The October Nintendo conference, held close to the Tokyo Games Show because Nintendo are jerks and won’t go to the TGS, was received better by gamers than their last E3 show. Among the new titles shown off were Wii Punch Out, Mario & Luigi 3 for the DS, a Klonoa remake for the Wii, a …
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October Nintendo conference - new games, DS, xenophobia
Monday, October 6th, 2008 by jayConfusion, Bewilderment, or Why I Bought A Playstation 3 and Need Help
Monday, September 15th, 2008 by tysonFor reasons and in ways I need not delve into here, I made the sky open up and rain money down upon me. Lots and lots of money. Enough money to get me out of debt and leave me with almost a grand to disperse however I saw fit. I could have done many things …
Clueless Gaijin - Phantasy Star Portable
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 by johnSony’s PSP has proven that if there’s one thing that the Japanese love, its Monster Hunter Portable. Seeking to capitalize on the success of this absolute sensation, Sega’s finally ported a version of Phantasy Star over to the device. It’s funny, back when the PSP was announced; I felt that Phantasy Star Online, a game …
id Super Pack
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 by christianThis weekend, Steam is having a half off sale on all id Software games. That means you can get classics like the Commander Keen series for less than the price of a Starbucks latte. If you really want to be thorough, the id Super Pack is also part of the sale, meaning for …
Clueless Gaijin - Kenzan
Thursday, September 4th, 2008 by johnSo there I was, in Japan, wandering about in the gamer’s wonderland that is Akihabara. I had purchased a PS3 shortly before my trip, planning to make use of the device’s lack of region coding to return triumphantly with all manner of bizarre import games and blu-ray anime.
Things did not go as planned.
It seems that …
To the music folder!
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 by jayI am a big fan of game music, specifically old chip tunes. Anyone who only hears bleeps and bloops is willfully ignoring melody, harmony and rhythm and stupidly focusing only on timbre. Games with “real” soundtracks don’t excite me the same way old game tunes do. I already have access to real music.
More importantly, I …
Rearmed and Ready - Are you?
Friday, August 15th, 2008 by christianBionic Commando: Rearmed is now out in all intended formats. If you have one of these formats, and you love the challenge and the feel of classic 2d games, I hope you have it already. If you don’t, might I suggest you give it a download? Until Mega Man 9 hopefully rocks …
Big Tuesday Blog Post
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 by christianInitially this post was going to be about one topic, but several other things have come up that warrant discussion. Let us begin!
- Yahoo! Music is closing its doors. You probably never used Yahoo music, but it was big enough to warrant some sponsorships with Pepsi in the past, and worked …
E3 games you may have missed
Friday, July 25th, 2008 by johnWe’ve all been beaten over the head with Gears of War 2, Resident Evil 5, Resistance 2, and the like for days now, but here are a few gems waiting just below the surface that really got my attention this past E3.
Dead Space
At first, Dead Space may look like a paint by numbers imitation of …
Riding the FAQ train
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 by derekWhile they’re called “walkthroughs,” I’ve always been under the impression that very few gamers actually “walk through,” point by point, every single bit of advice and strategy that exists in these documents. Since I have a profound belief in the desire of humans to be lazy and cheat their way through life, I of course …
