Well, I don’t know if you’ve heard or not but there’s a new DS, it’s called the DSi XL. It’s going to be the fourth in the DS family. I find it funny that they decide to add just a little piece of hardware, and make a new DS. This new DS will be releasing in Europe on the 5th March 2010. Wonder what’s so great? While, I’ll tell you the facts and you decide if it’s all that great.

Now this definitely isn’t your average DS. It has a much BIGGER difference than just two little cameras. This thing has two 4.2 inch screens. No that’s not a typo, it’s really that big. In fact that’s 93% bigger than the DS Lite’s screens. But yes, it does have a camera. Now I wonder if it’ll have a Gameboy Advance slot so you can play Guitar Hero.

The DSi XL still has the DSi browser so you can surf the web through your DS. It also comes with some free pre downloaded stuff like Dictionary 6 in 1. The new DS will still have everything that the DSi had. The new DS comes in two colours, wine red and dark brown with a glossy sheen on top and matt finish on the underside. It will also have a bigger stylus.

So, what do you think? I don’t really see the point. These days it’s all about making things smaller, unless your talking about TVs. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see this one.

I was really excited when they announced Project Natal at E3. After Microsoft did those demos with the paint and everything, I was thinking “wow, this is cool, when is it out?” But after thinking about it and after completely losing my first article I wrote, I wondered  is it really all that great?

Are there any design problems?

• Natal will not work with a projecter because the sensor has to be facing you.
• If the Natal sensor uses a thermal sensor, what If a cat walks by you feet and makes it think you moved your foot or somthing?
• Will body mass effect the responsiveness of the sensor?
• Will it have trouble understanding people with speech problem?
• If it breaks and you send it in, you can’t play any games that are made to work with Natal.

Here’s some other issues.

• Who likes waving their hands in the air for hours?
• Who wants to pay $40 to paint an elephant?
• It better not turn on by itself as shown in the E3 video.

Remember those demos at E3? Those worked great but would you really play those for hours? And what about gamers?

Now honestly folks, I love the idea and I think it’ll be great, but these are just some things that Microsoft didn’t think about when designing this.

Looking back through the previous 3 episodes you could say that Guybrush has been there and done that.  Now it’s time for him to stand trial and be brought to justice for everywhere he’s been and everything he’s done.  What?!? He’s found  La Esponja Grande and is going to cure the pox.  What could possibly be the crime in that?  Hit the jump to find out, realatively spoiler free. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out this awesome list by Trina (aka @gamingangel) at http://www.gamingangels.com. I think it is a well thought out very deserving group of women. As I was reading it I was hoping she would include a community manager and more specifically my favorite community manager Christa Phillips at Xbox.com (now with the aptly appropriate title Social Media Lead), and to my delight she was included!

Take a gander at the article yourself at: http://www.gamingangels.com/2009/12/the-ten-most-influential-women-in-games-over-the-last-10-years/