Gaming
Retrospective: Nintendo’s Oldest Mascots – Best of Enemies, Friends and Rivals
More than 30 years ago, a young, upcoming designer by the name of Shigeru Miyamoto was employed by Nintendo to ‘Americanize’ a space shooter that had received poor feedback from test audiences. Rather than redesign the game, he used the hardware to create what has become one of the most iconic and beloved video game characters (and game series) in the industry. You can forget your Master Chief or ...[Read More]
Wii U Production May End Next Week
According to multiple sources who have spoken with Eurogamer, Nintendo Wii U production will end this Friday. Nintendo’s Japanese production line will shut down after the final deadline for orders passed yesterday. Very few orders were placed. The end of Wii U production guarantees that this console will be the lowest selling standalone home console in quite some time. At last official count, the ...[Read More]
Retro Review: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Saturn)
Release Date: June 25, 1998 Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Publisher: Konami For my first Halloween Retro Review, I decided ahead of time that I would look at a Castlevania game. I mean, it’s Halloween, and few things go better with All Hallow’s Evening than Dracula himself. But I also decided to add a twist to the review. For the twist, I looked to Japan for the second week in a row. Ca...[Read More]
10 Best Horror Games
With Halloween approaching, the gimmick of writing about scary things becomes prevalent. Well, far be it for me to buck the tradition. I mean, what am I gonna write about in October, Christmas games? I decided to go back to my past and chronicle the games that scared me the most. Believe it or not, that’s not a simple thing to do. The horror genre has many entries across numerous platforms, but mo...[Read More]
Twenty Years of Cutting Edge- How Resident Evil is Ready to Put the Fear Into VR
There are two types of horror games: visceral, disturbing psychological horror games; and B-movie horror games with cheesy dialogue, cheap jump scares, and increasing ludicrous plots of viruses, zombies and useless ‘special ops’ teams. The former, exemplified by Silent Hill (thanks in part to its developer and gradually worsening installments) and, more tragically, last year’s PT, migh...[Read More]
Titanfall 2 Will Have No Season Pass or “Hidden Costs”
There are a slew of big-name titles dropping for interested gamers. Many of them are intriguing, some not so much. Almost all, however, have one thing in common: Season Passes that promise “exciting” content at a later date for some money now. Titanfall 2, out tomorrow, will be one title that will not play that game. If you head on to Respawn Entertainment’s site and read their “10 Ways Titanfall ...[Read More]
Microsoft Announces VR Headsets for Windows 10
During a Windows 10 event, Microsoft announced it is partnering with other companies to ship a new line of virtual reality headsets for their operating system. The VR headsets are expected to “start at $299.” Microsoft’s partners – Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo – will be shipping headsets with their own branding. The headsets will include inside –out tracking sensors, which obviate ...[Read More]
Nintendo Switch Will Have Next Big Reveal on January 12
Last week’s reveal of the Nintendo Switch got tons of people lathered up. Many ended up with more questions than answers, but Nintendo is not talking…yet. Both Nintendo of Japan and Nintendo of America have announced via Twitter that the next big reveal of the Switch will be on January 12th. The event will be livestreamed, and since both divisions of Nintendo made the announcement, it is expected ...[Read More]
Bethesda Change Review Policy
In a move that I personally consider stunning, Bethesda say that their new policy is to not send out review copies of games to media outlets until one day before the game’s release. They did it with DOOM earlier this year, and they plan to keep it going with the releases of Skyrim Special Edition and Dishonored 2. (Note: For the record, we have never received review copies from Bethesda or any oth...[Read More]
Turtle Rock Studios No Longer Supporting Evolve
Turtle Rock Studios, the development team behind Evolve, has announced that they will no longer be supporting the game, effective immediately. The game’s servers will, however stay online “for the foreseeable future.” The announcement was made in a blog post by Turtle Rock’s co-founder Chris Ashton. In the post, he clarified that Evolve is not owned by Turtle Rock and they did not make the decisio...[Read More]
Speculating About the Nintendo Switch: Dock, or No Dock?
Speculation about the features and capabilities of the Nintendo Switch has run rampant ever since last week’s reveal trailer debuted. Nintendo has only offered a trickle of information since the reveal trailer. One of them concerns the function of the dock for the console. It’s that specific info that’s driving a ton of chatter. Nintendo has already confirmed that the dock is not the main unit of ...[Read More]
Watch 40 Minutes of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Gameplay on Wii U
I realize that we’ve been remiss in covering Zelda: Breath of the Wild news and videos. To make up for it, how about I post 40 minutes of the upcoming Wii U and Switch title? Game Center DX, a popular Japanese variety show, put the Wii U version of the game through its paces for a good 40 minutes. The gentlemen seem to be having a great time, though I wish I knew Japanese to follow their banter. R...[Read More]