“The Swapper” Review
Every now and then a puzzle game comes out that takes what’s really good about the genre and adds an extra something to it. What makes a puzzle game really good in the first place? In the case of a…
Read moreEvery now and then a puzzle game comes out that takes what’s really good about the genre and adds an extra something to it. What makes a puzzle game really good in the first place? In the case of a…
Read moreToday Nintendo unveiled the rewards that “Platinum” and “Gold” members of its loyalty program are entitled to claim. To the dismay of many of its members, including yours truly, the prizes are quite underwhelming.
Read moreWith the advent and popularity of online merchants such as Steam, the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and the Nintendo eShop, it really isn’t all that hard to get your retro gaming on. It especially isn’t too difficult to get your…
Read moreCultural significance. You don’t really associate those two words with much of anything we write about in gaming journalism. Even as mainstream as gaming has become, most of what we think of as major events in the gaming industry come…
Read moreIt goes without saying. Super Smash Bros. is definitely on the top of most Wii U owners’ holiday wishlists. And why wouldn’t it? It features Nintendo’s beloved gaming mascots and a handful of third party characters fighting to the death….
Read moreLast year, The Legend of Zelda franchise caretaker Eiji Aonuma, in the midst of an overwhelming sense at Nintendo that the Wii U needed a huge PR push, revealed that a new Zelda title was in the works. Although…
Read moreNintendo went a little bit out of the norm on Tuesday as they unveiled Splatoon during their E3 2014 Digital Event, an original game that looks like their vibrant answer to other third person shooters, and it looks quite interesting…
Read moreOne of the games Nintendo briefly featured in their Digital Event on Tuesday was Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. The Toad race has served the Mushroom Kingdom for about as long as the Super Mario series existed, so to see that the…
Read moreFor the second year in a row, Nintendo has bucked the traditional big auditorium presentation in favor of one of their now-steady Nintendo Direct addresses. Known for packing a lot of information into each one, however, there was a lot…
Read moreOf the big three, Nintendo is the biggest wildcard due to the Wii U’s lack of upcoming software and the 3DS’ full library of Nintendo IPs with no huge holes. They’ll take the virtual stage with a Nintendo Direct livestream…
Read moreAAA titles garner a fair amount of attention, even when they are brand new IPs, but Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs arguably caught quicker than most. Much of that was due to the timeliness of its content and the growing privacy concerns…
Read moreIt’s no secret that Mario Kart is an important franchise to Nintendo. It’s one of the few games that Nintendo only publishes once during a Nintendo platform’s lifespan, but despite its years of existence it’s really hard to think back…
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