From the Editors
3D Craze Spreads to Nintendo
3D is no longer just for films like Avatar and Alice in Wonderland--Nintendo has announced that the successor to its handheld Nintendo DS will be (you guessed it) Nintendo 3DS (that's the name so far, anyway). The product will be released in Japan first and "will be backwards compatible to conventional DS/DSi games (meaning it will have 2 cameras again)," reports CrunchGear, while Engadget has rumors from Japan on how the 3DS's "3D-ness" will work. Gaming Bits has video of "a DSiWare game in Japan, title 'Rittai Kakushi e Attakoreda' that incorporates head tracking to create a 3D image"--Opposable Thumbs explains that "[b]y tracking the motion of the system in relation to your eyes, you seem to be able to peer 'into' the picture by turning the system this way and that. It's a surprisingly effective effect." "Avatar really set the 3D revolution down a long and winding path..." says Loot Ninja, finding it "only natural someone would take advantage of the new way of viewing things in your pocket."
Blog Reactions to Historic Health Care Bill
Health care reform--whether you're for the bill or against it (and it didn't receive a single Republican vote), it'll be the law of the land on March 23 when President Obama signs it. "[T]he significance of the vote is moving the United States FROM a system in which people can assume they will have health coverage IF they are old enough (Medicare), poor enough (Medicaid), fortunate enough (working for an employer that offers coverage, or able themselves to bear expenses), or in some other way specially positioned (veterans; elected officials)," says James Fallows, "TOWARD a system in which people can assume they will have health-care coverage. Period." Ben Wickler takes a look at front pages from around the country--key word: Historic. TPMDC examines the results of a new CNN poll asking Americans about their opinions on the bill: "43% oppose it for being too liberal, 39% favor it, and 13% oppose it for not being liberal enough, with another 3% who oppose it for some indeterminate reason...the exact makeup of [the] opposition paints an ambiguous picture of just how effective a Republican campaign against it could be." Ezra Klein writes up the bill's five best ideas.
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