a game like this?"

I Know What You're Thinking: "But there are typing games out there, and they're boring"
Well, Not My Idea..

With All These Peripheral-Based Music Games, They All Are Based On The Same Thing: Follow The Music.. I Mean, Any Music Game Is Like That, That's What Defines A Music Game..
i just figured that that paragraph is useless.. and that i used 2 thats back to back.. i think that's cool, two words back to back, not the useless para.. nevermind..

Anyways, How 'bout A Music Game Where You TYPE The Words Of The Song Along With The Music, Think Kareoke Revolution But With A Keyboard..
Imagine How Fast Paced That Would Be..

Dumb Thought, Cool Idea, Crazy Notion, whatever, I Just Want To See Something Like This And How Many People Actually Pass The Whole Game..

In Fact, I Want To See A Game Of It..
If You Find A Link Of A Game Like How I Described, Please Tell Me Where I Can Find It, Or Take It To The Next Level And MAKE A Game Like That (i should actually try that, i'm learning flash right now.. buuut i think i'm far from making a game now.. expecially a game of that pace..).. Please Give Credit To Me If You Do And There's No 'Prize' Of Any Sort If You Do Make On.. none right now, though.. But No, No Prize.. Just The Sheer Fact You Did It And A Virtual Handshake That's Not For Resale..

i feel like i'm blabbering again..

Well, Until Next Time!

Yay Me

2006-03-23T22:10:00.000-08:00

I Couldn't Go To GDC (but i could have very well been), But I'm Able To See The Closest Thing, And Really, It's Right Across The Street From The San Jose Convention Center..

Tonight (or tomorrow night, wherever you are), Friday March 24 2006, Tommy Tallarico's Video Games Live Is Playing, LIVE, At 8 PM At The San Jose Civic Auditorium..

I Know, You Won't Make It, Most Likely, Since It Would Be Very Last Minute And Tickets Are Most Likely Sold Out, But Never Fear, This Much-Delayed Tour May Be Coming Around Your City!

Pictures (if possible) Should Be Posted Soon..

In Other News..

HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY TO MEE!!!

really, It's Been Nearly 17 Days (i count, i'm sad..) And I Never Got A Good Birthday Gift.. At Least Ubisoft Thougth Of Me, Even Though They Were Weeks Late..
But VGL + Ubisoft 10 Bucks Off Coupon + Me And My Katamari = Crazy Delicious + Best Made-Up B-Day Gift Ever!

If You Want Your Own Coupon $10 Dollar Off Ubisoft Online Store Purchase ($9.99 lumines!), Sign Up At Ubi! And Please, Be Truthful About Your Birthday..

PSP EyeToy Pictures

2006-03-17T16:04:00.000-08:00

GameSpot Has Some Pictures Of The Slides Shown At The 2006 Playstation Business Briefing In Tokyo, Two Of Which Are Of The PSP EyeToy Attatchment, Which Looks Rather Huge..

What's Even More Huge Is The GPS Receiver.. wow..

What Interests Me About The EyeToy Is Not Just Actually Playing EyeToy On The Go (which seems strange and challenging to do), But Also The Motion JPEG Format For The Video Chat..

Speaking Of Katamari..

2006-03-15T20:56:00.000-08:00

Well, A While Back, GameStop.Com/EBGames.Com Had Offered A Katamari Prince Pouch A While Back That Was Only Available In Japan..

Turns Out That If You Preorder It In Store At GameCrazy, You Can Get It There Also, UP FRONT..

Well, Looks Like I'm Going To Make Another Game Purchase At GameCrazy Again..

KatamariDamacy.JP 's One Last Day Of Life

2006-03-15T20:45:00.000-08:00

ONE DAY LEFT! EVERYTHING MUST GO! DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR WALPAPERS, SCREENSAVER, AND PAPERCRAFT BEFORE IT'S ALL GONE! HURRY!

