No Meatboy on Wii due to Memory Limitations

Team Meat's creation will not be on Wii according to this Kotaku article, due to the fact that Super Meat Boy cannot wedge itself into the size limitations set for Nintendo's WiiWare software. Team Meat tried to get a publisher for a retail release, but they have confirmed that the Wii version will not be happening.

The original game of Super Meat Boy is over the 40 megabyte cap limit for WiiWare. It is possible to fit if there were sacrifices but Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenses (creators of the meat

Personal blogger story of Red Ring

Over winter break I went out of town for about two weeks, and while I was gone I figured that would be the perfect time for maintenance to come in and work on a few things around my apartment. When I returned home I was shocked to see my Xbox completely unplugged and knocked over on its side. At first I just blew it off, and plugged everything back in, didn't thinking twice about it, I turned my Xbox on only to find out it had red ringed! I was furious!

Such a terrible welcome home present! But luckily the company who is in charge

Console News - PS3 Saves, No Need for Memory Cards!

As seen here, Sony introduced to its developers of one of its newest feature, the ability save your games via "cloud storage". What is "cloud storage" you ask? "Cloud storage" is where instead of saving data to hardware on the PS3, you may save your data remotely on a server. This method would mean that you can play your PS3 games' saves anywhere atanytime without the need of a memory card.

There are two catches to this feature. First, the service will only be available to those with the Playstation Plus subscription service. Secondly,Sony stated that developers have the option to opt-out of using the cloud storage

Console News - Take your Sony Playstation anywhere!

At Sony's Tokyo Press Conference, Sony announced that they would get into the Android market by releasing PS1 titles, but instead of having their customers download titles one at a time, they would have a program that would act like a suite for the games. The Playstation Suite will also be available on PSP2 as well.

Among the first PS1 games to launch on the service will be Wild Arms, Cool Boarders 2, Rally cross, Medievil and Syphon Filter.

This is great in this blogger's opinion. Because there really isn't that many games for my Android phone aside from the usual. Though I would be concerned about the memory and battery life of my little Samsung moment. But we will just have to wait and see

Console News - Record Sales for Microsoft's XBOX 360

Looks like Microsoft hit its record sales on the Xbox 360 at the closing of the last year, so big that Microsoft had to even pull from January and Februarys 360 inventory in order to keep pace with demands.

According to NPD, a U.S retail tracker, Microsoft sold approximately 1.9 million Xbox 360 consoles in December alone, closing up what Microsoft referred to as their biggest year. Apparently, 2010s sales rose up by 42 percent from those of 2009. Because of this, although Microsoft assures plenty consoles are still available, the demand was so high in December that they experienced out of supply situations during the holiday season that an estimated supplies

Games / Console News - You'll go Bananas for this Donkey Kong Contest!

This is probably the coolest promotional campaign Nintendo made yet, putting Donkey Kong on Chiquita Bananas. Placing Donkey Kong on the stickers is just the start for a campaign between Chiquita Bananas and Nintendo. The two companies are hosting a campaign where people can enter in their Donkey Kong dance entries (photos or videos) fromJanuary 7th through February 28th. On the first of March, the public will vote on which ones are the best entries. You can read more about it here, which tells more details of the contest.

Girl Gaming - Sony to Accessorize for Girls

Just in time for Evil Controllers upcoming Girl Gamer Month, Sony will be releasing a PSP bundle for girls (among others) in February. Dubbed the Value Pack for Girls, the bundle will include a Blossom Pink PSP-3000, headphones, a fluffy pouch, and a pink screen cleaner, as shown in the picture from Kotaku.

February will be a great month to celebrate the females of the gaming world, a demographic that largely goes unnoticed. However, Sonys newest bundle demonstrates that the company does care about all of its gamers, and not just the stereotypical ones. Evil Controllers will be hosting Girl Gamer

Wii Fit to Improve Health

Jo Collinge was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease 18 months ago, in result her nervous system was effected greatly and was having difficulty with simple tasks such as walking. But thanks to the Wii Fit, she was able to recover greatly. Using the Wii Fit for45 minutes a day, the business analyst played multiple games such as Wii Fit's boxing, step aerobics and the hula hoop mini-games, she was able to regain her life again.

The Wii was originally a Holiday gift to her daughters, but now Jo recommends it to anyone suffering from the sickness. To professionally back up her claim, a university from Belfast received a grant to study the positive effects

Finding love with XBOX LIVE

Many parents dread the life of video games for their children, mostly because they fear it will lead to an anti-social life style. Fortunately there are companies like Gaming Passions, and Game Crush and there is even a facebook group, Xbox Live Dating , that are here to help take the burden off of meeting new people through video game social networking.

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Rewards for being on XBOX Live!

Microsoft has now introduced its free Xbox Live Rewards program for their loyal customers. Members who participate in the program will earn Microsoft Points (the same currency used by Xbox Live) when they use the service to renew memberships, activate Netflix, purchase certain merchandise and more.

According to Major Nelson of Microsoft ( real name Larry Hryb), allparticipantswill be able to earn points while just playing games online. While its available to everyone, Gold Members get the more opportunities in comparison. This is great, in this blogger's opinion, as sometimes I feel like there should be a way to earn those points at times, because I really