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Curse You, Madden! No, Curse Your Game!

February 17, 2010

So the Madden candidates are out and you can vote for who you want to appear on the Madden 11 cover, but the question is not who you want to be on the cover, but who do you think should take their chances with the curse? Drew Brees, the Super Bowl MVP and the Cinderella [...]

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A Retrospective of My Gaming Life, Pt. 1

February 12, 2010

I first started gaming at the tender age of 5, when my parents got my brother and I a Nintendo Entertainment System. I remember breezing through castles and jumping without thought through the fire balls of nefarious 8-bit Bowser as I played the first Mario Bros. This brought such joy to my life and I [...]

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Fading Fad or Future Staple: Game Control Gimmicks and Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

February 11, 2010

You know it’s the end of an era when the word “Nintendo” is no longer synonymous with a ‘shroom popping plumber or a sword wielding green-clad hero who keeps saving a princess that somehow nabbed the title role in the game. Instead “Nintendo” seems to call to mind controller based gimmicks and family friendly fun.

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, it’s Super…Mario!

February 5, 2010

Recently getting Super Mario Bros for the Wii as a Christmas gift, I’ve been enjoying playing in the new penguin suit and helicopter suit, along with three of my friends as we scramble to get coins, power up and pretty much just be jerks to each other, tossing each other off ledges. It’s great to [...]

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Catch Them All Already! Pokemon is Back.

February 3, 2010

The next pair of Pokemon games is upon the horizon, set to be released in North America on March 14th. What’s new? Well, not too much, but if you’re a Pokemon fan, you already know what to expect and you’re excited anyways. Expect new minigames and access to Pokemon that were a little tougher to [...]

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In Garbage Mode-Eco Shooter: Plant 530 Review

January 18, 2010

Back before the Wii was just known as the Revolution, NCL President Satoru Iwata said in an interview that one of the reasons for the limited hardware and what would become WiiWare was to give new concepts an idea to be developed without the need to have a multimillion dollar budget or worry about appealing [...]

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Going Back to the Archaic Arcade

January 17, 2010

Los Angeles’ Last Arcade…Maybe. An interesting fact about my apartment is that it’s located near the only video arcade left in Los Angeles, called The Family Arcade. Actually, this fact might not be entirely accurate as I haven’t done any research on the subject, but I’m willing to bet its true.

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OnLive: The Death of the Gaming Console?

January 15, 2010

For those of you who haven’t heard, OnLive is an upcoming cloud game service that allows you to stream games directly to your computer or television without having to buy an expensive console. When it first premiered, it caused a lot of buzz in the gaming industry, even leading Sony to copyright the name “PS [...]

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Microsoft Says No New Xbox?!

January 13, 2010

Are you happy with your Xbox 360? Can you see yourself playing it without the desire for a newer generation Xbox in 2015? Because according to Microsoft’s David Hufford, senior director of Xbox product management, we won’t be seeing a new Xbox for several years, and quite possibly not even by 2015.

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Going Back: Playing the Classics

January 12, 2010

Recently, I found myself in an interesting situation. It felt familiar, yet distant, a hazy memory- perhaps even from a past life. I was playing Goldeneye for Nintendo 64, on a seventeen inch TV. There was no online play or HD to be found. At times, I was confused. I found myself asking, did I leave the country? Is it [...]

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