Archive for March 2008
Nintendo Wii: (B.) Critical Analysis
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If you haven’t played with Nintendo newest video game console yet, then you must be living under a bridge, in a a cave, or without a care for fun in the world. To date it is the best-selling 7th generation video game system worldwide, toppling the technologically superior and flashy Playstation 3 (Sony) and X Box 360 (Microsoft). The Nintendo Wii is inspired after the American homophone it resembles- consider that the system is designed for multi-player play and it makes sense. The most enticing function is the motion control Wii Remote, often dubbed the “Wiimote“, which boasts three dimensional acceleration detection, Bluetooth connectivity, and an infrared sensor for pointing (a callback to the NES Zapper light gun). With a less complex remote control the system is marketed to a much broader spectrum of people including those markets that video game and system developers find hard to reach: females of all ages, middle-aged previous video game system owners, and the elderly.
Net Neutrality: (E.) Critical Analysis
“Behind every great and abusive monopoly almost always lies a network- and not only a network, a network which has been co-opted, which has been turned into a discriminatory network, and which is used to carry out and further the power of the monopoly” – Timothy Wu, Columbia Law Professor, speaking at staff briefing for the House Commerce Committee on Capital Hill on February 15th
