Some crazy goings on happening around here starting with my PC which has been giving me issues recently. What appeared to be memory issues was fixed when I went down to 1 gig from 2 gigs and today I wake up to the computer not wanting to boot at all. And wouldn’t you know, only after I unplugged everything from it, removed it from the bowels of the computer desk here, and tested it out in the open, it worked again! I then went about maneuvering the clumsy case back into it’s hole, hooking up all 37 or so plugs, sockets, USB devices, and monitors and it’s been working ever since. Glorious! Maybe I can make it through the day without having to replace the power supply as I have a feeling that’s the real suspect here and not the RAM after all.

I’ve got quite a bit lined up for the site in the way of reviews as we should have the Tankstick review up today and then there’s a review for Blazing Angels coming right after that. I’m slowly but surely catching up to more games that have been released in the past 2 weeks or so, I promise! There’s just some titles I didn’t want to miss out on but I do want to get my paws wiggling a Wii Remote while playing Big Brain Academy very soon.

Ok here’s some Wii bits for today, keep an eye out for that Tankstick review coming later!

- A couple of outlets have their impressions up for Fishing Master from Hudson. First, we have Wired’s take on the game where they seemed to like it overall and then we have Joystiq’s opinion of the title and they go a bit more in depth with the game and wished for a bit more realism in what amounts to an overall fun game. Fishing Master is slated to be released in the US around September.

- Next-Gen.biz has an article up discussing a video interview with Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer in which he claims the Nintendo Wii popularity is because of it’s price point. While it can be said the limiting factor for most folks when it comes to the PS3 is the high price point, I’m not sure if a low price point alone can be the sole reason for the Wii’s success. I’ve seen TV spots for the Wii that just make it so much more approachable for the casual game player as well as ads in certain shopping stores (ok, Wal-Mart) at the register of all places that just beckon the average viewer over with it’s music and simplicity being shown. I’m not saying the price doesn’t help, but that didn’t really work for the GameCube at the time. People enjoy a fun, easy to use product at a great price point and I think the Wii addresses all of these.

- Looking for more Harvest Moon screens? 1up has a few new ones showing off what’s to come from the title. Here’s a sample:

“Would you like a banana? Perhaps some corn?”

- The fine netizens over at the NeoGAF forums have posted the review scores from the latest NGamer magazine and they’ve given some surprising and perhaps a not so surprising but overall relieving scores. Manhunt 2, for example, is granted a very fine 92% which is a nice surprise and exactly what I was hoping it would score while Resident Evil 4 for the Wii takes a 96% which is outstanding. The game on the GameCube was fantastic so it should go without saying that adding the Wii Remote aiming into the mix could only bring more fun to the table. Check the link for more scores including another surprising review score for Mario Party 8. Ouch.

- And lastly, lets check out this video for DK Bongo Blast (which is now known as DK Jet and there is no word if it will be possible to even play with the bongo’s) taken from Jeux-France.com. It shows a bit of the game in action along with how the controls will work:

In other Nintendo related news around here, I’m strangely addicted to Pokemon Pearl for the DS. I’ve never played a Pokemon game but with a new son that will no doubt be into it and Pokemon Battle Revolution coming for the Wii, I thought I had better get a grip on what the heck Pokemon was about. It’s honestly been a fun ride so far playing it on the DS and I haven’t even played it multiplayer at all. If anyone has it and wants to play together and battle or trade or whatever you do over the Wireless, drop me a line in the comments! We can be trading codes in no time.

More news to come and that Tankstick review so stay tuned!