Well, We All Knew That The Katamari Series Was Going To End, But The Website?! Come On! That's Like Ending All Of Disney's Animated Movies (wait, they did kinda do that) And Tear Down Disneyland As Well!

But Who Knows, The JP Site Has Closed Before, Only To Open With A We Love Katamari Site..
So, They Might Reopen For Me And My Katamari..
but then again, This Is The Japan Site, And Japan Had Their Me And My Katamari Game For A While..

Oh Well.. Someone Please Archive And Mirror The Site, As Well As The Great Flash Game..

Weeks Worth Of News In One Post

2006-03-15T17:28:00.000-08:00

Ok, Let's Get This Over With.. I Know I Havn't Been Updating The Blog As Much, But Since The Playstation EyeToy Boards Closed, I Now Have A Reason To Get Back On The Blogs..
and yeah, The EyeToy Boards On The Official US.Playstation.Com Forums Is Now Archived And Suggested You Go To The PS2 Board For All Your EyeToy Talks.. Right.. Damn You..
You Know, I Almost Made This The EyeToy Blog, But Then Again, Nobody Would Read It, So I Had To Make A Broader Topic..

Anywho, Here's A Whole Bunch Of Junk That I Should Have Mentioned When I Heard Them, Currently With No Links Because You Probably Should Have Heard Them Already, In No Particular Order..

-PSP To Get It's Own EyeToy Attatchment
-96% PSP Users Male, Sony Wants To Attracht The Female Audience

-Me And My Katamari To Be The Final Katamari Installment Of The Series
-KatamariDamacy.JP To 'Close' March 17th

great, i forgot all of them..

Well, Just Stay Tuned For More From DG And The Nymo Blogs..

You Can't Stop The Katamari

2006-02-27T17:16:00.000-08:00

Well, 'Me And My Katamari' For The PSP Is Coming Soon, So Soon, That We're Afraid..

Afraid There Will Be No More Katamari.. Nothing More To Roll Up My Life..

Any Who, To Get Ready For The Last Ever Katamari (so it seems..), Be Sure To Check Out How To Katamari-fy Yourself, Check Out The Ever Popular Official Katamari JP Site, Bringing You To The Ever Popular Katamari Damacy 2 Flash Game, Probably Check Out Some Katamari-Themed YTMNDs, Or Maybe, Just Maybe, Keep Watching This Countdown Clock Down To KD-Day, March 20th, 2006 (or atleast the week of 3/20/06, many store may get it by the 22nd..)

&amp;lt;a href="http://not-a-real-namespace/http://www.7is7.com/otto/countdown.html?year=2006&amp;amp;amp;month=3&amp;amp;date=20&amp;amp;hrs=0&amp;amp;amp;min=0&amp;amp;sec=0&amp;amp;amp;tz=local&amp;amp;title=Time%20Left%20Until%20%27Me%20And%20My%20Katamari%27%20Roll%20Up&amp;amp;lang=en&amp;amp;bgcolor=%23CCFFFF"&gt;Time Left Until 'Me And My Katamari' Roll Up&lt;/a&gt;

Be Sure To Comment Or Contact Us For More Ways To Pass The Time For 'Me And My Katamari', Or Face The Wrath Of The King Of All Cosmos..

Something New

2006-02-27T16:57:00.000-08:00

Hello Out There..

I've Been Quite Busy Lately That I Just Cannot Post Anything New On Any Of My Blogs..

man, i feel like i'm talking to my self..

But That's Ok, Because I Plan On Doing Something To Gain Some Visitors..

more self talking..

I Always Wanted To Do My Own Gaming Blog, My Way, Since I've Seen Some Blogs And I Do Not Agree With How They Are Managed And Written.. But I Figured That I'm Just To Busy To Maintain Such A Thing..
That's Ok, I Plan To Do Atleast 1 New Post On One Of My 4 Other Blogs (you are aware i do have other blogs, right?)

