Warp Pipe (Software Developer)

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The Warp Pipe tunneling application icon.
The Warp Pipe tunneling application icon.
For other uses, see warp pipe (disambiguation).

Warp Pipe was originated on the IGN boards by Chad Paulson (gbcentral) in the summer of 2003 as a way to play Mario Kart: Double Dash!! online when it was revealed that it wouldn't feature an online mode but instead it would feature a LAN mode. Soon after, Warp Pipe obtained a website, and in October of 2003 the forums were created where Warp Pipe continues to thrive. Warp Pipe is a Nintendo GameCube tunneling software program created by Warp Pipe Technologies that enables GameCube games with LAN modes (Kirby Air Ride, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, and 1080° Avalanche) to be played online via a personal computer running the software. Newer versions of the software are no longer being made, but older versions are still available for use.

Warp Pipe Technologies was founded by Chad Paulson, who has worked for Victory Records, and served as Director of New Media Technology at Warner Bros. Records. Mr. Paulson's previous experience resides in both the traditional and digital music industries as well as social P2P-based software applications. Upon being satisfied with their work with the GameCube tunneling software, Warp Pipe Technologies began working on a video game suite called demasked, which would, according to WPT, allow for players of games to feel like they are in contact with each other. Initially believed to be something of a DS online network, Nintendo apparently did not pull through as Chad had expected. Instead, they moved onto Ahhh-Choo!, which will contain at least some of demasked's features. The game was originally planned for play in Macromedia Flash, within a web browser. After many delays of the game's release, Chad has now presented the possibility that Ahhh-Choo! could eventually be available for downloaded through Xbox Live Arcade. The Ahhh-Choo! project has not officially been cancelled, though many believe both demasked and Ahhh-Choo! to be vaporware. In March 2007, Chad and Tushar released a website called Wiiminder. Currently, Chad and Tushar are working on an unknown XNA game (not Ahhh-Choo!) that they will be showing off at E3 2007 and have hopes to release it onto Xbox Live Arcade by the end of 2007. There are also other unknown products in the works.

Contents

[edit] GameCube Tunneling Software Developers

  • First Name (Warp Pipe Forums Screen Name): Title
  • Chad Paulson (Chad): Founder / Project Manager
  • Nathan Ford (Zimans): Lead Daemon Developer
  • Tushar Singh (oo7): Windows GUI / Server Developer
  • Peter Osborne (pwo): Linux / Mac GUI Developer
  • Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Shigeru Miyamoto): Producer

[edit] Current Employees of Warp Pipe Technologies, LLC

  • Chad Paulson
  • Tushar Singh

[edit] Wiiminder

Wiiminder is a site that works in conjunction with the Wii Internet Channel to provide quick tabs for easy surfing, a list of customizable favorites, auto-opening web pages (similar to an RSS feed), and quick search/bookmark options. Since the Internet Channel does not have the ability to customize the favorites listing (all bookmarked sites are listed in order of bookmarking), Wiiminder sets out to make Wii internet surfing easier.

Wiiminder Logo by Jon Wilcox
Wiiminder Logo by Jon Wilcox

The tools provided in Wiiminder are;

  • Tabs
  • Built-in search for images, video, blogs, news
  • Navagation toolbar
  • "Go to top" button - helpful for long web pages
  • Bookmarks
  • Once a site is loaded into the cache, it will appear on the list of bookmarked sites.
  • This list can be manipulated in a simple drag/drop fashion, or can simply be selected at any time by use of the A button.
  • Each site listed can also be prompted to automatically load whenever Wiiminder is logged on to.
  • Auto hiding menus

[edit] Community

The community still thrives on the slightly 'Nintendo-biased' message boards, the Warp Pipe forums. Some members used the tunneling software in the past, though many do not use it now or have never used it at all.[citation needed] A large majority of forum members were attracted to Warp Pipe during the demasked viral-marketing campaign that has now subsided, leaving the message boards as a place for normal conversation of various topics mostly related to video gaming.

[edit] External links

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