Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #253 (April 2010)
March 21, 2010 – 10:40 am | Comments

This issue has some very good news about two games I’ve been monitoring, plus some bad reviews for two games I was going to get. And a little middle-of-the-road news about WarioWare DIY. Stuff your …

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MistWalker’s The Last Story coming to Wii, Nintendo publishing
January 31, 2010 – 5:00 pm | Comments
MistWalker’s The Last Story coming to Wii, Nintendo publishing

One thing that’s been dead on Nintendo’s home consoles for the past three generations is the RPG. While there have been some notable quality titles on Gamecube, like Monolith’s Baten Kaitos and some nice cross-platform …

Metroid: Other M stirs from silence with a new video
January 31, 2010 – 3:18 pm | Comments

This video is taken from Nintendo’s Japanese website for the upcoming Wii title, Metroid: Other M. I placed my preorder for this game last week, so I’m ready.
It’s brief, and it’s just some short dialog …

SingStar as a platform? Sign me up!
January 31, 2010 – 2:27 pm | Comments
SingStar as a platform? Sign me up!

Sony recently released the SingStar Viewer in the PlayStation Store, and it’s really a great little (93MB) piece of free software. What you get is effectively a SingStar client that runs off your hard drive, …

Aeropodcast #118: Congressional Hearings You Know Where
January 31, 2010 – 1:49 pm | Comments
Aeropodcast #118: Congressional Hearings You Know Where

This week on the Aeropodcast, we had Joe and Joe discussing the insane numbers that Nintendo did during the month of December.  The fact that the Nintendo Wii outsold the PS3, PS2, PSP and Xbox …

Tropico 3 cheap on Steam, go and buy
January 30, 2010 – 6:13 pm | Comments
Tropico 3 cheap on Steam, go and buy

I grabbed Tropico 3 in the MASSIVE sale over the holidays on a friend’s recommendation, and it’s an (cliche alert) under-appreciated gem. It’s a fun, quirky little number in which you play the dictator of …

Ones to Watch: Wii and DS for February 2010
January 30, 2010 – 4:29 pm | Comments
Ones to Watch: Wii and DS for February 2010

Tatsunoko vs Capcom and No More Heroes 2 made January a pretty good lookin’ month for Wii owners. February doesn’t look quite as good for Nintendo’s twin engines of retail destruction, but maybe you’ll find …

Weekend AeroProTip: Mario Kart Wii
January 30, 2010 – 1:10 pm | Comments
Weekend AeroProTip: Mario Kart Wii

GAME> Mario Kart Wii (2008)
SYSTEM> Nintendo Wii
SOURCE> Mario Kart Wii Trading Cards, 2009
I bought ONE PACK of Mario Kart Wii cards and received two freakin’ Diddy Kong cards. WTF.
Bonus Piranha Prowler unlock tip after the …

Review: Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
January 30, 2010 – 11:39 am | Comments
Review: Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars

What is it?
It’s a fighting game, silly! In the tradition of Marvel vs. Capcom, SNK vs. Capcom, and perhaps even Aliens vs. Predator comes Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, a Wii-exclusive port of an arcade …

Mario is Missing
January 29, 2010 – 12:00 pm | Comments
Mario is Missing

Well, by the above picture at least his kart is anyways. This has become an all too common sight at all the local retailers. Every where I turned there are shelves upon empty, soulless, dust-collecting …

Are You Ready for Some Football (of the foot variety)
January 29, 2010 – 9:47 am | Comments
Are You Ready for Some Football (of the foot variety)

I am sure that I am not the only one that missed out on having FIFA 09 on the PC.  FIFA was a mainstay on the PC for many years, to the point that on …

GTA Episodes from Liberty City Are Coming to PS3 After All
January 29, 2010 – 12:31 am | Comments
GTA Episodes from Liberty City Are Coming to PS3 After All

I know you’re going to be bored, PS3 owners, with MAG out now, White Knight Chronicles coming in February along with Heavy Rain and the likes of God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII, and …

The most consistently awesome of the Mega Man series compiled at last… a la modes
January 28, 2010 – 11:32 pm | Comments
The most consistently awesome of the Mega Man series compiled at last… a la modes

If you’ve never played any of the four Mega Man Zero games that came to Game Boy Advance, you’ve missed out on a lot. While there were eight Mega Man games (now expanding quickly to …

Don’t Steal the (Blue) Prints
January 28, 2010 – 9:30 pm | Comments
Don’t Steal the (Blue) Prints

So it appears, to combat in-store theft, Best Buy has resorted to the Old School(TM) method of placing the games behind the counter and having the customers bring forth a proxy copy. Unfortunately for would-be …

God of War III Release Date and Collection Price Drop
January 28, 2010 – 3:56 pm | Comments
God of War III Release Date and Collection Price Drop

God of War III has a March 16th release date according to the PlayStation Blog. If you haven’t picked up the God of War Collection yet at its original $40 price point the Blog …

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January 28, 2010 – 12:45 pm | Comments
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Sony Online Entertainment revealed another star figure for DC Universe Online: Zatanna, one of the DCU’s most powerful magic-users. Known for her stage magician costume and her ability to cast spells by incanting backwards, Zee …

Command and Conquer 4 beta
January 28, 2010 – 11:54 am | Comments
Command and Conquer 4 beta

For those of you who aren’t into strategy games, Command and Conquer is the one you’re most likely to have heard of. The series’ fourth iteration is going into beta phase, with keys available from …