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I just saw this on Digg and it’s gotta be the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. You put in an artist or song that you like and it analzyes the style of the music and makes suggestions of other songs and artists you might like. I’ve been using it for the past 15 minutes or so and it’s spit out some really good stuff. It’s free if you can live with some ads, or you can subscribe if you’d like. It works right from your browser, and it’s got a pretty slick Flash interface. I can see myself spending a lot of time here… Discover Music - Pandora

I just finished reading another article on Nintendo’s philosophy (Nintendolosophy as Revolution Report has been saying for a while now) for the Revolution and the next-gen. The author centers mainly around the fact that Nintendo has no intention of publicly announcing the specs for their new system.

This doesn’t mean that we’ll never know what’s in the box. Developers will find out, developers will tell the media, and eventually the information will be there for anyone who wants to know. But there will probably be no fanfare, no graphs showing how much more powerful than your Xbox 360, your PS3, your GameCube, your toaster or your flush toilet the Revolution is. Why not? Because as far as Nintendo is concerned, it isn’t important, and you shouldn’t care.

I think this guy gets it! Nintendo isn’t worried about whether or not they can match the 360 or PS3 in terms of power and graphics because they know they will make games that people enjoy playing. How many people do you know that still have an original 8-bit Nintendo they fire up and play for hours? My favorite part of the article:

Ultimately, that’s also something Sony and Microsoft could learn from. Cell and RSX, PowerPC and Xenos, none of these things will matter down the line to anyone other than fanboys arguing on forums.

Am I Nintendo fanboy? Probably. But I can tell you one thing…I won’t be one of the ones arguing about power 10 years from now. “It’s all about the games.” Are you getting tired of hearing that yet? Nintendo seems to be the only one of the three that’s actually focusing on that fact.