With the Wii’s focus on controls, how does a franchise like SSX handle the transition? Snowboarding — and Wii-only SSX Blur — lacks a direct relation to the Wii’s motion sensitivity, but the game still translates to hand movements. The steering mechanic, which relies on Nunchuk twists, fits well; it even seems like it had always been a part of SSX.
The tricks, however, are mixed; simple remote flicks feel like a gimmick, while drawing shapes for Ubertricks only works some of the time. Overall, the controls work well enough to keep me playing, but I sometimes stop in frustration after consecutive, unrecognized moves.
As far as graphics, sound, and other review standards, those all hold up in Blur, but aren’t my focus in this analysis. (Look up scored reviews for other opinions.) Instead, I’ll further explain how Blur translates a thumbstick-and-button game into a tilt-and-flail experience.
With the Wii’s focus on controls, how does a franchise like SSX handle the transition? Snowboarding — and Wii-only SSX Blur — lacks a direct relation to the Wii’s motion sensitivity, but the game still translates to hand movements. The steering mechanic, which relies on Nunchuk twists, fits well; it even seems like it had always been a part of SSX.
The tricks, however, are mixed; simple remote flicks feel like a gimmick, while drawing shapes for Ubertricks only works some of the time. Overall, the controls work well enough to keep me playing, but I sometimes stop in frustration after consecutive, unrecognized moves.
As far as graphics, sound, and other review standards, those all hold up in Blur, but aren’t my focus in this analysis. (Look up scored reviews for other opinions.) Instead, I’ll further explain how Blur translates a thumbstick-and-button game into a tilt-and-flail experience.
With the Wii’s focus on controls, how does a franchise like SSX handle the transition? Snowboarding — and Wii-only SSX Blur — lacks a direct relation to the Wii’s motion sensitivity, but the game still translates to hand movements. The steering mechanic, which relies on Nunchuk twists, fits well; it even seems like it had always been a part of SSX.
The tricks, however, are mixed; simple remote flicks feel like a gimmick, while drawing shapes for Ubertricks only works some of the time. Overall, the controls work well enough to keep me playing, but I sometimes stop in frustration after consecutive, unrecognized moves.
As far as graphics, sound, and other review standards, those all hold up in Blur, but aren’t my focus in this analysis. (Look up scored reviews for other opinions.) Instead, I’ll further explain how Blur translates a thumbstick-and-button game into a tilt-and-flail experience.
With the Wii’s focus on controls, how does a franchise like SSX handle the transition? Snowboarding — and Wii-only SSX Blur — lacks a direct relation to the Wii’s motion sensitivity, but the game still translates to hand movements. The steering mechanic, which relies on Nunchuk twists, fits well; it even seems like it had always been a part of SSX.
The tricks, however, are mixed; simple remote flicks feel like a gimmick, while drawing shapes for Ubertricks only works some of the time. Overall, the controls work well enough to keep me playing, but I sometimes stop in frustration after consecutive, unrecognized moves.
As far as graphics, sound, and other review standards, those all hold up in Blur, but aren’t my focus in this analysis. (Look up scored reviews for other opinions.) Instead, I’ll further explain how Blur translates a thumbstick-and-button game into a tilt-and-flail experience.
With the Wii’s focus on controls, how does a franchise like SSX handle the transition? Snowboarding — and Wii-only SSX Blur — lacks a direct relation to the Wii’s motion sensitivity, but the game still translates to hand movements. The steering mechanic, which relies on Nunchuk twists, fits well; it even seems like it had always been a part of SSX.
The tricks, however, are mixed; simple remote flicks feel like a gimmick, while drawing shapes for Ubertricks only works some of the time. Overall, the controls work well enough to keep me playing, but I sometimes stop in frustration after consecutive, unrecognized moves.
As far as graphics, sound, and other review standards, those all hold up in Blur, but aren’t my focus in this analysis. (Look up scored reviews for other opinions.) Instead, I’ll further explain how Blur translates a thumbstick-and-button game into a tilt-and-flail experience.
If you slept at all, chances are, you slept more peacefully than Michael Ruffin last night. Between the guilt, the “Dear God, what have I done” thoughts, and the endless “Thanks a lot, dickhead” phone calls from teammates, Michael Ruffin probably didn’t sleep well.
