bugsonglass said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

Yep, Nintendo has been owned by the homebrew team

In the words of Dragona from Gaf

I still find it hilariously ironic that the people Nintendo were targeting, homebrewers, knew about the dangers of the update and refrained, thus only hitting (and bricking) people who don't even know what HBC is. And then ~72 hours later, there's a complete workaround for homebrew. Again.

You lose Nintendo

is it at least safe now to turn on the wii and add yoda's code and look at the shop and do all the regular online things i do on my non-homebrew-enabled wii?  or do i have to hack it?

i have a good mind to buy a wii and mod the heck out of it and  start checking out that scene.  i feel the pull of the dark side.  see what you did there iga?  see?

 Don't, wait until Nintendo comes with a new firmware that does not brick Wii's. You get nothing out of it, except a risk for bricking your Wii. There are ways to get in the Wii shop without updating. See the hacking thread for more info. Best plan it too wait! Or if you really can't wait, upgrade your firmware, but don't say I have not warned you.

Iga_Bobovic said:

Yep, Nintendo has been owned by the homebrew team

In the words of Dragona from Gaf

I still find it hilariously ironic that the people Nintendo were targeting, homebrewers, knew about the dangers of the update and refrained, thus only hitting (and bricking) people who don't even know what HBC is. And then ~72 hours later, there's a complete workaround for homebrew. Again.

You lose Nintendo

Nintendo sucks at keeping hackers away, and that's sad considering their a multi-billion dollar company with near-unlimited resources.

Ravenprose said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

Yep, Nintendo has been owned by the homebrew team

In the words of Dragona from Gaf

I still find it hilariously ironic that the people Nintendo were targeting, homebrewers, knew about the dangers of the update and refrained, thus only hitting (and bricking) people who don't even know what HBC is. And then ~72 hours later, there's a complete workaround for homebrew. Again.

You lose Nintendo

Nintendo sucks at keeping hackers away, and that's sad considering their a multi-billion dollar company with near-unlimited resources.

i don't have hard data but my guess would be that it is counter productive to invest too much into anti-piracy measures.  they'd probably spend far more than what they'd save.

also it's not just nintendo.  every machine has been breached with the exception of the ps3 which is most likely due to bluray related constraints and not anti-piracy software

Iga_Bobovic said:

Not only that, the guys who made the homebrew channel and bootmii, actually made an anti piracy thing. If you pirate a game, the homebrew browser turns upside down. So the hackers are doing Nintendo's job and Nintendo the hacker's job.

bugsonglass said:

i don't have hard data but my guess would be that it is counter productive to invest too much into anti-piracy measures.  they'd probably spend far more than what they'd save.

also it's not just nintendo.  every machine has been breached with the exception of the ps3 which is most likely due to bluray related constraints and not anti-piracy software

Yeah, you're probably right, but it still sucks that they do such a half-ass job trying to prevent hackers that it ends up only hurting those who don't hack their consoles.

Ravenprose said:

Europe Animal Crossing lets you adopt a Nintendog!

• Oct. 7th - Labrador
• Oct. 14th - Chihuahua
• Oct. 21st - Dachshund
• Nov. 3rd - Dalmatian

Me want!

EDIT: AC-Nintendog DLC Email Advert

Best DLC ever   i am making a comeback to AC because of this

SteelAttack said:

gamingeek said:

WTF When did DSE start looking good passable?

Oh wait, those are Dolphin shots. I see what you did there, penis.

It's the same graphics only sharper. Did you not watch the chapter 1 footage I posted last week? There was a good video on IGN too a while back I can't remember what it was called. When you see good quality video of it it looks impressive. All the reviews have praised it too, not just visually but the game as a whole too. I wont buy it, unless some kind soul gifts it to me for X-mas, but its a good game from reviews anyway.

EDIT:

I just read this in the Kotaku review:

"The Fearlessness of the Developers: It's amazing enough to play a Wii for which the developers appear to have been given the time, budget and talent to make the graphics and sound top-flight. It's all the more extraordinary that the creators of Dead Space Extraction had the will and the chops to render many of the same environments on Aegis VII and aboard the spaceship Ishimura that were produced in much higher detail on much more powerful consoles last year. That Extraction's environments look as good as they do — dark, high-tech, detailed, moody — is both a triumph of technical juice-squeezing and a testament to the value of art design over raw processing power. Don't trust the many underwhelming screenshots out there of this game; it's a visual stunner. Many of the set-piece rooms that dropped jaws on the PS3/360 will drop jaws when people encounter them in this game as well."

robio said:

As someone who lived in Atlanta during the Olympics I can honestly say it's something I wouldn't wish upon anyone.  Having that many people invade your city just makes life hellacious.  Rio is so overcrowded though they might not even notice an extra million.

Yay, London in 2 years time. Yay...

It's costing London taxpayers shitloads which will create jobs. So yay for construction workers and stuff, we're all paying you! Thousands each.

Iga_Bobovic said:

gamingeek said:

robio said:

As someone who lived in Atlanta during the Olympics I can honestly say it's something I wouldn't wish upon anyone.  Having that many people invade your city just makes life hellacious.  Rio is so overcrowded though they might not even notice an extra million.

Yay, London in 2 years time. Yay...

It's costing London taxpayers shitloads which will create jobs. So yay for construction workers and stuff, we're all paying you! Thousands each.

Who cares what it costs?! You have to pay those taxes anyways, but now it goes to building stadiums instead of going directly in politicians pockets.

They are cutting back on rubbish collections and yet can pay millions for this. Yay.

SteelAttack said:

gamingeek said:

Yay, London in 2 years time. Yay...

It's costing London taxpayers shitloads which will create jobs. So yay for construction workers and stuff, we're all paying you! Thousands each.

We expect a good number of pics from the Olympic extravaganza, GG. We demand pics of hot international ass.

 Fuck pics. The whole VG Press in London in 2012, let's do it!

Iga_Bobovic said:

SteelAttack said:

gamingeek said:

Yay, London in 2 years time. Yay...

It's costing London taxpayers shitloads which will create jobs. So yay for construction workers and stuff, we're all paying you! Thousands each.

We expect a good number of pics from the Olympic extravaganza, GG. We demand pics of hot international ass.

Fuck pics. The whole VG Press in London in 2012, let's do it!

let's be more ambitious.  the whole VG press in Rio 2016!!  Believe

actually i agree with robio.  the olympics is a terrible burden on everyone involved directly and only elderly tourists with a fat disposable income and tv audiences enjoy them.  it doesn't create long term jobs nor does it create sustainable developments.  look at all the stadiums and facilities in athens, left there to just rot.  i think brasil and rio has enough problems without this (but i guess they think it will help them if they made the bid in the first place, except it won't help many of the people in need of help)