What are Nintendo doing right now? Seriously? Satoru Iwata (Nintendo's President) hasn't been a headline this side of Xmas that hasn't involved some mention of him resigning, and that's coupled with the godlike talents of Shigeru Miyamoto being vastly underused other than to help crank the wheel on another ancient franchise. "Who's Miyamoto?" you may ask, and if that's the case you should also be informed that air is rather necessary and donuts are pretty damn awesome, as he's responsible for creating every major Nintendo character from Mario to Zelda and even Donkey Kong. However when was the last time a new IP or character was introduced that coukd possibly hold a candle to the greats? Nintendo's sales figures for the Wii U were shocking last year, and rather than turn to mobile devices and recoup their cash with a slew of mobile-Marios, they continue to wallow in the shadow of the other console titans.
5. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
After a four-year stint on the show, tinged with a spot of controversy around his inclusion and abilities, Jay Leno will be superseded by alternative-music lover and all-round top bloke Jimmy Fallow following this year's Winter Olympics. Although the likes of David Letterman and Conan O'Brian have always had pretty vocal fanbases (particularly the latter), Leno remains something of a misnomer; a celebrity you're well aware of, but who barely exudes any notable traits outside the trademark sideways head-bobble. Regardless of the initial furore around moving the time-slot of the show to after midnight, therefore in the words of Conan making it "not the Tonight Show", since February Fallon has been in the hot-seat, bringing over his sizeable audience from previous show Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to hit over 11 million viewers on the premiere episode.
4. X-Factor (US)
Some day a future sentient race is going to look back on all the masses sitting down on a weekly basis - actually making time - to watch reality TV shows, and laugh themselves into extinction. Whilst the larger point about a show supposedly created to recognise pure talent relies on a public voting system is in itself the stupidest idea since Michael Bay announced the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, it's a step in the right direction that the US contingent of this over-indulgent schmaltzy shlock is finally being put to rest. Now if someone could tell Rage Against The Machine to play another middle-finger-flinging free gig as a response to such a show like they did in 2010, that'd be just dandy.
3. Blockbuster Video
Before you can run you must walk, and before digital distribution provoked just as many conversations about easy-access basement-damnation as positive ones about "Having all your favourite shows at the end of your fingertips!", Blockbuster dominated the rental market while Netflix was but a line of code in a young geek's eye. Times have changed though, and with even the likes of Youtube providing an evenings worth of entertainment for your average screen-gibbon, the likes of Blockbuster are just not needed any more. There was always something of a novelty in making the trip to the rental store to pick out a title and getting it loaned out in a specially coloured case for a few days, but those days are no more. "Look at all these titles I've got guys, check out this collection of....tiles on a screen." There's something of a loss of identity having a collection comprised of digital products, and it's only going to get worse throughout the year.
What are Nintendo doing right now? Seriously? Satoru Iwata (Nintendo's President) hasn't been a headline this side of Xmas that hasn't involved some mention of him resigning, and that's coupled with the godlike talents of Shigeru Miyamoto being vastly underused other than to help crank the wheel on another ancient franchise. "Who's Miyamoto?" you may ask, and if that's the case you should also be informed that air is rather necessary and donuts are pretty damn awesome, as he's responsible for creating every major Nintendo character from Mario to Zelda and even Donkey Kong. However when was the last time a new IP or character was introduced that coukd possibly hold a candle to the greats? Nintendo's sales figures for the Wii U were shocking last year, and rather than turn to mobile devices and recoup their cash with a slew of mobile-Marios, they continue to wallow in the shadow of the other console titans. 
