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E3 2011 Coverage: Nintendo 2011 E3 Conference

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Hello everyone! The time has arrived! Today officially starts E3 2011! And as always, N+ will have live coverage of the Nintendo Press conference! Like in years past, will have a Cover it live chat with all the N+ moderators giving you up to the minute of our coverage of whats happening and our thoughts on all the conference. Hit the jump for the CoverItLive chat!

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Travis Touchdown iPhone 4 Case

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I had the opportunity to get a customized iPhone 4 case while at SXSW. So, I took one of my favorite images, the Travis TouchdownFollow Travis Touchdown on Twitter wallpaper that Anton made for N+ a few months back. It came out awesome and is printed on a durable soft textured cloth laid in soft vinyl. It's kicky pro.

Check out the original in our N+Design album.
Check out a HQ version to see the cloth detail.

N+ Design: March 2011

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This month the artistic visual theme for N+ is 3DS and Friends (some of the moderators being the friends), because by the end of this month, anyone with enough cash and a decent video game shop nearby should be able to get one almost anywhere in the world.

The theme for N+ reflects us as our video game counterparts - as the artist Justin Vigil sees us anyway. He drew himself as Snake, .Ed as Travis Touchdown, myself as a Red Pikmin, and Dustin Wilson as... Tingle. You can also find in this wacky rendition our love of Opera, Tacos, and the necessary "paper work" needed for saving games, after enjoying tacos of course.

If you would like a desktop wallpaper version of this, or any other months artistic styling please visit the N+ Design gallery. Its also filled with screenshots of how the site looked at each of it's designed stages. And as a shameless plug for myself, I drew the 3DS system in this piece as well as the taco, Opera flag, and roll of TP. And because we know how much you all LOVED the Cho Aniki artwork of last month, we decided to force let you all enjoy it for another month by placing it in the bottom screen of the 3DS. Just watch out for the combined Mens Beam four of us mods can create... scary stuff!

Bad UI Making Kids Cry?

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Opera employee, user research scientist, and otaku specialist Lawrence Eng ran into a problem with the user interface (UI) of a game recently. Well, actually his young son did, and it was a Nintendo published DSiWare, too: Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!

In his recent blog post Bad UI Makes My Kid Cry, Lawrence illustrates a problem that I've often wondered about but could never prove existed. A problem that spans 30 years and over 200 games. A problem not tied to to the color of Mario's hat, but threaded in the fabric of game design, across systems and generations. Red.

Nintendo likes the color red for obvious reasons, I'll not get into that. In the real world, kids learn red means danger, caution, and stop. But video games don't adhere to nature's standards and sometimes artistic liberties are taken in interface design that give mixed signals. In Lawrence's example, Red to start a new game, Red to erase your data, Red to go back to the title screen, and blinking Red to cancel that erase command. Green to confirm erasure. :[ In a game that's geared toward a younger audience, you'd think the designers would make it harder to accidentally erase your data.

We've had red and green buttons across systems and on in game menus for years, sometimes performing the opposite function than you'd expect, sometimes a company will choose one function set across multiple games. Sometimes a system will make color less important. You ever watch a Playstation gamer try to start a Konami game?

Have you ever learned a hard lesson due to bad interface design?




E3 2010 COVERAGE

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Welcome to the N+ Live at E3 2010 event! N+ is dedicated to bringing you the 2010 E3 news as fast and as efficient as we can, and this year we have some pretty nifty options for you to enjoy! Whether you are sitting by your computer, using an iPad at school, browsing Opera mini in a business meeting, or using your phone for simple but informative updates - we have you covered!

Read more for all the different ways you can stay tuned!

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E3 2010: Event Diary

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N+ is going to have multiple ways to experience E3 Live! This post is dedicated to the Live Event Diary! Get news as it happens provided by N+ Live from the L.A. Convention Center!

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E3 2010: Live Video

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N+ is going to have multiple ways to experience E3 Live! This post is dedicated to the Live Video Feed! We are not yet sure if we can get it running, but we are trying! Stay tuned...

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Load Old Memories?

