I make it no big secret that when the original Playstation arrived in 1995, I avoided it with a seething, boiling hatred. After all, I was brought up on Nintendo, and proud of it. Throughout the 8-bit and 16-bit era I swore by Nintendo and considered Sega to be second-rate wannabes whose only chance at getting people to play their games was to make fun of us Nintendo loyalists and belittle us. When Sony entered…
Read more →So this week sees the release of a heck of a lot of TMNT goodness, not only in theatrical form, but in video game form as well. There’s the TMNT game being ported across PC, Wii, 360, PS2 and PSP. Then there’s the DS game. And finally a GBA game that looks to harken back to the days of classic side-scrolling beat-em-ups, much like the original TMNT Arcade game. In addition to all the new…
Read more →Chulip Impressions Chulip is a game that most likely will fly by the retail shelves under most game buyers’ radar. It’s a quirky Japanese game, the graphics are nothing to boast about and advertising for the game is pretty much nonexistent. In fact, it’s now become a Gamestop/EB exclusive, so those used to buying their games elsewhere won’t even have a shot of obtaining it. But when I hear a quirky little-known Japanese game is…
Read more →Another Katsucon has come and gone in a whirlwind of hotels, broken luggage, crazy shopping marathons, and anime viewing. Seriously, I feel like I never got the chance to catch my breath before it was time to pack up and head home, which kinda sucked because I'd been looking forward to the convention for so long now. While the anime I did catch was enjoyable, there was the usual schedule blunders and oddly absent shows.
Read more →Well, November 19th, the big day, has come and gone, and now that we've all had a few days to absorb the great gaming bounty that has come upon us, I felt it was high time I write about my opinions so far. Of course I'm talking about the new Sneak King game from Burger King. Three titles were made available for the Xbox and Xbox 360 exclusively at Burger King on the 19th, all…
Read more →No sooner does Sega send us the mysterious Monkey Ball figures then we get the Sonic figure you see before you. I posed it next to Mario because, well, they're all Best Friends Forever now, right? While the Monkey Ball one came in a wrapper that had the Banana Blitz logo on it, this one came in a plain clear wrapper with no text, so I'm not sure what it's reason for being sent to…
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