Today at E3 Nintendo announced the 2012 release of its next generation console , the Wii U (great job knocking the ‘an even worse name than I expected’ ball out of the park, guys). The system will boast controllers with 6.2″ high-res touchscreens (and a gyroscope, accelerometer, microphone, camera, stylus, buttons, flashlight, corkscrew, etc.), and that’s about it. Oh, and HD graphics. Hear that? Of course not, because my excited alarm isn’t going off. The Wii successor’s touchscreen controller can display anything: exactly what’s on the TV screen, the same action but with a different camera view, or something else entirely. Since the controller also employs motion sensors, you can change the viewing angle or your aim on the touchscreen by moving your hands or your whole body. You can use the touchscreen as a controller, but since the device also boasts the same full range of buttons and joysticks as a standard gamepad, you don’t have to. As Link duked it out with a giant hairy spider on the TV screen, we could see all sorts of secondary info on the controller screen: the dungeon map, Link’s health bar, the items he was carrying. These icons no longer cluttered up the TV screen and got in the way of the high-definition visuals. The cool part was this: With one tap of an icon on the touchscreen, the images flipped. Suddenly, seamlessly, the game was running on the touchscreen and the map, etc., was on the television. Wow, that sounds…questionable. Especially after rumors the console was gonna blow my socks off. “And?” I’m wearing flip-flops. No word on price, but whatever it is I’m gonna have a hard time justifying buying one just to play whatever new Zeldas they release. Which, my friend, is where you come in . You get one, then I’ll borrow it for a week whenever a new Zelda drops and pay you in not punches. Your face agrees it’s really a great deal. Hit the jump for the release trailer and demo in case you weren’t sure if you’d be able to color pictures or play Othello using the controller (SPOILER: yes to both!).

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Nintendo Officially Announces New Console

This is an old-ass clip from 1978 of a Star Wars themed holiday special (Wookie family at 5:00!). But, since there’s no Jesus in the Star Wars universe, they celebrate ‘Life Day’, which, at least from what I could tell, is a present -less holiday that makes children sad. Here is a segment from the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia singing an ode to “Life Day” - the Star Wars Universe’s answer to Christmas. Wow Leia, that was pretty awful. And, correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t you supposed to be wearing a golden bikini on Life Day? Oh, hold on — The Force is talking to me. Topless, The Force says topless. The Star Wars Holiday Special - “Happy Life Day” (1978) [fuzzymemories] Thanks to b00geyman, who doesn’t so much deliver presents as hide under your bed and try to cut your Achilles tendon if you ever get up to pee.

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Happy Life Day From The Star Wars Universe