Wii vs PlayStaion3 - comparison/contrast post

Wii and PlayStaion3 (PS3) are popular now, and many exciting software are sold. Hardware sales continue to increase, Wii is 10,480,692 units, and PS3 is 5,272,900 units (As of July 22, 2010). However, I have neither, so I want to know which is better for users. I checked price, quality, and software.


Price
Price is important point to buy. Wii sells for around 20,000 yen. Examples of Wii peripheral equipment, Wii remote control is 3,800 yen, Nunchuk is 1,800 yen and Wii handle is 1,200 yen. Wii software is generally between 5,000 and 7,000 yen. PS3 (with the capacity of 120GB) sells for around 30,000 yen, and PS3 (320GB) will sell for 35,000 yen on July 30. Examples of PS3 peripheral equipment, the wireless controller is 5,500 yen, and “torne” (ISDB-T tuner peripheral) is 9,980 yen. PS3 software is generally between 7,000 and 9,000 yen. Wii is cheaper than PS3.


Quality
If users want to enjoy the realistic simulation, image and sound quality is also important. Wii has 720×480 pixels, and it can use Wii and GC discs. Wii uses only analog sound (2ch sound). PS3 has 1920×1080 pixels image quality. PS3 can use PS, PS2, PS3, CD, DVD, Blu-ray discs. As its recording media, Blu-ray discs have enormous storage capacity - up to 10 times more than standard DVDs. This makes PS3 both higher sound and image quality. PS3 also has 5.1ch/7.1ch sound quality. We can feel high realistic sensation because of the high-quality sound like home theater. PS3’s image and sound qualities are higher than Wii’s ones.


Software
Sales ranking/ As of July 22, 2010
Wii
1. New Super Mario Brothers Wii
2. Wii Spotrs
3. Wii Fit
4. Mario Kart Wii
5. Hajimete no Wii
6. Wii Fit Plus
7. Great Melee Smash Brothers X (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズX)
8. Wii Sports Resort
9. Mario Party 8
10. Animal Crossing: City Folk (街へいこうよ どうぶつの森)

PS3
1. Final Fantasy XⅢ
2. Metal Gear Solid 4 : Guns of The Patriots
3. Like a Dragon 4 : Successor of the Legend (龍が如く４　伝説を継ぐもの)
4. Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage (北斗無双)
5. Biohazard 5
6. Like a Dragon 3 (龍が如く３)
7. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010
8. Everybody's Golf 5
9. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009
10. Dynasty Warriors 5 (真・三國無双５)

Wii software is mainly for group, like a party to convene with friends or meet people online. PS3 software is mainly for solo player, such as those who want to enjoy from end to end and master the games.


Both have advantages. If you want to enjoy games with a bunch of people or to get physical activity, you can choose Wii. If you want to enjoy the realistic simulation or to watch Blu-ray movies, you can choose PS3. It depends on what you want to do. Which game do you want to play? I still wonder which to choose!

10 Ways to Get Prize by Crane Game - a list post

You can play crane games at game arcades.
In the past, mechanism of crane games was very simple. But these days, it became a little complex, and it’s difficult for us to get prizes.
Instead, big stuffed toys and useful goods increased more than in the past.
Let’s watch this video. First, he tried to grasp the center of the stuffed toy, but it was failed. Second and third, he could get the prize.
In short, we should to check a point to take down the crane.
① The dogleg part of the arm is a position that the claw comes when it opens.
② It’s most important to displace the center of gravity, not to pick up the center of the prize. The center of gravity is the point that the thing can be kept balance when we hold it. (eg. Top-heavy stuffed toy has the center of gravity at around the neck)
With these 2 points in mind, I will show 10 ways to get prize by crane game.
Please be careful of the sound volume. Mute recommended.


For beginners – basic techniques
1. To claw one side
When the arm is one-sided, the prize moves by the space of the arm.
example

2. To displace the center of gravity
The stuffed toy in this video was picked up the left side of the head by the arms.
The boy is heavy, so you need to pick up one side of the head, the leg or the arm.

