In a new marketing initiative, Nintendo has begun a video line called “Nintendo Direct.” The first video features Nintendo of America President and Chief Operating Officer, Reggie Fils-Aime, speaking directly to the Nintendo audience. It pushes the notion that Nintendo has some big plans for the holiday season, including Hulu Plus service, blockbuster game releases, [...]
Future of Gaming: Permanence of Choice
September 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
Disclaimer: This piece contains spoilers to Heavy Rain and inFamous. You slowly open the door to the final trial, unaware of what lies beyond the dark, narrow hallway. A blinding light shines in room from a distance as you limp slowly, yet steadily towards a table within that room. You emerge from the dim passageway [...]
Capcom: Developer of the Past?
August 24, 2011 By 9 Comments
Of questionable morality: GameStop’s “new game” policy
August 24, 2011 By 35 Comments
Essential Gaming: Budgeting for Holiday 2011
August 22, 2011 By 26 Comments
Industry Buzz: The 3DS Price Cut
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2011 Mid-Year Grades for Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony
July 12, 2011 By 20 Comments
The year is a little more than half over, and while we already checked out the top games of each of the first two quarters, it’s time we look at how the heavy hitters did with their overall plans. With so many games going completely multiplatform, exclusive titles play a huge role into how well [...]
Sonic the Hedgehog: 20 Years of Personal Influence
June 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The following article is part of our tribute to Sonic for his 20th Anniversary on June 23, 2011. Read them all: For love of Sonic: The Game Gear Catastrophe 20 years of Sonic: Games of my father Sonic’s 20th Birthday: Rivalries, Hedgehog Halloweens, Cartoon Bliss In the past, I’ve written about games that have influenced [...]
Postscript: Defending Duke
June 22, 2011 By 4 Comments
Duke Nukem Forever is a case unlike anything we’ve seen in the video game industry before. In fact, I will make the assertion that the hype was undeniably insurmountable. The quality of the Duke Nukem games will be forever (heh) debated between Duke’s supporters and haters, but the fact that the excitement and anticipation surrounding [...]
PR Reps & Journalists: The Dynamics of a Complicated Relationship
June 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
Since I began writing online more than five years ago, I’ve had the incredible luck to have worked with legendary musicians, video game developers of AAA titles, and CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies. When I was a music journalist, the common theme was that the band managers that I often-times had to go through were [...]
Why Wii U is the Perfect Next Step for Nintendo
June 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
At last week’s E3 convention in Los Angeles, Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime got up on stage and announced the next generation of Nintendo consoles, which goes by the name of Wii U. While Nintendo provided several examples of developers loving the idea of a console that had high-power graphics, as well as a controller [...]
Review Scores: The elephant in the room
Gears of War 3 is a game I’ve been very much looking forward to this entire year. I placed it near the top of my 2011 release list (right after Portal 2 and Mass Effect 3 before it was pushed to 2012), and everything I’ve seen and played (both at PAX and during the April [...]