Nintendo has once again astounded the gaming community with a wealth of high quality news straight from their monthly Nintendo Direct segment. Here is a summary of everything you need to know: Mario and Luigi: Dream Team – It will be released on Aug 11, 2013 in North America and continues the Mario and…
VideoCast BLOG – Ducktales
This week Gillman and I stream a few different Ducktales games in anticipation of the re-imagining of the original Ducktales set to be released this summer by Capcom and Wayforward. Watch live video from varms on TwitchTV
NEWS – LEVEL-5 eShop Sale
Level-5 is going to be having a sale on their GUILD01 series of eShop games starting on April 18. Liberation Madien, Aero Porter, and Crimson Shroud will all be available for a discounted price for a limited time only. Official press release below: Renowned Japanese video game company LEVEL-5, best known for the critically acclaimed…
REVIEW – Super Black Bass 3D (3DS)
What’s That Fishy Smell? – Despite this series having a long and respected gaming history, Super Black Bass 3D is an unplayable and incomplete mess. It takes too much time to do anything from navigating menus to reeling in your line, has little to no sense of accomplishment, has hideous visuals, and doesn’t even function…
REVIEW – Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – Jetstream Sam DLC (PS3)
Joining the Darkside – Jetstream Sam is the first batch of DLC for Metal Gear Rising outside of some free VR Missions. Unfortunately, instead of getting an inside peek on one of Revengeance’s most interesting characters, Jetstream Sam is an attempt to earn an immoral buck from diehard fans. Thanks to the notoriously slow Playstation…
NEWS – Nintendo Shutting Down Wii Services in June
With the Wii U now being Nintendo’s focus, the Big N will be shutting down some highlighting features of the Wii console. Nintendo released this official statement: “We at Nintendo sincerely thank you for your continued patronage of our company’s products. We would like to inform you that a portion of the network services offered…
VideoCast BLOG – Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
This week Gillman and myself attack Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch! We talk to our fans in the chat room and discuss important things in life, like why frogs can’t open chests, why decoding things in games is hard to do, and why Gillman always really quickly goes…
Revengeance Gets SAM-urai DLC
Konami announced that the Jetstream DLC pack for METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE is now available for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. A side story featuring Samuel Rodrigues as a playable character, the DLC includes multiple hours of gameplay including unique abilities and characteristics for Sam, while expanding on his storyline and origins. Sam, the…
BLOG – Club Nintendo April 2013 Summary
Virtual Console Only Month – Nintendo is offering Virtual Console titles for their April 2013 Club Nintendo program; WiiWare and DSiWare titles have been omitted this month. Game #1 – Super Mario 64 (N64) Price – 200 Coins, normally 1000 Wii Points ($10) Availability – April 8, 2013 – May 5, 2013 Summary –…
BLOG – 5 Classic Multiplayer Focused Same-Sofa Console Games That should be Retro-fitted with XBLA Online Support
Making Old New – Multiplayer gaming is important. Pong, one of the first games to popularize video gaming was entirely focused on multiplayer. And can you image a Halo or CoD title that excluded a multiplayer component? MMO’s would never have been invented if multiplayer gaming didn’t exist either. Since the dawn of video games,…