By .ed.
Tuesday, 5. May 2009, 05:26:25
doted, .ed, rap, music
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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/45pogyN+RSS
By .ed.
Sunday, 5. April 2009, 02:15:51
ds, video, screenshots, .ed
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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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By Dustin Wilson.
Monday, 23. February 2009, 19:06:02
doted, DSi, khadgar, design
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Well I finally get around to doing this post, a day late and a dollar short. I'm ducking broke I tell ya (little iPhone humor for you guys)! Took longer than I thought to finish this design, especially when there hasn't been a header for February. I guess this one'll work for March. Right before Cap'n moved and lost his internet connection for a month he posted a story stating that construction was almost finished. He must have been smoking rope that day as I wasn't close to being done. Anyway, here it is. I'm going around nitpicking things here and there, but it's pretty much finished.
It doesn't work properly in Internet Explorer 6 or 7 because they suck I'm not allowed to change the markup to provide padding elements for Internet Explorer to be happy with the CSS I provided. The best thing to do is use a standards-compliant browser such as Opera (or any browser but IE), and things should be fine. Perhaps sometime down the line the My Opera guys'll throw us another bone like it did with our awesome reviews page.
The header image at the top is of our fearless leader, DotEd, dressed as Travis Touchdown. He's "saving his game". If anyone wants to take a look at the larger image which has much more to look at you can view the image in the N+ Design photo album on our photos page or just click here as I like to help out you lazy bastards great people.
Now that I have this done I can focus on writing a review of the lovely WHITE DSi (just to piss lutherjw off 
) I was graciously given by Opera...
By .ed.
Sunday, 22. February 2009, 22:42:53
web, nintendo, ds, video
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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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By .ed.
Friday, 20. February 2009, 00:50:37
album, nintendo, camera, .ed
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With all the news finally dropping regarding
US,
European, and
Australian release dates for the DSi, doing a daily post about the one in my backpack is getting more exciting.
Today I'm going to give everyone a glimpse of what seems to be the first question I keep getting asked...
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By .ed.
Wednesday, 18. February 2009, 17:39:58
doted, DSi, .ed, nintendo
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I've pretty much been waiting for this announcement to unleash the DSi updates that Khadgar and I have in store for everyone. So without further delay, here's another DSi update:
It's been a gaming generation since the Nintendo DS was first previewed at E3. The device has gone through one promotional display prototype and two major public revisions; the first shortly before launching and later the DS Lite, which at the time was like a dream come true from both a consumer and developer perspective. The more svelt 'Lite' was far more attractive, smaller, brighter, and took the DS out from the game drawer (where it was sitting on the PSP) and put it into purses and pockets. Excellent software at the time of revision helped propel the 'Lite' to the top of everyone's list for years - but nothing REALLY changed.
The DSi, after some careful thought can be considered the first true '1.5' update to a console - you know how people always joke about how: [weakest next gen system] = [last gen system] x 1.5
It's not the 'DS 2,' but it practically is - I'm calling it the 'DS 1.9.' Continue reading as I explain why this means a shift in the industry from a developer standpoint.Read more...
By .ed.
Monday, 16. February 2009, 16:43:57
feed, mobile, N+, doted
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If you read N+ through our RSS feed, we have good news. We've updgraded our approach so that, frankly, we can get statistics on our sum of readers, and better serve you. If most of you subscribe and read on mobile devices, on a DS or Wii based reader, or through a regular web browser, we can do more to generate content that fits you better. So please update your subscription to our new feed: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/nplus so we can do more for you. Thanks everyone!
Ed
By .ed.
Monday, 16. February 2009, 01:15:32
preview, N+, exclusive, khadgar
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N+ moderators Khadgar and myself were lucky enough to receive two Nintendo DSi's with the Opera web browser preinstalled a few weeks back, and we've been putting them through some rigorous testing (literally - I dropped mine twice, and I never drop anything, so it must have been for science).
