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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Brilliant Super Mario Land rap isn’t even remotely safe for work
March 17, 2010 – 11:57 am | Comments

It’s a couple of months old, so you may have already seen this, but if you haven’t, you missed out. This incredibly good rap based on the Gunpei Yokoi Gameboy classic Super Mario Land has …

Weekend AeroProTip: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
February 27, 2010 – 10:24 pm | Comments
Weekend AeroProTip: Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

GAME> Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
SYSTEM> Game Boy
SOURCE> Nintendo stickers (perhaps from a cereal box), 1993
OK, that first tip is crap, but the second is pretty cool. Two more tips follow.

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.

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 …

Weekend AeroProTip: Pokemon Stadium / Pokemon Yellow
November 14, 2009 – 10:28 pm | Comments
Weekend AeroProTip: Pokemon Stadium / Pokemon Yellow

GAME> Pokemon Stadium (2000)
SYSTEM> Nintendo 64
SOURCE> EGM, 2000
Here’s a special two-part, two-game Aeroprotip for you: first, read the above to win the rare Surfing Pikachu in Pokemon Stadium! Then continue on after the jump to …

Weekend AeroProTip: NBA Jam, part 3
September 5, 2009 – 11:54 pm | Comments
Weekend AeroProTip: NBA Jam, part 3

GAME> NBA Jam (1994)
SYSTEM> Nintendo Game Boy
SOURCE> Nintendo Power #69, February 1995
Wrapping up our special three-week long series featuring NBA Jam on Game Boy… you can complete your 90’s White House NBA Dream Team with …

Weekend AeroProTip: NBA Jam, part 2
August 29, 2009 – 10:51 pm | Comments
Weekend AeroProTip: NBA Jam, part 2

GAME> NBA Jam (1994)
SYSTEM> Nintendo Game Boy
SOURCE> Nintendo Power #69, February 1995
Continuing our special three-week long series featuring NBA Jam on Game Boy! Now, here’s how to play as funkin’ Bill Clinton.

Weekend AeroProTip: NBA Jam, part 1
August 22, 2009 – 11:54 pm | Comments
Weekend AeroProTip: NBA Jam, part 1

GAME> NBA Jam (1994)
SYSTEM> Nintendo Game Boy
SOURCE> Nintendo Power #69, February 1995
Let’s have a special three-week long series featuring NBA Jam on Game Boy! First up, here’s how to play as funkin’ George Clinton.

Nintendo Power’s first look at Pokemon: “Meh.”
July 19, 2009 – 3:24 pm | Comments
Nintendo Power’s first look at Pokemon: “Meh.”

Here’s a fascinating bit of lore from the Nintendo Power archives. When NP first reviewed the original Pokemon game in issue #113 (October 1998), they walked away moderately unimpressed. The overall review score was 7.2 …

Weekend Gaming Score: The Motherlode in 30 Minutes
June 28, 2009 – 4:15 pm | Comments
Weekend Gaming Score: The Motherlode in 30 Minutes

I went to a flea market today, and came back with a number of great deals, which I really didn’t expect. I’ve got games here for NES, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Windows (that was an …

Weekend Gaming Score: Buried in excellent values for the PC gamer
May 16, 2009 – 7:58 pm | Comments
Weekend Gaming Score: Buried in excellent values for the PC gamer

What a haul this weekend! I hit a number of garage sales and a flea market and came out with a stack of games, a few of which I will keep, most of which are …

Happy 20th Birthday, Gameboy
April 23, 2009 – 9:36 pm | Comments
Happy 20th Birthday, Gameboy

That’s right, the handheld console that created market has now turned 20 years old. Just think in one more year, it can legally drink anywhere in the United States. Over the span of its life, …

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #241 (May 2009)
April 16, 2009 – 12:20 am | Comments
Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #241 (May 2009)

So a bunch of ice puns last issue becomes this month’s feature on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories? Is Nintendo’s first Silent Hill game hardcore enough for you? This is an exceptionally chunky issue (in a …

Five years of consumerism is worth 680 coins, Nintendo? Really?
December 31, 2008 – 11:26 am | Comments
Five years of consumerism is worth 680 coins, Nintendo? Really?

Club Nintendo’s not acting up anymore, but I almost wish it was. Now that the dust has settled and the site’s performing acceptably, I can actually click around and figure out where they moved everything …

A stroll through the castle with Simon Belmont and Dracula
December 12, 2008 – 11:38 pm | Comments
A stroll through the castle with Simon Belmont and Dracula

It’s hard to believe it’s been more than 20 years now since the first Castlevania game came out. As I continue to struggle in the final battle of Order of Ecclesia, I think about all …

Weekend Gaming Score: All hail PlayNTrade, all hail my pal Jonathan
December 6, 2008 – 8:49 pm | Comments
Weekend Gaming Score: All hail PlayNTrade, all hail my pal Jonathan

If I’ve worn my love for PlayNTrade on my sleeve and tired you folks of it, it still hasn’t been enough.
A friend of mine named Jonathan is a regular at the store now, and every …