I understand the “let’s just chuck the ball into the air” play. It can eat a second or two, no one can foul you… the game just ends peacefully. But if you’re going to do it with three full seconds left, you’re going to need to get a little more velocity on the ball than that, and you might want to think about throwing it away from the other team’s basket.
Anyway, Mo Peterson’s shot sent the game into overtime, where, predictably, the Raptors cruised. I don’t know if the Wizards have a team sports psychologist, but if they do, he or she has their hands full over the next couple of days.
Saturday, we’ll find out who among the 2007 NCAA Final Four will go on and play for the 2007 NCAA College Basketball national title.
The Florida Gators, the UCLA Bruins, the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Georgetown Hoyas are your 2007 NCAA Final Four. Yep, the defending NCAA College Basketball champion Gators are still around trying to defend their title.
Speaking of the Florida Gators, Joakim Noah and the rest of the crew will face the UCLA Bruins in a rematch of last year’s NCAA College Basketball national championship game. The Gators won big time then, easily dismantling the Bruins 73-57, en route to their first national title.
Yep, expect them Gators to do much of the same. He he… The UCLA Bruins can’t beat these guys and don’t expect Florida to slip with a win away from going back to the biggest stage in college hoops.
‘’The ultimate goal is to do it again,'’ Florida’s Chris Richard said. ‘’We’re one step away from the championship.'’
Florida beat UCLA last year in a rout, for its first national championship. That turned out to be the first half of a Gator Slam. When Florida beat the Ohio State Buckeyes for the national football title in January, the Gators became the first school to be champs in both sports at the same time.
Yep, the Florida Gators sure know how to win them national titles eh?
As for their BCS Championship rivals, the Ohio State Buckeyes are preparing for a BCS rematch with Florida only this time, it will be for the NCAA College Basketball national title. But before the Buckeyes do that, they have the tough Georgetown Hoyas in their side of the 2007 NCAA Final Four battles.
The Georgetown Hoyas already killed one giant, that being the North Carolina Tar Heels. Of course, Ohio State is a different giant to deal with, especially with a dominating giant named Greg Oden looking to have his way inside the…
Yep, we’re still talking about the murder of Pakistan head coach Bob Woolmer.
There are rumors flying around that Pakistan head coach Bob Woolmer was murdered to hide the match-fixing scandal involving Pakistan and Ireland in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Yep, Woolmer was rumored to be working on a document where he plans to expose the match-fixing that took place when his Pakistan cricket national team lost to Ireland that ultimately eliminated them from the tournament. Understandably, people involved in the alleged match-fixing scandal couldn’t afford to have Woolmer’s words out in the open, leading us to where we are now.
Of course, the entire Ireland cricket national team is not happy about these developments. Ireland team captain Trent Johnston has already dismissed the idea that their win over 2007 Cricket World Cup powerhouse Pakistan was fixed.
‘’We keep hearing things about match-fixing,'’ said Johnston, who felt the rumors demeaned Ireland’s display. ‘’You only have to look at that game and the way we bowled and fielded and I was just hugely proud of the guys.'’
Johnston adds, ‘’All the rumors about the match have probably taken the shine off it a little for us, but this is the first day it’s really sunk in that we’re here and we’re pinching ourselves a bit.'’
‘’It is a tragedy what happened to Bob and it has taken away a little of the excitement, but we’ve had to move on.'’
Jamaican police investigating the Bob Woolmer murder case dismissed some media reports that claim suspects on Woolmer’s killer have been identified. Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields hit out at ‘’totally wrong'’ reports and said speculation was unhelpful. He said police were ‘’nowhere near'’ naming names and emphasized that the probe was likely to…
‘’The ultimate goal is to do it again,'’ Florida’s Chris Richard said. ‘’We’re one step away from the championship.'’
Yep, we’re still talking about the murder of Pakistan head coach Bob Woolmer.
‘’We keep hearing things about match-fixing,'’ said Johnston, who felt the rumors demeaned Ireland’s display. ‘’You only have to look at that game and the way we bowled and fielded and I was just hugely proud of the guys.'’