The Professional Gamer

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Hi everyone, Proteus here. In the midst of our rush to publish our coverage of NDK, I wanted to discuss something else with you. I have not posted much to the website (apart from the podcast) for a considerable period of time. Largely this is due to the time commitments that I have outside of playing games and writing about geekiness. For a little background, I’m an engineer working a full-time job (sometimes with well more than the typical 40 hours per week) and a substantial commute. I have numerous activities that I enjoy, but only a limited amount of time per week that I can spend on them. And that is the essence of this new column that I am launching today: how can a professional still find time for his or her various hobbies.
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Wii U Game Forcast

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So you have your Wii U pre-ordered, but now you have to figure out what you are going to play. This is a system launch so that typically means 1, MAYBE 2 good games when the system is brought out and then 6+ months before the next game that is actually worth anything comes out. Well in order to combat this Nintendo is releasing 50 games during the Wii U launch window (November 18, 2012 - March 31, 2013. Here is what that window looks like for us early adopters.
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Wii U Launch Information

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And the battle for the Wii U can officially begin on November 18, 2012. You have two differently priced options for this system, they are as follows:

  • Wii U Basic Bundle - $299.99
    • White System
    • 8 GB of Internal Storage
    • 1 White GamePad
    • AC Adapters for both the Wii U and GamePad
    • Sensor Bar
  • Wii U Deluxe Bundle - $349.99
    • Black System
    • 32 GB of Internal Storage
    • 1 Black GamePad
    • AC Adapters for both the Wii U and GamePad
    • Console Stand
    • GamePad Charging Cradle
    • Nintendo Land Game
    • Deluxe Digital Promotion
      • Grants points for digital downloads when can be used for future DLC (planned through 2014).


There you have it, two different systems with two different price points. I honestly don’t see the reason someone will get the Basic bundle over the Deluxe one, but that just means that I am not the target audience of it. They also announced that there will be around 50 games in the launch windows (11/18/2012 - 03/31/2013) for the system to try and make it worthwhile for those early adopters.  Games are going to run around $59.99 each for the Wii U at launch as well. More to come later on which games are planned to come out in this window, but it looks pretty strong, or at least interesting.

That leaves me with two questions.
1) Can Nintendo repeat the success they had with the Wii?
2) Who out there is going to try for a day one (or two) purchase?

 

Nintendo Press Conference Tomorrow

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Tomorrow is the day that Reggie fills us in with the official release date and price point of the Wii U here in North America. The press conference starts at 10:00 AM ET and will be live streamed from here.

Now this starts just in time for me to clock in to my day job, so I will be a tad late on reporting the news to you all, but rest assured it will make its way here.

 

 

Darksiders 2 - Review

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Death rides again, but not to reap the souls of the dead. This time it is to save his brother War, who doomed all humanity to dust. The Charred Council has given Death a single task to complete and they will forgive War's transgressions. He must restore humanity to Earth. This will not be an easy task, but it is one that he has accepted. So begins the journey to save War.

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The CDC Warns of Zombies

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So the Center of Disease Control (CDC) is all about saving lives. The best way to save a life is to prepare for a disaster. This can be difficult though. You publish an article about preparing for a tornado or hurricane and they will just gloss right over it. You start talking about preparing for zombies though, that gets peoples attention. To this end the CDC has created a Zombie blog, a graphic novel (attached) and some preparedness posters. You can check out the full thing at the CDC Zombie Apocalypse site.

CDC Zombie Graphic Novel