• Supreme Court overturns California law restricting the sale of video games

    The United States Supreme Court voted 7 to 2 to overturn a California law restricting the sale of computer and video games–declaring those games to be protected speech like any other form of creative expression. Justice Scalia writes: Video games qualify for First Amendment protection. Like protected books, plays, and movies, they communicate ideas through…

  • Wii U: Giant remote for Wii or a new way to play games?

    I say it’s a little bit of both. One thing Nintendo has always been is forward thinking. Everything they do is not for the sake of what people want but rather to answer the question; “How do we make great games.” They were the first with a 6 boutton controller on the SNES. Everyone soon followed their…

  • In case you missed it, The GDC is going on. Nintendo 3DS now plays Netflix

    During Nintendo’s GDC 2011 keynote speech today that happened to be going on at the same time as the Apple Event, they let us know that the  North American 3DS will be capable of playing Netflix’s streaming video service. Netflix plays on just about everything already. They are on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. That covers every console. They are on…