http://corvillus.com Technology, gaming, and time wasting news Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:53:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you may already know, Apple Inc. has launched a new http://corvillus.com/2008/11/08/aluminum-macbook/ Nintendo has managed to have a great launch with it's Wii gaming console. There have been over 600K Wii units sold to date, significantly more than the other console that launched just prior, the Sony PlayStation 3. To nobody's surprise, the top selling title (aside from Wii Sports which is ... http://corvillus.com/2006/11/28/600000-nintendo-wii-units-sold/ Sony is aware of the issue where the PlayStation 3 scales 1080i to 480p, and is apparently working on a patch in the near future. [Update: Sony may in fact be unable to fix the issue according to the Senior Director of Corporate Communications for SCEA. Bummer. See the original ... http://corvillus.com/2006/11/23/sony-to-release-patch-for-1080i-tvs/ According to Lezard Capital Markets, Nintendo is expected to deliver around 200,000 Wii consoles per week until the end of the year. This is definitely beneficial for Nintendo, which has experienced a Wii shortage after the launch. 200,000 units a week would allow them to reach their year end goal ... http://corvillus.com/2006/11/23/nintendo-to-deliver-200000-wii-units-weekly-at-us-retail/ As you know, Virtuoso picked up a Nintendo Wii at the local Best Buy launch. I had a chance to play with the console for a bit, and this is the impression I got from it. Graphics The Wii uses a version of ATi's "Flipper" GPU, the same one that powered the ... http://corvillus.com/2006/11/21/nintendo-wii-first-impressions/ Over here in ice cold Windsor Ontario, the Corvillus crew are camping out in front of the local Best Buy, which, unlike some of their other stores, is happy to accomodate the console fanboys. As you can see, we have an elaborate hobo community set up outside the store. More ... http://corvillus.com/2006/11/18/best-buy-windsor-wii-prii-party/ So do you own a 1080i HDTV? Did you buy a PS3 to ensure you would receive the ultimate high definition experience? Well, Sony has a great feature for you! Rather than be forced to look at 1080p images downsampled to 720p, you get to enjoy the full 480p experience ... http://corvillus.com/2006/11/16/playstation-3-users-experience-480p-goodness-on-1080i-tvs/ The latest entrant to the web 2.0 video service game is Lycos (It's been a while since I've heard that name in the news, apparently they're still around). The new service is called Lycos cinema, and it plans to go beyond what the other video services like Google Video, YouTube, ... http://corvillus.com/2006/11/13/lycos-launches-lycos-cinema/ Yet another Wii trailer. Every time I see one of these it makes me more excited for the console. The Wii control scheme just looks more interesting every time I see it. [via Go Nintendo] http://corvillus.com/2006/11/13/marvel-ultimate-alliance-wii-trailer/ As you have probably already heard many times from Sony's hype machine, one of the major features of the PlayStation 3 is it's backwards compatibility. The idea is that you'll be able to insert any PlayStation or PlayStation 2 game and the PS3 will run it natively without trouble. That's how ... http://corvillus.com/2006/11/13/ps3-backwards-compatibility-apparently-not-all-its-cracked-up-to-be/