Any Who, The Little 'Exclusive' That Will Gain Some People Is An Interview With Dr. Richard Marks, Maker Of The EyeToy.. Of Course, That Is Not Planned On Course, But I Plan To Do It, Some How.. It Doesn't Even Have To Be Long.. Doesn't Even Have To Be Face To Face.. Doesn't Need To Be In A Messanger.. Some How, Some Way, I Will Get Some Things Out Of Him..

Along With That, I Plan To Do A Big Post (may be in sections) About The EyeToy And It's Possibilites (another one), Which Will Include The Richard Marks Interview That I Hope To Get A Hold Of..

i still sense that i'm talking to myself..

Anywho, Plan To Visit Back To This Blog Some Time Soon.. If You Care..

The EyeToy Tech Demos

2006-01-18T21:58:00.000-08:00

this post originally posted on the official playstation boards

If You Ever Watched The EyeToy: Groove Video Found In An Old EGM Disk Or The EyeToy Demo Disk, You'd Be Treated To A Breif Look At Some EyeToy Tech Demos..

Because Some Of You Probably Never Saw It, Here's Some (rather bad) Pictures Of Them..

Let's Start With This Simple EyeToy Demo That Shows Some Live Effects That The EyeToy Camera Can Use (not seen, water effect)

Ok, Let's Get A Bit Complex..

These Shots Shows The EyeToy Using Colored Balls (using the eyetoy's color tracking technology) To Cast Spells Like Rain And Invisibility (i belive this 'wizard' demo is used in eyetoy play 2's play room.. without the use of additional items..)

What Else Can We Use Colored Balls For?

Virtual Pets.. This Bad Shot Shows How Its Used To Play Around With Your 'Virtual Pet' Using The Colored Balls And Having Him Hop From One To Another.. From This Demo, It Can See The Balls In 3D Space, So If It Is Far Away, The Virtual Pet Also Looks Further Away Still Sitting On The Ball..
(a similar-but-not demo can be seen as 'citris fighter' in play 2's playroom)

About All Of Us Knows About The Body Tracking In EyeToy, Right? This Shot Shows The Body Tracking In Motion..
We Seen This In EyeToy Antigrav, But How Else Can It Be Used?

FPS, Of Corse.. This Demo Shows How It Can Be Used With The EyeToy And A Controller..

Ok, So We Seen Colored Balls And Body Tracking, But How About Something, A Bit More..

How About A Sword Weilding Game Shown In This Bad Shot?
Using A Colored Nerf-Looking Cut Foam Baseball Bat, It Is Possible.. From The Looks At The Demos, The Control Looks Surpisingly Smooth. The Demo Shown Was A Sword Demo And A Torch (using a table full of stuff, including a candle)

Now, Take The Colored Ball, Place It On The Handle Of The Nerf Bat, And Hold The Other End, What Do You Get?

A Mace (the thing on the left of this bad shot)
Which Also Looked Suprisingly Smooth..

Finnaly, Here's A Tech Demo That Really Thinks Outside Of The EyeToy Box..

It's A Photo Editing/Viewing Application Using The EyeToy..

Now, These Demos Are Shown To Developers To Show Them What The EyeToy Can Do, Hoping To Inspire Them..

However, We Barely Seen Any New Good EyeToy Games That Uses These Additional EyeToy Features, We've Seen Mini Games That's All Very Much Similar To The EyeToy Play Series..

Ok, Maybe Not Really, I Mean, There's Some Good Different EyeToy Gameplay, Like Sega Superstar's Puyo Pop Mini Game And This Unique Japanese EyeToy Game..

But We Never Seen Any Major Support On 'Addition Item' Gameplay, Like The Colored Balls (fruit in play 2) And A Nerf Bat..

I'm Kinda Sad To Not See These Demos Used In Today's EyeToy Games, You Only See Simple Support Like Putting Your Face In The Game..

