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I will say one thing about Nintendo that was surprising: they definitely did not make it clear what the Wii U is. In fact, it's not the remote but rather a whole new system (which I didn't even realize at first). The video did not remotely make that clear or address other issues such as is the remote mobile (I don't believe it is, but it's hard to tell), does it have tablet-like functions, what does the new system (and not the remote) actually do that's different, specs, visual (they didn't even show what it looks like), and so on.

There were definitely people charged

Why is a controller which senses motion innovative, but not one which displays game content? The main thing I see about Natal which is innovative is the voice recognition; the gesture stuff seems like "wow, Nintendo is on to something...how do we do the same thing without doing the same thing?" In reality, motion control has been done before: Gesture control has been done before: On-controller screens and dual screens have been done before: Voice recognition has been done before: Touch screens, too: Even 3D: You guys are just being picky and not giving Nintendo its due for doing something cool and new. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic? There may be predecessors to elements of the Wii U remote, but I don't think you can attack Nintendo for redesigning and refining these technologies. The Power Glove was notorious for not working whatsoever and having an extensive coding sequence to work for different games; the Virtual Boy is not remotely 3d, actually causes headaches, thereby requiring the user to take it off after 20 minutes or so, and only exists because Nintendo couldn't release the Nintendo 64 in time; no one cared about touch screens until the iphone/ipod touch as they had massive sensor problems; the Dreamcast minscreen was a cool idea but no one cared about it; and regarding dual screens, well, that's pretty cool too. Heck, even the Wii is more or less a massive overhaul of the U-Force, so you can argue that it's not completely original either. It's not about thinking up a concept; it's about making it work. And this remote looks like it'll do that.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/06/cleveland_school_board_selects.html Cleveland School Board names Eric Gordon its new CEO Good luck Eric.

I just spent 5 minute stammering an explanation to my nephew about what it is, why it's so cool, and still I wasn't able to explain the Wii U. Not really. Check it out. It's so cool and an evolutionary device, but man is it hard to describe. Wii U Trailer E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference [HQ]

So there was a church fair in Wickliffe a day or two ago (St Mary's maybe?), and a ton of cops had to come from different parts of town after al these teenage kids started fighting, breaking windows(!), screaming....you can imagine. One of the cops got kicked pretty hard as well by a girl. My gurlfriend's brother-in-law is a cop out there.

Gonna be vague on this one. There was some kind of incident/riot in the Eastlake/Wickliffe/Willibougbhi general area a day or 2 ago at an event. Small chance it was in Perry. I'll find out more tonight...

Had an awesome time there yesterday afternoon; apparently the good crowd lasted throughout the evening:)

Quick question: I've heard different reasons why Peter Lewis refused to build Progressive Tower in downtown Cleveland. One is there was some parking issue that couldn't be resolved; another was that he wanted to build the Tower in front of some other buildings, blocking their view of the lake? Anyone have any info?

The restaurant at Whiskey Island was crazy fun yesterday. Good beer prices, great crowd, pretty greasy but delicious food

I can't wait to take it to Pits; gonna make a fun day out of it

Well, I for one look forward to seeing George Forbes and his pals standing outside this club chastising the community for the shootings.

Presently eating at Bricco's, multiple course meal. Holy sh!t this food is good

Cleveland has half the violent crime as Maple Hts?

Last night, the line at menchies in woodmere was out the door, though to be fair there is only one door for entrance/exit. Plus the indoor chop it salad restaurant looked open (cold open maybe and the vegan dessert place is almost ready. Eton is getting to be quite the restaurant destination

I'm planning on shooters Saturday night. Looking forward to seeing the construction

wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy past due.

Heck, if it weren't that 39mph stigma, we'd probably have our 3C train today, even with governor psycho (assuming he wants to be reelected). That number really threw so many people off even after it turned out to be on the low side.

Ouch.

Did you guys go to Civilization as well?

HIM is simply the best band that exists. Period. Flaming Lips are great too.

At its peak, how many clubs/bars/restaurants were there in the Flats East and West Bank? 40 or 50?

Tough game yesterday - especially rough since I was there with my buddy and his out of town family - but what can you do. Sh!t happens.

To whoever said the Indians have minor league offense... Go to yahoo.com/MLB and look at team stats. Other than triples and stolen bases, we usually rank in the top 3-6 in the majors!

man, i am still JAZZED from last night!!!!