Over the next few weeks, we'll be posting daily on the DSi. We're going to cover EVERYTHING because it seems like no other blog did. Exclusive to N+ will be our unique coverage of the new DS Browser - because our DSi's (even though they are Japanese language versions) were sent to the sexy folks in Norway where they downloaded it for us from DSware before shipping to N+. This new version has obvious updates like no need for additional RAM, it becomes a 'channel' on the DSi home screen, and since it's software based there is potential for updates, like the Wii browser has seen (and will get again).
What we'll need from you is comments and feedback on what you want to see, so we get you the most interesting info. DSi compared to DS lite, in every way. New DS browser compared to Old DS browser, in every way. DSi compared to G.I. Joes, in every way. New DSi Browser compared to Opera Mini, iPhone, iPod touch, GBA, GameBoy Player, a cat named Skoo, etc., in every way.
So give us some work to do in the comments, tell us what you want to see, while we compile our data from the past weeks and we'll give you guys and girls something to read daily on the upcoming European and North American Nintendo DSi. Also, follow
@NPlus on twitter for kicky fast notifications of new posts or subscribe to our new
N+ RSS Feed so we can get some stats to work with to better serve the community.
By .ed.
Friday, 3. October 2008, 16:37:31
iwata, nintendo, summit, doted
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I decided I wanted to SEE what Iwata spoke about for threeleven hours during his speech at the Nintendo Media Summit 2008. Here is a
word cloud I made where the larger words are used more, with the full text of the speech after the break.
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By .ed.
Sunday, 14. September 2008, 20:16:20
mushrooms, green, turbo, kart
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Sunday: nature's boring sister.
Not much going on today and after a few friends came over for some morning whatevs and complained about the size of two rapidly growing fungi (the larger is about a size 4 soccer ball) in my front lawn I went to get tacos. Having witnessed the growths first hand as we made our way to the car, I realized what I had to do.
Yes, I was a bit sloppy, but the neighbors love it. A few more pics in the Member Art gallery.
By Dustin Wilson.
Monday, 17. December 2007, 00:48:41
humor, khadgar, G-Off, planet
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Instead of doing what everyone else does this time of year by creating a Christmas theme we decided to do something a bit different and do something humorous to liven the mood. Even how this header image came to be is a funny tale.
Everyone started bugging me long ago about doing a header image to commemorate Super Mario Galaxy, but during that time I was busy with work and playing the game itself which in my opinion is the best game ever made. Period. Last night I asked moderators G-Off and lutherjw if they had any ideas. Naturally being goofy as we normally are in the N+ chat they blurted out stupid ideas, but oddly enough their stupid idea of putting Ed as a planet with Mario suddenly made perfect sense. Ed asked me ages ago if I would do an illustration of him, so I thought why not? I could kill two birds with one stone... or planet. So, here it is. I had a bit of trouble working on this illustration because of my consistent giggling at the subject matter. Originally I had a mustache on Ed, but he wasn't instantly noticable, so I left it off and just put his head there looking surprised as heck to even be there.
Just like the previous one the new header image is just a cropping of a much larger image, and also like the previous one we've add.ed it to the photo gallery. I hope you have as much fun looking at it as I did making it. To tell you the truth at this present time Ed has absolutely no clue about this image. Boy would I love to be a fly on the wall when he sees this... hahahahahaha! 
By Dustin Wilson.
Wednesday, 12. December 2007, 02:54:07
doted, N+, khadgar
This doesn't fall into the realm of gaming news, but perhaps it does? Ed has made a name for himself as one of the biggest Nintendo fanatics on the planet, so in my humble (ha!) opinion it does. Our founder, DotEd, has turned 27!
Ed started N+ from a humble small group of Nintendo fans just wanting a bit of camaraderie and it has grown into almost 1500 members. Man I can remember when getting 500 members was a huge ordeal. I first talked with Ed about a year ago, and I'm glad I met him. He's been a really good friend. In my opinion he's created the best group on My Opera and one of the best places to get truthful reviews and news on Nintendo games, win great prizes playing nifty games, and battle a friend or two on the other side of the globe in a nice Nintendo WFC game. He's created something special, especially special to myself.
Lately his boss has been working him like an ancient Egyptian slave, but he still finds time to devote to N+ at any chance he can get. Let's give Ed a round of applause. He deserves it. Here's to plenty more years, Ed 
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