My parents have an Echo, and it is actually pretty cool. One thing that's frustrating about it, though, is that its ability to look things up and read wiki blurbs isn't great. Most questions you throw at it that aren't a definition or a numerical answer fail. HOWEVER, it is fantastic for running into the room with "Alexa, volume 10. Alexa, play Danger Zone" and then running out, because playing music at max volume the Echo can't hear you unless you yell at it at point-blank range. It is hilarious.
Loved all three segments this week. Really, really good stuff. Even after seeing it on probably like 10 UPFs the Gang Beasts physics stuff is still hilarious, every time one of those crazy acrobatic leaps would happen for some reason I just lost it!
Man I'm so happy they gave Elite the love it deserves. I've got a DK2 and although it doesn't run super well Elite with VR is one of the coolest experiences I've had in games recently. Flying into one of the big rotating space stations as you scan your cockpit windows for your dock is absolutely amazing.
This is weeeeird. I can't imagine this actually happening, how could they produce titles for their popular franchises on a platform like this? As we're seeing with the Wii U, people care a whole lot about new Zeldas and Marios more than anything else but I can't see a Zelda on this. and 3rd party support would be even more hopeless than before if you're dealing with a bizarre, non-16:9 elliptical screen (although the fact that the screen extends beyond the sticks is pretty cool) and only 4 physical buttons. Also, this has to be some sort of streaming device because the on board processing power on this thing would end up being pretty low, right?
Also, why are the analog sticks pentagons again?!?
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