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In posting a tweet a little while back I unlocked a treasure trove of short and simple memories that I'm ashamed to say had fallen into the back of my mind. Memories that I nearly forgot because modern game culture takes many of the concepts for granted. At the time, no one would have seen the charm of:

  • Rushing home to turn the TV back on and unpause my early morning session of Super Mario Bros.
  • Waiting six minutes for Excitebike to save my track. For years I never used the 'SAVE' or 'LOAD' feature because I didn't understand what save and load meant.
  • My basement packed with neighborhood kids all doing pushups, jumping jacks, and shadow boxing excercises while they waited for their turn in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out.
  • Figuring out how to wire the sound into seperate speakers so I could listen so my games with the TV off. I called it 'stealing the music.'
  • Wondering what BGM stood for.
  • Coming up with strong arguements for why the NES Max controller was the best and thinking it allowed for new shooting angles in Contra. I quickly learned it didn't but the sliding D-pad let your thumb move all over!
  • Pretending I knew how The Sega Channel worked to neighborhood friends even though no one had it.

While none of these little memories were enough to write about, collectively they start a fine conversation. Use the comments to share some of your younger gaming memories of concepts, discovery, or features that today are taken for granted. Regardless if age, I think everyone can find something cool to share.

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Travis Touchdown Showdown

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Which one do you like best? wink
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Zelda + Rap

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[/IMG]Well, there are some things that just don't seem like they'd be good. This is one of them. An 8tracks playlist that made me go "....uh.?"

I clicked play, and half way through the first song I started writing this post. If you like mainstream rappers when they happen to pull a decent set of lyrics and if you're old enough to responsibly hear bad words and not repeat them with meaning, then get ready to octo-rock. To be honest it's more interesting than amazing, because you've heard all the songs and lyrics mashed up in here, but it's a new way to listen to some relaxing beats. And frankly, it will make you smile.

WARNING: EXPLICIT LYRICS
8Track: http://8tracks.com/teamteamwork/the-ocarina-of-rhyme
Tape Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/45pogy

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GTA: N+ Wars

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It just feels too good to make N+ artwork anymore! I love my Wacom tablet! Anyway, this month moderator Jayvee was gonna hit you up with something, and I started next month's art, only somehow I finished it in one sitting (with lunch in-between). Me and Jayvee talked about it, and since mine is ready to post and his is about 15 minutes away and his birthday is next month... we decided to just trade, so this month I bring you "Grand Theft Auto: N+ Wars" starring our leader .ed as the games hero/villain!

For a kicky sweet wallpaper visit our gallery of N+ artwork.

Download the DSi Web Browser

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Now that the DSi is out and we've summarized the beast, what do you think? Are you reading this on your DSi now? NO?! Wait, don't tell me you don't know how to download Opera for your DSi?

From the comments on the YouTube video we did comparing the speed of the new Opera Web Browser for Nintendo's DSi, I've found that people who comment on videos there should be used for food. They always ask if the browser can play YouTube videos, I guess because they spend all day on the site, and ask how to 'get' Opera on a DSi. Are you kidding?

Well, moronic YouTube commenters, this one's for you.


How to Download Opera's Web Browser for Nintendo DSi:



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N+ DSi: Complete Guide + Review

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Since everyone is interested in different aspects of the DSi, we decided to run this like a list of features, all of which we see as improvements. There are a few caveat's like the choice of AAC over MP3. Truth is, AAC sounds better but MP3's are what everyone's got, so converting is a pain for some people, and will probably confure more people than it pleases - bit of a drawback, but in an added feature, so can we really complain? These types of micro details are all inside. Find what you're looking for, and see what else you may have missed about this excellent system. The truth is, games really make the system, and we know support for the DSi is going to be huge. However, this system comes with a great deal of additional ways to use it for fun, to record your life, share, and browse the web. You can't really go wrong. So, since no one's reading this long paragraph anyway, here's the listed details:

Continue reading for the full explanation, thoughts, pictures, videos, and more.
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N+ DSi: DS Browser Speed Comparison Video! (with surprise ending)

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Here's that video I was talking about (finally uploaded). It really speaks for itself. There's a fun surprise at the end :3 ...Enjoy!

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