Tis The Season – Nintendo offered some pretty unique games in Nov 2012 whereas they are going the more Virtual Console route in Dec 2012. And instead of offering 2 games at a time, they are offering 4 for a limited time! Starting off the month is 1080 Snowboarding, an N64 Virtual Console title that […]
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REVIEW – Crimson Shroud (3DS eShop)A Literal Tabletop RPG – Crimson Shroud is a standout 3DS eShop downloadable title and labor of love created by Yasumi Matsuno of Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy Tactics fame. With wordy text boxes, layers of menus, and a complete lack of animation and fancy visuals, this niche title will undoubtedly please fans of the […]
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BLOG – 1st Party GC Controller Found New for $5?Is This Stealing? – New stores starting popping up in the Midwestern states called Five Below. Instead of implying a store based around subzero temperatures, the name implies that everything in the store is five dollars or less. So I guess it can be thought of as a high end dollar store…? Anyway, it is […]
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PREVIEW – Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon (3DS)A Sequel For the Fans – Luigi is always left in the shadow of his bigger brother Mario as he rarely gets his own game. Uniquely, Nintendo put their faith in Mario’s taller and skinnier brother when they launched the Gamecube 2001 with Luigi’s Mansion, a 3D adventure style game that was more focused on […]
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REVIEW – Kinect Party (XBLA/Kinect)Let’s Get The Party Started – Last year Double Fine released Happy Action Theater to the XBLA, a “mini-game” compilation that had players using the Kinect in fun and creative ways. I put quotes around “mini-game” because they are not really games as opposed to activities since there really is no way to win or […]
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REVIEW – Chuck E. Cheese’s Alien Defense Force (DSiWare)Saving Earth With A Watergun – If the world was under attack by aliens, who should be elected to save it? The President? Jesus? Superman? Bruce Willis? Nope. The answer is Chuck E. Cheese – the rabid rat mascot who likes to feed young children horrible pizza and dip them in disease laden ballpits. And […]
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Forgotten Relics, the GBC Rumble CartsRumbling In Your Pocket Several months ago, I wrote an article highlighting the Forgotten Relic – the DS Rumble Pak. However, this was not the first time that a portable game system incorporated force feedback into games. Sure, there were a couple other failed handheld systems like the Zodiac Tapwave, but the Gameboy Color actually […]
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BLOG – Pikmin 3 Preview (Wii U)Killing Them Softly It has been almost a decade since we were last treated to a new Pikmin title. This unique IP was first launched in 2001 on the Gamecube while its sequel followed in 2004. Nintendo then proceeded to re-release these two Pikmin games on the Wii, retrofitting them with a new play control […]
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Kinect Party Goes Free Dec 18, 2012Double Fine is going to be launching the sequel to Happy Action Theater, Kinect Party, on Tuesday Dec 18, 2012. This comes just in time to have stupid crazy fun during your lame holiday parties! The best part, this game is scheduled to be released AS A FREE DOWNLOAD from Dec 18th – Dec 31st. […]
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NEWS – NeoGeo Gold X Now AvailableTommo, Inc., in partnership with SNK PLAYMORE, confirmed that the NEOGEO X GOLD entertainment system is now available. Following the 20th anniversary of the ground breaking NEOGEO AES console, the NEOGEO X GOLD entertainment system provides players with all of the features of a home arcade and the convenience of […]
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