It finally happened. After years of drooling over the new games shown at the press conferences every year and watching videos of the booths on the show floor, finally I was going to attend what I’ve heard a lot of people in the gaming industry refer to as, “The Show” (not to be confused with …
What’s the deal with the Nintendo Switch? Tim, Michael, Joshua and Nick sit down and pick the Nintendo Switch apart, running over everything from how it plays, to how it feels, to how it stacks up against the Virtual Boy. If you bought one, what are your initial thoughts? If you chose to not buy …
This is part four in a series about building your own arcade cabinet. Here’s parts one, two, and three. I’m afraid I’m going to cheat a bit when talking about controls. When I chose my controls, I based most of my decisions on this article from Tested.com. Really there’s not much I can do to …
The news of Nintendo’s partnership with DeNA to make games for smart phones has been met with some understandably mixed reactions. For one, Nintendo has a reputation for consistently creating quality portable experiences dating from the original Game Boy to the current New Nintendo 3DS. The mobile gaming market on smart phones, however, is quite …
Hey hey hey, I’m back again with more fun Pokemon news. Until November 30th, those of you who access Pokemon Bank will be gifted with Johto starter Pokemon, Meganium, Typhlosion, and Feraligatr, with their Hidden Abilities. We’ve never had access to their hidden abilities before now so let the fun begin! Meganium gets the Leaf …
Ask a Mario fan to pick their favorite mario game and most will choose either Super Mario Bros 3 or Super Mario World. Rightly so, as I would argue that they are favorites because they set a definitive set of rules for how Mario’s world works and then design those levels in a way that …