In this month’s EGM, Microsoft’s Peter Moore is praising Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto genius behing the Revolution controller in a bold statement. “I found it very intriguing, and I’m always a big fan of companies that try and innovate in a space where we need to do things a little differently.”

However, how the controller works is still a mystery “because there’s no game to demo against it yet, to get a feel for it, but I still respect and admire the fact that they’re willing to take what is clearly a huge risk to innovate. Let’s see if it works out for them.”

Moore then told the magazine that he was a “huge fan” of Miyamoto, and that he share’s J. Allard’s “desire that one day he will bring his incredible content and his incredible vision for what gaming should be to the XBOX [360].” He is prepared to give up his cars and house (yeah right) to convince Miyamoto to jump onboard in the Microsoft bandwagon.

Nintendo Revolution’s Controller Concept

The magazine also featured a very condescending (maybe not) Bill Gates: “Nintendo… You’ve got to give it to them. They march to the beat of a different drummer. Sometimes that makes them incredibly right and sometimes that makes them incredibly wrong. They’re certainly making a very different bet in terms of how much they’re putting into the graphics this time. I do think there is a question as to whether they can get outside the young age bracket at all. That’s been tough for them.”

When asked if he wished Microsoft had come up with such an interesting concept, “Uh… No. We’ll watch and see,” said a skeptical Gates. “Holding two different things like that? Anyway…”

I don’t think bashing the controller is going to get Microsoft anywhere. But they do have a point when they are talking about the absence of software. We need to see at least one game before next E3…

Ma blonde vient de m’annoncer par courriel que le téléphone cellulaire que je convoite depuis quelques mois est enfin disponible chez Telus. Face au Motorola RAZR, les autres appareils font crissement dûr, point final.

Le Motorola RAZR V3 chez Telus

Doté de fonctions audio avancées, il est le premier appareil offrant les sonneries MP3 chez mon fournisseur, ce qui signifie que je pourrais (si je choisis de changer d’appareil) produire mes propres sonneries. Tout ce dont j’ai besoin est un câble USB standard pour relier le téléphone à mon Mac.

Le hic? 149$ pour un contrat de 3 ans. Par contre, le téléphone que j’ai actuellement est si vieux, c’est écrit Clearnet dessus. Je crois que je suis du pour changer…