Darius Wey
10-05-2006, 03:55 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic' target='_blank'>http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic</a><br /><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;">"Initially we regarded the device with suspicion, then anticipation, and then white-hot desire based on what a machine with those specifications could accomplish - the wireless fi, the wider screen, a sharp UI, and the indubitable Xbox 360 integration. I've got an unobtrusive Samsung player, yeah, but it's just a little solid state munchkin with 256 embarrassing megs - it's not exactly hitting giant crabs for massive damage. You can plug some headphones into it and it will play music. It's never going to play anything but music, or be a Live Anywhere client, or whatever. The screen on that Samsung is just large enough to see myself scowling in it. I mean, I do "get it." They're creating a new platform. And the 1.0 version of this platform isn't of interest to the discerning technophile, though we desperately wanted it to be. And I have every faith that some upgrade with an innocuous filename will, in the future, reshape the very soul of the device. But I don't need to have the device in hand while they prepare this apotheosis. Nor do I let food scraps and animal carcasses pile up in the living room because they might one day become petroleum."</span><br /><br /><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/zt/2006/wey-20061005-pennyarcade.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Ah, the Penny Arcade guys have <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/" target="_blank">done it again</a>. They've channeled their creative juices into a <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/10/04" target="_blank">killer comic</a> that talks about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerf(computer_games)" target="_blank">nerfed</a> Wi-Fi. And if you're interested in a more verbose opinion, check out their <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/" target="_blank">blog post</a> too. Enjoy. ;-)