3. To hook the space
If you get used to it, let’s challenge to get bigger one.
To plunge the arm into the narrow space between the arms, the legs, or the other parts.
example
Between both legs example
Between the body and the clock example

For intermediate
4. To push 1 － the edge of the box
When the arm pushes the edge of the box, the box leans.
example 1
example 2
When the arm pushes the angle of the box, the box swings round like compasses.
example

5. To push 2 － seesaw
When the prize runs off the edge on the opening, you can get it by pushing the edge.
example 1
example 2

6. To push 3 － curved lateral
The arm slithers down.
example

7. To push 4 (shove) － when the prize is got hung up on the opening
example 1
example 2
example 3

8. To push with the body
example

For advanced
9. To hook the tag
example 1
example 2

10. To slide the arm into the narrow space (between the body of the box and the top or the bottom).
example 1
example 2

I introduced 10 techniques.
Keep in mind that it’s important to displace the center of gravity.
If you could not move the prize by using these techniques, you can ask a store staff for advice.
However, you have to be careful not to spend too much money.
“Is the prize worth paying hundreds of yen?”
Remember, you can choose to GIVE UP.

RADWIMPS - a review post

RADWIMPS is a great music group. It is a Japanese rock music group. They are popular among young people. Their songs use lyrics with deep meaning. The lyrics are mainly about life, love or social satire. They hope that the number of suicides will decrease and as many people as possible will be saved. “RADWIMPS” means “RAD (excellent) + WIMP (chicken) = かっこいい弱虫野郎”, but I believe they have great humanity. Sometimes they use English in their songs. It makes a strong impression on us. I love their songs. Then, I will show some their songs. Please be careful of the sound volume.

1. Love song
Futarigoto (ふたりごと) is the song that I listened for the first time in all of their songs. In this lyric, I like the phrase “I'll use a once-in-my-lifetime Warp (一生で一度のワープをここで使うよ)”. This means “I’ll go to see you wherever you are”.
By my side (バイ・マイ・サイ) is love song, too. The lyrics are mostly in English. ‘He’ continues to say “by my side (そばにいて)” bleatingly in the hope that ‘she’ stays with him.
In the lyric of Saidaikouyakusuu (最大公約数), ‘he’ says “If you have 3 reasons to break up, I'll find out 100 reasons not to break up (別れる理由3つあるなら、別れない理由100探すから).”
Like this, their love songs show “Being together”. The lyrics of their love songs are written from the viewpoint of men, and ‘he’ really loves ‘her’. So I think women can feel very happy by listening to their love songs.

2. Social satire
I'll show Oshaka-shama (おしゃかしゃま). The lyric of this song has deep meaning. Humans increase or decrease the number of animals according to human's convenience. However, humans continue to increase the number of humans even if they were increased. Humans are compared to God because of the acting (humans control all lives). This song says “God was made by humans, isn’t it? Humans divided everything into good or bad as God, and they are bound by the rules.” I think they want to say “Humans can live on their free will without setting the correct direction.” This song refers to Christian viewpoint, but the title of this song is Oshaka-shama (おしゃかしゃま→お釈迦様). Now, I’m thinking about why they did it.

RADWIMPS tells us that there's nothing more important than love, and they often ask us questions indirectly. Their songs are thought-provoking lyrics. Please think about the lyrics after you listen to their songs.

Interesting music videos - a links pot

I like listening to music while using my computer. YouTube has so many videos. When we listen to music on YouTube, we can often watch their music videos. Some of them are very artistic. I’ll show some videos which impressed me. Please be careful of the sound volume.

Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
This video shows landscape from a train. The landscape changes in rhythm to music.
For example, if it makes a drum sound, a pole appears with the beat.

Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
This video shows a place in a city. A woman walks around a circle there. When she finishes the first lap, same woman that was in the first lap appears from same place that first woman appeared. Then two women (they are same person) start to walk around a circle there again. In the second lap, the appearance of the place also changes. She repeats this sequence four times.

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
A man moves even if he doesn’t walk. The furniture also moves automatically. It looks like a magic.

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass (Rube Goldberg Machine version)
This video shows gimmick like PythagoraSwitch (Japanese educational television program. It is based on Pythagorean Theorem). The gimmick on this video is bigger than PythagoraSwitch.

I picked up my favorite videos. They tell us the world in the music and are pleasing to the eye. If you have your favorite movie videos, please tell me that. Let’s enjoy listening music and watching videos!

Practice post

1. Was it easy to set up this blog?
Yes.

2. Have you ever read people’s blogs before?
Yes.

3. Have you ever written a blog before?
Yes.

4. What are some of your favorite Internet websites?
I like YouTube.

5. How often do you use the Internet?
I use the Internet every day.