I’ve been watching the presentations by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo at this years E3 – a huge game’s festival where all the big names show off their new stuff. I’m not normally a big gamer. I don’t have a console, I’m crap at everything apart from Wipeout & Tony Hawks and I get sick while playing Jedi Outcast (I had to stop after 10minutes today cos of the motion sickness – bluergh!). But I am so impressed by some of the new consoles coming out. Sony’s Playstation 3 looks amazing, the graphics are outstanding! Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and it’s Live Anywhere means you buy one game and you can play or interact with it on you Xbox 360, your Windows Vista computer, and your mobile phone! However, I was pretty bowled over by Nintendo’s Wii. It has the most revolutionary controller. A kind of wand that you wave around to interact with games. For example, in their demo, they showed a tennis game with four people where they all swung the controller around to hit the ball. You can even add top spin by twisting you hand as you hit it. Now that sounds fun! No more sitting infront of a screen with a joypad, but much more interactivity and just all around FUN! That’s what games should be, fun!