Are Developers Scared Of The EyeToy? Is It Pricey To Develop For It? Do Developers Have Any Original Ideas Anymore?

Developers Can't Seem To Be Too Worried About It, I Mean, The Next Gen Game System From Nintendo Is Going To Be All About Different Gameplay, And Developers Are Ready To Support It..

With The Release Of The Revolution, Will We See Some New And Better Support From The EyeToy?I Hope So..

Ok, Enough With The Rant.. This Topic Was Here To Show You About The EyeToy Capabilities.. More (and hopefully better) Pictures From The Video Will Be Posted Whenever I Have The Time..

Animal Crossing: Wild World Survey

2006-01-18T15:34:00.000-08:00

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Just Earlier, I Took A Survey For Animal Crossing: Wild World.. Unlike The Nintendogs One, There Was No Mention Of A Sequel, At Least A Big One..

Near The End, It Asks How Likely I Would Buy A Sequel Of Animal Crossing: Wild World, Considering The Price..

Really, I Said A '5' Out Of 7 (seven being likely).. Animal Crossing Is Not A Game Where You'd Find A Sequel On The Same Platform..

And Guess What, That's The Only Question In The Survey That Asks About A Sequel.. I Guess They're Barely Considering It..

If You Own And Registered Your Copy Of AC:WW, Check Your Email Now..

Namco Takes The Nintendo Approach

2006-01-17T17:11:00.000-08:00

Namco Is Taking The 'Nintendo' Approach Of Getting In A Bigger Audience, All Thanks To Katamari's Success

"We set out to make a game that surpasses international boundaries, age, and gender; a game that anyone can pick up and quickly have fun,"

I Think It's Great That Someone Is Actually Taking On The Ninendo Approach And Attracting The NonGaming Audience With Simplicity..

But As Much As I Love Katamari, I Just Cannot Imagine Another Game..
ok, Maybe Just One More After 'Me And My Katamari', But That's All..

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Loading Error

2006-01-17T16:36:00.000-08:00

Just To Let You Know, There's Supposed To Be Something On The Beginning Of The ElectroPlankton Entry, For Some Reason, It's Not Showing Up Correctly..

If You Can't See It, Try Highlighting It Or Scroll Down Then Up..

I Am Trying To Find A Solution To This..

Thanks

Update: It Seems To Have Gotten Better Now, However, It Disappears Again When You Scroll Up To See It Or Something.. Could Probably Be Because Of The New Yahoo Answers Badge That Has Been Recently Added.. Sorry For Any Inconvenience!

ElectroPlankton Makes Front Page (of section d) Of The San Francisco Chronicle

2006-01-17T15:58:00.000-08:00

alternate titles: ElectroPlankton Given Standing Ovation, ElectroPlankton Review A Week Late, ElectroPlankton Is A 'Very Addictive Alien Music Game', San Francisco Chronicle Steals From IGN.Com, DS has Been Out Since 1994..

I Was Given A Great Surprise To See That ElectroPlankton Was In The DateBook Section Of The San Francisco Chronicle, Not For The Fact That It Was In The Newspaper.. Ok, That's A Tiny Part Of It, I Mean, The Main Premise Of The 'Different Gamer' Blog Is To Get People Into The Know That There's Different Games Out There They'd Probably Like, So Seeing This In Print In One Of The Most Reliable Sources Is Just Great To See..

However, I Don't Know If It's All That Great Of A Source..

well, Just Look At The Article..

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As You Can See, It Got The Standing Ovation Icon (in the sfc, they use these types of icons to usually rate movies, local events, music, etc..), Meaning It's Good.. No Surprise There.. The Main Problem I Have With This Article Is That It Keeps Referring To It As A 'Game' When It Simply Is Not (they did mention that it is barely like a game anyways in the beginning).. And They Gave Toshio Iwai A Mere Mention..

Moving On The Next Page..

