  This entry will cover several items that have been in the news recently that tie into what we have been discussing in class. urlLink Nintendo is developing a new console . This doesn't come as surprise to me as all the current consoles, PS2, GC, and Xbox are all 2 years old or so. It's time for the console to be talking about their next generation consoles. But, according to the article, Nintendo's new console will not just be a next generation console, but an entirely new concept codenamed "Revolution.
" Nintendo is not releasing any information about the new and I don't blame them giving the history of how the competition works in the video game industry. Siting a slump in the industry, Nintendo is tryign to come up with a new way to play games. It will be interesting to this develop as well as seeing what Sony and Microsoft havei n store for their future consoles as well. More Nintendo news... urlLink Nintendo going back to their roots Nintendo is jumping on the bandwagon with the whole idea of retro, 80s, etc and rereleasing some of the most popular gaems from the days of the NES.
They are also releasing a version of the Gameboy Advance that looks like the original Gameboy. This sounds like a good idea to me. The games they are planning on releasing are games that never get old. I think this will be a decent seller for the older gaming crowd who fell in love with the origianl NES games back in the day... We've spoken alot about movie-to-game and games-to-movie this semester. It is becoming more and more common. And will continue this way while technology continues to improve. Two more movies being made into urlLink games . Shrek and Van Helsing games have been released.
This just shows that no matter what the movie, a game can be created from it. I think it's great as long as the games are fun and resemble the movie. Although I haven't played much of the Atari's Matrix recently, I was somewhat disappointed with it when it was released. I believe Atari has released some patches for it. I'll pick it up again someday... It will definately be interesting to watch what the industry does in the coming years.
It's exciting to look back and see how far games have come. With the speed of technological improvements, it is definately exciting to think about what will come next. I have a feeling games will be EVERYWHERE. Additional interesting article, although nothing shocking. urlLink Exrteme PCs aiming for gaming niche 
