Redbox is now renting video games for $2 per night in the Reno area. To view all of the participating locations click here. Right now the selection is pretty slim pickins but you can view what they have available here.
Here is what we know right now. Renting the games will cost $2/night. There currently is no way to reserve a game online like you can with a movie and the only available game systems right now are the Nintendo DS, PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.
Redbox has been incredibly successful with their $1 movie rentals. Honestly when you rent a movie at a store and get 1 week how often do you actually watch the movie more than once? Surely not enough to justify spending $4-$7 as opposed to $1-$2. But how is this going to work for video games? Generally you spend more than a few days on a video game. If you keep it for a week that is $14 you have spent for one video game. You can pay less than that(around $9/month) from an online subscription service like GameFly(the netflix of video games) and keep the game as long as you want and never even have to leave the house.
When excitement was building around the initial release of the Nintendo Wii there were pictures circulating that had the Wii in a wide assortment of colors. Much to our dismay we have been stuck with white since release day.
Just recently news and pictures of a black Wii have been making their rounds. It is now confirmed that the black Wii will be released on August 1st…. in Japan ONLY!
Bummer for the rest of the World. Nintendo has said there are “no plans to have other colors of Wii in the U.S.”
Yes. If you thought your Emperor Workstation was complete you may have forgotten one tiny 15 ton addition. These guys have created the most awesome–or at least largest–WiiMote mod I have ever seen. Control of two 15 ton crane arms is yours with nothing more than your Wii remotes. Just make sure you have the right remote when you go to play tennis.
Despite how dumb this seems there are some cases where this could be useful, I guess. We have all been stuck at one point or another and we begin to get frustrated beyond all reason and our tv is at risk of a controller being hurled at it. If this “auto-pilot” was setup to kick in after you had died several times in a row or if it was limited to a few uses per level depending on difficulty I could see this being a good idea. This could also be useful for kids who couldn’t quite play a certain game without some help.
For more details you can view the article on USA Today.
What will they think of next? Hopefully, a video game that will turn itself on, beat itself, turn off and put the controllers away.