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'Nintendo DS alien music game creative - and very addictive'.. Ok, I Understand The Creative And Addictive Part, But Alien Music Game? The Word 'Game' Is In There Again, Yes, But Alien Music? It Just Switched From Calling It Fishlike Species To Aliens, Water To Space..

Anyways, Continuing On And,
Woah, Hey, Are Those IGN Screen Shots? hey, They Clearly Are! And They Don't Give Credit To IGN, They Give It To Nintendo! ok, Yes, They Are Screen Shots Of A Nintendo Game, But..

Ok, Let Me Just Vent Out A Bit.. The Worse Part Comes Up..

"The DS has been out since 1994, so the PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360 have received a lot more hype in the United States."

Ok, Wait A Minute! DS Has Been Out Since 1994? Where'd He Get His Facts At? I Just Hope This Is One Major Of A Typo And Meant To Refer To One Of Toshio Iwai's Past Work..

This Article Is Just Insane..

But At Least It Ends On A Good Note:

"And at a time when video games are being unfairly criticized for creating a myriad of society's ills, it's great to see a new idea that's completely positive. Even if it's much harder to explain than it is to play."

How True.. And Yes, Peter, It Is Hard To Describe, But You Did A Fairly Nice Job Trying To Get The Rest Of Us Out Here Understand..

But Really, SF Chronicle, No Hard Feeling, I Was Just Really Hoping For Some Better Quality..

See The Online Article Here

Katamari-fy Your Workspace

2006-01-14T22:51:00.000-08:00

The 3rd And (currently) Final Installment In The Katamari Franchise Is Coming In March..

If You're Too F*cking (excuse my french) Exited For 'Me And My Katamari' For The PSP, Like Me, Here's Some Things To Do To Your Workspace (and yourself) To Show Everyone What A Freak You Are!

US Katamari Site
A No Brainer Start To Dress Up Your Desktop With Walpapers And, Suprise Suprise, A Desktop Buddy!

JP Katamari Download Site
Do You Spend Alot Of Time On Different Language Video Game Sites? I Do... And I Find Alot Of Good Stuff, Like On The JP Katamari Site, Where You Can Find The Walpapers Again (in japanese), Cool Little Papercraft Stuff To Liter On Your Desk, And Probably The BEST Screen Saver EVER Featuring The King Of All Cosmos Himself! It's Very Much Similar To The Loading Screen In We Love Katamari, And The Best Part Is, YOU CAN PUT WORDS IN HIS MOUTH! Download It! NOW, D*MN IT!!!

Old JP Katamari Download Site
Search Deeper In The Current JP Katamari Site, And You'll Find The Old One That Features Older Walpapers, More Older Papercraft, And An Older Screensaver (didn't download yet). Also, There's A Little MiniGame, Not To Download, Though.. Also, Check Out The JP Site In Japanese For More Downloads Not Seen In The English One..

Prince Papercraft
It's Another Katamari Papercraft Thing, But This Time, It's Of The Prince! FANTASTIC! Now, If You Want English, Here's A Google Translation..

Katamari Ring Tone
Ok, This May Not Be The Official One, And I Know There Has To Be Some Sort Of Katamari Downloads For The Cell Phone (google it), But This One Is For Free!

Katamari Clothing
Want An Official Katamari Tshirt? Panic's Got Them! They May Be $24.95 Each, But Keita Takahashi (and artist ryo kimura) Made Them!
Also, Don't Forget Katamari Hats! ..And The Copycats..

eBay
This Is The Place For A Whole Bunch Of Different Katamari Items On Sale, From Buttons, Stickers, Earings, Figurines, Posters, Art (all of which are mostly and most probably unofficial), Original Games, Cell Phone Dangler (that blinks when you get a call), PSP Pouches, Music (now, if you want the music for free to download.. uh.. id' rather not post where to get it, rather, i don't know where to get it, but doing some extensive googling may get you some), And Original Games, So If You Are Such A Big Freak To Play Katamari On The PSP Even In Japanese, Go For It..

