Here it is, the weekly Open Discussion for September 1, 2012. Now’s your chance to choose the topics, whether they be in relation to what game’s you’re playing or news items that have caught your interest.
This week appears to be all about the sports with two titles releasing on opposite ends of the simulation spectrum. NHL 13 (read our review) purportedly builds upon last year’s award-winning platform and delivers a hockey experience fans can be proud of; whereas NBA Baller Beats lets gamers brave enough to purchase it dribble a real basketball in their living room. For those that don’t know Baller Beats is like a cross between Rock Band and Dance Dance Revolution, only with (surprisingly) a lot more noise for your neighbors.
Nintendo’s Wii received one of its last major releases in the form of the Kirby Collection, which bundles several of the pink fluff’s classic adventures into one anthology. Most of the titles have been available in one form or another on previous Nintendo consoles, but here’s a chance to pick them up in one go.
News-wise it’s going to be all about the Wii U today, with Nintendo gearing up to unveil all the information eager games want to know, from a price to a release date. Japanese fans have already been treated to such an unveiling, and it revealed a much more expensive console than we were expecting.
Also in exciting hardware news, Apple announced the iPhone 5, which is signficantly thinner than the current 4S model and boasts a much wider screen. It’s not a big leap forward for the mobile phone brand, but the iPhone 5 has enough intriguing features that most will be tempted to upgrade.
But those are only just some of the topics worth discussing; feel free to share your thoughts or gripes about any recent news or game that has caught your fancy.
Also, respect should be paid towards every commenter, and that no disparaging remarks will be tolerated. This is a place for gamers to get together and discuss the things they love, so have at it.
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I’m curious what everyone thinks about the iphone 5. Everyone that I talk to who has an iphone say they’ll never go back to anything else. I have a crappy droid so I’m thinking of making the change.
I’ve had an iPhone since their first incarnation and nothing would convince me to change to anything else, I’m not going immediately out to get an iPhone 5 because I haven’t had my 4S that long, just a year.
But I would say to anyone who is thinking of switching, you won’t regret it. Not for a second.
THANKS!!! Just so happens I’m due for an upgrade so I want to.
If you’re due an upgrade, then I can’t recommend it enough! the iPhone 5 looks like a lovely piece of kit to me.
I recently got a new phone…
It was between the new iPhone and Galaxy S3. I got to play around with both phones for a while (demos in store and friends’ phones) and in the end I went with the Galaxy.
So far things are awesome. It’s an incredible piece of tech IMO.
Plus, with Android you get a little more “accessibility”/”freedom” than the iPhone. For instance, you can open certain windows docs with a droid and you can insert a memory card with most droid phones… I’ve also been told that Samsung’s S3′s screen is a little better than the iPhone screen (more resilient to nature for instance – like water drops). And if you’re an app man, you won’t be disappointed either.
I could go on and on, but in short: I’d definitely recommend the S3 over the iPhone.
… plus, Apple’s been pretty douche-y lately – Droids are cool
Just one more thing (promise
):
The S3 is faster than the iPhone 4S. That’s not my opinion, that’s fact (just take a look at the specs)… so if you’re someone who’ll want to run multiple programs at once, that extra speed and memory will really come in handy.
All this might lead you to believe that I’m a “Droid-fanboy”, but I’m not really. Personally, I’ve actually been an Apple supported for most of my life, and while they still make some excellent products (no tablet beats the iPad IMO and the iPod still delivers superior sound quality), the S3 is just a better phone in my personal opinion.
Personally, I’d get the Samsung Galaxy SIII over the iPhone 5 for all the reasons that The Avengers stated.
Samsung Galaxy S III is what I’m getting, my upgrade on my current smartphone is just about due.
Lucky. I don’t get an upgrade for awhile.
Just realized that the background of the pic says “All your base are belong to us” and “Now, bear my arctic blast.” xD