Bewilderment. I think that’s a pretty fitting word to describe anyone’s mind while they’re playing the upcoming Wii U title The Wonderful 101. Now, I’ll be honest, when I first watched the E3 trailer for this game, I was a little confused. It looked to me as some sort of Viewtiful Joe-meets-Pikmin sort of scramble….
Okay okay okay. So technically the Olympic Games series is considered a “real crossover” between the two gaming giants, BUT I’M TALKING ABOUT SOMETHIN’ ELSE! I don’t know, I’m sorta sick of the constantly rehashed Olympic Games franchise. Seriously though. We’ve seen both the summer Olympics and now the winter Olympic twice now. Sure, the…
It’s rather charming to see developers such as Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto be so confident in the fact that he makes great games. Miyamoto is responsible to basically all of Nintendo’s greats ranging from the original Super Mario Bros. to F-Zero X and all the way up to Nintendo Land! The man’s got quite the repetoire….
It’s a new era for console gamers. We’ve just experienced an E3 chock full of games set for the new generation of consoles. The PlayStation 4 is on its way to stores most likely around this holiday season. And Insomniac Games announces a new Ratchet & Clank for the PS3? That might sound weird to…
I’ve said time and time again that Super Mario Galaxy is one of my favorite modern games of all time. It follows everything Super Mario 64 set the bar for (in terms of what we expect from platformers) back in the 90s and expands it even more with the use of motion control! Galaxy was…
Let me begin by explaining that I love RPGs. Seriously! I’ve played through so many and I personally love that it’s a genre that seems to keep pressing onward in the midst of what I like to call “the FPS era.” RPGs have this awesome tendency to completely immerse in the world you’re playing in,…
Oh, Rare Inc. It’s been so very long! You remember Rare, right? They were visionaries behind such masterful games such as Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong 64, Perfect Dark and the Banjo Kazooie franchise (at least the N64 ones; I like to pretend Nuts and Bolts didn’t happen). What’s that other game they made? You…
Poor old Sonic the Hedgehog. As it’s pretty well known by now, everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog had been going through quite a rough patch with some arguably awful games. After suffering through the monstrosity known as Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) and being forced to put up with the storybook spinoffs on the Wii, all seemed…
1-1-1-2-1-3-1-1-1. What’s that you ask? A password? Some sort of secret code? NOPE. That’s just you, playing any old MMORPG. Aren’t you tired of that? I know I am! Hotkey based MMOs seem a little outdated to me. While I’m still a fan of Star Wars: The Old Republic (though my attention toward the game…
I love me some Nintendo 64. Seriously! That’s the console that really got me into playing video games as a kid over anything else. And what a system it was! Who could forget such legendary titles such as Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Mario Kart 64,…
Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the Super Smash Bros. franchise had an awful lot of info about the newly announced games for the Wii U and 3DS. WHAT?! New challenger approaching?! Could it be?? Actually, it looks like the opposite. As you’ve probably heard, Sakurai has been suffering from RSI (repetitive strain injury) for quite…
Everybody certainly loves zombies. It’s a bit of craze sweeping the world right now and, hey, why not jump on the bandwagon? It’s all in good fun. And you know what? I bet there are some people in this very same world who like gardening just as much as they like zombies! There are probably…
I’ve been on a bit of a theme park high as of late. Park hopping across Walt Disney World certainly does a lot for the excitement levels in your body. What can I say, I’m a child at heart! That’s probably why I’ll consistently play Nintendo games! So earlier, while marveling over the Magic Kingdom…
Ah, Animal Crossing. There’s nothing quite like it! It’s a series that stands out on it’s own and is down right fun.. in an almost obsessive, addictive kind of way. There’s so much slander against games that serve the purpose of giving people a “second life.” You’ve heard it all, I’m sure: “GO OUTSIDE,” “MEET…
Do you remember your best friend from grade school? Remember that time when that best friend moved away? Remember when they came back to visit and you bought terrible tasting smoothies together and purposefully threw them in the middle of the street to see if cars might run them over? Okay, that last bit might…