Well, There You Go, A Guide To 'Katamari-fy' Yourself Over The Net..
Now,If I Just So Happen To Miss Anything, Please Place A Comment Below And I'll Probaly Add It..

I'm Back..

2005-12-30T00:24:00.000-08:00

I'm Back From The Tiring Trip From The North.. Tired..
Had Some Ski Lessons.. Sled.. Extreme Sledding..

Enough About Me, You'll Hear More On My Personal Blog (entry yet to be put) Yammer On About Snowy Reno..

During The Trip, I Had Thought Up Some Entries And Found Some Things Out, Like:

ElectroPlankton Will Actually Be Released Online At Nintendo's Website Shop Thingy And On MAJOR Online Stores, LIKE Target, Amazon, GameStop And EB Games..

And Speaking Of Thought Up Entries, Stay Tuned For An Early In-Depth Review Of ElectroPlankton, The 1st Review, rather, Overview For The Blog..

That Is, If I Have The Time..

You See, I Plan To Go Down SOUTH Tomorrow To LA..

Doing What? uh..

Well, Plans.. And See Disneyland On New Years..

So, Updates On This Blog Anytime Soon Is Kinda Slim..

Sorry, But I Do Plan To Have Some New, Big Entries For The Blog When I Come Back Here..

Until That Time Comes Around.. See You At Disneyland!!!

And Off I Go..

2005-12-26T18:57:00.000-08:00

Kinda Slow News Today (other than the big electroplankton thing), And I Don't Think There's Much Going To Going On, Or Atleast Reported This Week..

So, I'm Going Up North To The Snow And Ski.. Or Snow Board.. Maybe Even Just Sit There..

With That Said, I'm Probably Not Going To Update The Blog For The Next 2 Days.. yeah..

Happy Post-Holidays, Everyone!

ElectroPlankton Exclusively At Target?

2005-12-26T11:42:00.000-08:00

I Had Recently Checked My Email And Noticed Something From The 'GetIntoTheGame.Com' Newsletter I Got..

You See, GetIntoTheGame.Com Is A Target Site.. When I Say Target, I Mean The Store..

And Looking Into The Email I Got From Them It Said This:

ElectroPlankton To Target?
If You Don't Get It Yet, ElectroPlankton Is Supposed To Be Out Only Online And At The Nintendo World Store At NY..

So I Went On To Check Out The Site Itself..
Sure Enough:

Is This A Typo, Or Is Target Really Going To Have ElectroPlankton As An Exclusive?

hmm..

Edit: ElectroPlankton Seems To Also Be Available At EBGames.Com..
It's Listed For $34.99, Actually Cheaper Than The Price I Paid For In Japan..
And Of Course, Rated E..

Happy Holidays

2005-12-25T08:09:00.000-08:00

From The Different Gamer Blog, 'We' Wish You A Merry Christmas, A Happy Hanukkah And Kwanzaa.. or as i like to say it, Happy Chrismahanukwanzica To You!

Hope That You Got The Game That You Wanted!

Now A Random Link To The 8-Bit Christmas Music!

You Say You Want A Revolution?

2005-12-20T23:17:00.000-08:00

-musical interlude-

I Do Want A Revolution!
Just Thought The Blog Can Be More Interactive..

Expect More YourTube Stuff On The Blog Later On..

Answer To Katamari PSP?

2005-12-19T18:34:00.000-08:00

'Me And My Katamari' For The PSP Is Getting Some Attention From Some Side-Scrolling Screen Shots.. Alot Is Unknown About It..

After Some Bored Web-Surfing, I Probably Found An Answer To It, well, Some Answers..

According To This Poorly Translated Page ('former times bosom oak flavor one body'?), well, uh.. For One, The 'Fake' Life Counter On The Top Seems To Do Something, Since The Last Picture Features 'x2' Rather Than 'x3'..

