Fanswag: Bangai-O up for grabs - DS Fanboy

Gradius V. I haven't actually played it but if it's anything like the other four, it's prolly my favorite.

DS Daily: New DS or 'new' DS? - DS Fanboy

Mostly, the DS is perfect. Nothing needs to change right now, just keep releasing the games. In the future, a DS 2 should have larger screens and both should be touch sensitive. Hardware backwards compatibility is required.

DS Daily: Ergonomics - DS Fanboy

While playing Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime for hours I found that my right thumb would hurt because I had to hold the B button almost constantly throughout the game. I'm not sure if anything should change though. I wouldn't want the buttons to be larger or further apart.

Carnival Games 2 delayed due to first game's success - Nintendo Wii Fanboy

I played this by myself at my sister's apartment because she was busy and I am curious about all games. I went through each of the non-locked games and, for the most part, they were ok control-wise. A couple bordered on fun even in single player.
HOWEVER, the graphics and ( Read more... )

Wii Warm Up: Active gaming - Nintendo Wii Fanboy

I was going to comment about how much waggle a bunch of games have and how well they implement it but your actual question is more about games that have a direct connection to a real-life activity. How much 1:1 control do I need in a sword fighting game when I can just whack my friends with a ( Read more... )

Filed under: work, Google
I forgot to post about this when it was finished. If you ever move to Chelmsford, MA and want to know if the town will provide school bussing for your kids, you can use my handy new Google Maps mashup!

http://www.chelmsford.k12.ma.us/administration/bus_transportation_maps/Bussing.htm

Further than two miles from the school ( Read more... )

This past month I have been working on work outside of work. We are going to build our own JavaScript map control, we are mapping website developers after all. It's not really to compete with others but to remove a looming dependency on others. So I took a month-long leave of programming for Laser Hockey to do most of the work. It has turned out ( Read more... )

Filed under: Laser Hockey DS, Nintendo DS, homebrew
I have put the latest build of Laser Hockey DS online tonight. This version finally has a real physics engine courtesy of Box2D. Again, it looks identical to the last two builds but this one finally plays like a real game. Next month is all about the looks...gotta shrink those paddles.

Build 0.4.0
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Filed under: Nintendo DS, homebrew, Laser Hockey DS
DS Fanboy is doing a week of homebrew. As part of that, they interviewed me about Laser Hockey DS as well as the DS homebrew scene itself.

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/05/19/homebrew-dev-dishes-on-the-ds-scene/

Filed under: Wii, Mario Kart, Boston
I got my personalized Mario Kart license today while the Mario Kart Wii DMV was visiting Boston (http://view.ed4.net/v/R2BZIK/9ZQ2D/PQCHAO/0597K/MAILACTION=1). Here is a shot of the tent and truck, although I'm sure Pat has better quality photos. Inside the truck, people were playing Mario Kart while sitting in ( Read more... )