Review: Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)
February 8, 2010 – 12:10 pm | Comments

It is a fine line when attempting to give a gamer the ability to make choices or decisions, and actually having those decisions or choices end with a satisfying payoff.  Some games will give you …

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Twin sisters Mio Amakura and Mayu Amakura are visiting a childhood play spot when Mayu, who walks with a perpetual limp after a childhood accident, follows a mysterious crimson butterfly deep into the woods. Mio, concerned for her twin, follows Mayu, and the two girls are led to a lost village. While curiously empty, the village appears to have been cursed by some past event. The curse appears to be related to a failed ritual of human sacrifice involving twins, where one twin sacrifices another. This ritual was supposed to keep the Hell Gate beneath the village closed. After one of the twins designated for the sacrifice flees the village, the remaining monks attempt to complete the ritual by hanging Yae's sister, but this instead opens the Hell Gate and releases the evil spirits held inside, who flood the village and kill everyone present.

Collector’s Clips: Ms Pac-Man/Galaga Class of ‘81
February 9, 2010 – 10:13 am | Comments
Collector’s Clips: Ms Pac-Man/Galaga Class of ‘81

In 2000, Namco released a special arcade cabinet that combined Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga into a special “Class of 1981″ machine. From what I can tell, they prepared three different versions: a coin-op upright, a …

Nintendo Download – Here’s that Princess Tomato game you forgot about
February 8, 2010 – 2:07 pm | Comments
Nintendo Download – Here’s that Princess Tomato game you forgot about

You’d think a game as classically ridic as Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom would be more of an internet meme by now. People would be putting game quotes on kitten photos, knitting Princess Tomato …

Weekend AeroProTip: NFL Blitz
February 6, 2010 – 1:39 pm | Comments
Weekend AeroProTip: NFL Blitz

GAME> NFL Blitz (1998)
SYSTEM> Game Boy Color
SOURCE> GamePro presents Handheld Video Games, Winter 1999
Tomorrow’s Super Bowl would be a lot more interesting if it took place in a parking lot and had a Predator Mode.

Sonic 4: As gamers, we have earned the right to be skeptical
February 4, 2010 – 9:57 am | Comments

The slow drip of “Project Needlemouse” info reached a culmination yesterday with the announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1. The downloadable game is coming to all three online store services this summer… PSN, …

Fret Nice wants to bring you back to your guitar controllers
February 2, 2010 – 1:40 pm | Comments

There’s a lot of guitar controllers out there, so why haven’t we found something else to do with them besides Rock Band? Enter Fret Nice, a platformer with a musical hook. You can’t tell from …

Nintendo Download – Monkey Island finale edition
February 1, 2010 – 1:21 pm | Comments
Nintendo Download – Monkey Island finale edition

The name brand release this week is Tales of Monkey Island 5, wrapping up the episodic WiiWare adventure. 1000 points.
Could be some interesting tech on DSiWare with Move your Brain Rollway Puzzle (500 points). The …

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 …

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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 …

GameStop has a Pikachu-colored Pichu for you
January 27, 2010 – 12:49 am | Comments
GameStop has a Pikachu-colored Pichu for you

Grab your Diamond/Pearl/Platinum generation Pokemon and swing by GameStop between January 30 and February 14, and you can download a special shiny Pichu. The official Pokemon press insists on referring to it as “Pikachu-colored.” Which …

Sad Chao hopes this isn’t over
January 26, 2010 – 4:04 pm | Comments
Sad Chao hopes this isn’t over

So far today, the Aeropause mailbox has received glowing press releases for MAG, Mass Effect 2 and Tatsunoko vs Capcom… but none for No More Heroes 2.

Do you have a gaming disappointment for Sad Chao …

This news story is violently ironic
January 25, 2010 – 3:29 pm | Comments
This news story is violently ironic

Here’s a little games-and-violence story from sunny old Italy, “Italian teen stabs father in PlayStation row.”
A fifteen year old boy stabbed his father in the neck with a knife after dad tried to offer PlayStation …

Nintendo Download – UNO fail
January 25, 2010 – 10:13 am | Comments
Nintendo Download – UNO fail

Let me tell you something about how UNO works. One of the key components to this classic card game is everyone’s cards are hidden. Especially when multiple players get down to only a few cards …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #251 (February 2010)
January 25, 2010 – 2:07 am | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #251 (February 2010)

Issue #251 kicks off 2010 with 50 pages of Wii/DS previews, fronted by my personal Really? People Liked That? game-of-the-year, NBA Jam. I know it’s early to award that title, but good weblogs aren’t made …