Off To Send It To The News..

MyHype: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

2005-12-18T22:21:00.000-08:00

Recently, I Had 'Re-Discovered' A Fantastic Game: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan..

What The Hell Is It? Well, Do You Know A Game Called 'Gitaroo-Man'? you don't.. ok..

Anyways, The Same Creators Of Gitaroo-Man Made Ouendan..

Basically, It's A Music Game, A Music Game Where You Kinda 'Dance' On Your DS.. Tapping Numbers To The Beat And Such.. Best Of All, You're Dancing To Some Great Japanese Music..

Storyline Wise, It's Strange As Is.. You Are A Trio Of Male Cheerleaders.. yeah.. And You Help Others Out By Dancing..

Explaining It Does No Justice, So Just Check Out The Official Japan Site Or IGN

It's Wacky, It's Funny, It's Catchy, And It's -sigh- Only In Japan..
For Sure, I'm Going To Try To Import Or Find This Game.. Some How..

Speaking Of EyeToy..

2005-12-18T18:32:00.000-08:00

Is EyeToy Play 3 Out Yet?

I Mean, Some Bloke In UK Has It Up On Ebay..

However, According To IGN..

December 31, eh? And Only In Europe? What The..

I'm Confused, But I'm Real Exited For The Game, I Mean, Look At The Site..

ok, The Site May Not Offer That Much Goodness, But Check Out The Insane Video Of The Game Play.. Expecially The Multiplayer Part.. It's Crazy..

Also, It Will Feature 'Recog-Cam'.. What It Is Is That You Place A Picture In Front Of The USB EyeToy Camera, And It Will Read It, Unlocking Some Goodies..

I Just Wish America Supports The EyeToy More..

SEROUS EyeToy Action..

2005-12-18T18:24:00.000-08:00

I Like To Play EyeToy, But Not As Serous As THIS..

Damn..

Send Us News

2005-12-18T18:00:00.000-08:00

This Post If Ment For You, The Reader, To Send Us Gaming News Relating To The Blog..

Comments Are Checked Every So Often And Are Deleted Weekly, or something (to save space)..

NEW: Get The News Directly To Us, Quick..
Email Us News @ SendDifferentGamerNews@googlegroups.com Or Visit http://groups.google.com/group/SendDifferentGamerNews And Post Your News There..

Remember To Follow Our Ground Rules..

Post On..

Welcome

2005-12-18T17:44:00.000-08:00

This Is 'Different Gamer', The Blog Devoted To The 'Other' Side Of Gaming..

Define 'Other'?
Well, The Games That Don't Play Like The Usual Platformer Or Shooter, The Games That Uses A Different Controller.. It's The 'Innovative' Games, The 'Non-Games', The Fun Games..

This Blog Is Currently Run By Only 1 Person, So Here's Some Ground Rules:

At Times, The Blog May Not Be Updated And Mail May Not Be Checked For A While Without Any Warning. Sorry, But I Do Have Other Things To Do..

This Blog Is Ment For Reportings Of Varous 'Different' Gaming News. When Commenting, Please Don't Spam. Post Thoughtful Comments, Not Little, Dumb, Fanboyish Posts.. And Please, Keep All Content Family Friendly And No Advertising.. Any Posts That Crosses That Rule May Be Deleted..

If You Have Any Gaming News You Would Like To Contribute, Post In The 'Send News' Post..

Here At 'DG', I Don't Really Belive In A 'Point System' Of Rating.. No '8.7002 & 1/4 Out Of' Whatever.. It's Just Dumb.. Instead, Reviews Are All In Text And Are Up To Your Interpretation On If You Would Like This Game Or Not.

ah yes, This Is The Way I Type.. Sorry, I Won't Change It..

(more soon)

The Blog Is Still In It's Early Stages, So Stay Put To See The 'Final' Site And Also Some Posts..

Enjoy..