MyWiiNews - WiiMiidia Homebrew, and Wiikly Wii Releases

Finally found the time to update this thing with my two latest pieces for MyWiiNews. Both are news stories, one tells the tale of a homebrewer's valiant efforts to port XBMC over to the Wii, while the other is simply a quick Wii release update. Both are solid and worth a peek.

I'll be heading down to Irvine tomorrow to meet up with Atlus for RPGamer. It should be fun! Time to dust off that copy of Etrian Odyssey!

Read:

• Want to Watch Movies On Your Wii?
• Wiikly Wii Releases : 5/4 - 5/17

My Wii News Update

I haven't had the time to update this thingamablogger for a while, so here is a list of my recently published articles over at My Wii News. I was 90% done with an exclusive feature I was working on before my laptop harddrive crashed, and as soon as I can find a way to get my files off of my Mac's harddrive I'll post it on the site. It should be a goodie, but entertain yourself with these stories until that time comes.

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• Wiikly Wii Releases - 4/20/08

• Okami Watermark Fiasco - Is IGN Involved?

• Skip the FreeLoader - Buy Twilight Princess Instead!

• Wiikly Wii Releases - 4-6-08

MyWiiNews – More Updates on the Zelda Homebrew Hack

It's amazing to see chipless modifications do so much in so little time. After a little more than a few months, we've already got homebrew programs and applications running on the Wii. I don't see small-scale emulation far off, which will be monumental (and possibly catastrophic) for homebrewers everywhere. Obviously Nintendo doesn't want Wii owners having a free solution for emulation when they would prefer for consumers to buy games on the VC, so this may turn into quite the storm if things get out of hand. After all, if a down-grader or workaround is released a la the PSP, Nintendo could have a monster on their hands.

Times, they are a changin'.

Read: MyWiiNews – More Info on the Zelda Homebrew Hack

MyWiiNews - "Homebrewers Sucessfully Hack the Wii!"

Here's a piece I was working on at the same time as the Rock Band piece, but ended up going up a little bit later due to a news flood that hit MyWiiNews. In it I talk about the new Zelda exploit for the Wii, which has finally allowed hackers to crack into the Wii and launch their own stuff. This is pretty huge for the homebrew community, so I basically ran to talk about this.

Also, it apparently caught on with StumbleUpon and got a ridiculous amount of hits. I wish people would comment little more, but I'm just happy that someone's reading.

Speaking of reading...

Read: Homebrewers Successfully Hack the Wii