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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Where Does Alpha Protocol Get Its Wonderful Toys
March 7, 2010 – 4:25 am | Comments
Where Does Alpha Protocol Get Its Wonderful Toys

After a long delay and hiatus, news is finally starting to trickle out for Obsidian’s spy rpg, Alpha Protocol.  Today we have a developer diary that shows off all the weapons and gadgets that you …

Alpha Protocol gets release date, new trailer
February 25, 2010 – 12:45 pm | Comments
Alpha Protocol gets release date, new trailer

Alpha Protocol (The Espionage RPG) has been given a release date – the 28th of May, if you’re interested, for PC, 360 and PS3. You play newbie spy Michael Thorton who’s got to unravel an …

People Still Want The Machine The PS2 Killed?
February 9, 2010 – 7:25 pm | Comments
People Still Want The Machine The PS2 Killed?

While wandering through DealNews yesterday I noticed something really odd. A vendor at Amazon was selling brand new Sega Dreamcasts for 89 bucks. Really? There’s enough demand for this old relic of …

Review: Bayonetta (360)
February 7, 2010 – 4:28 pm | Comments
Review: Bayonetta (360)

Let’s get one thing out of the way right off the bat. After going on at length in my First Thirty about the story (or, perhaps, excess of it) I can tell you that …

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, …

Aliens Vs. Predator: Multiplayer Demo
February 3, 2010 – 11:28 am | Comments
Aliens Vs. Predator: Multiplayer Demo

SEGA have released an 11th hour demo to showcase what Aliens Vs. Predators has to offer those of us hankering for a genuinely terrifying multiplayer experience but can’t wait until next week’s release (16 February …

First Thirty: Bayonetta (360)
January 17, 2010 – 10:41 am | Comments
First Thirty: Bayonetta (360)

…what? I just spent the most surreal 30 minutes of my life in the company of Bayonetta, a game that seems to be half convoluted, campy, bizzare cinematic, and half Devil May Cry with a …

Weekend AeroProTip: Sonic Spinball
January 16, 2010 – 1:02 pm | Comments
Weekend AeroProTip: Sonic Spinball

GAME> Sonic Spinball (1993)
SYSTEM> Sega Genesis
SOURCE> Disney Adventures, June 1994
When I was a kid, I was scared spitless of the Game Genie. I had one for my Game Boy and I tiptoed around the thing …

Nintendo Download – Objection! edition
January 11, 2010 – 11:32 am | Comments
Nintendo Download – Objection! edition

Phoenix Wright, new to WiiWare this week, wants to object to Nintendo’s press release from last week. Last week the game Trajectile showed up on DSiWare, and the PR completely neglected to mention that the …

Bayonetta Sneaks Out Early (For Some, Anyway)
December 22, 2009 – 3:45 am | Comments
Bayonetta Sneaks Out Early (For Some, Anyway)

Release dates are seemingly less and less important these days. The latest in a long line of titles leaking into sweaty, over-eager gamer hands days before official release dates, it looks like Bayonetta is also …

Lance Henriksen to appear in AvP game
December 8, 2009 – 5:24 pm | Comments
Lance Henriksen to appear in AvP game

Lance Henriksen, who appeared as Karl Bishop Weyland in Aliens (and Alien3 and AVP: Aliens vs. Predator, but we’ll just forget about that) will be lending his voice and appearance to the awesome-looking Alien vs …

Aeropodcast #111: Music To My Ears
December 7, 2009 – 12:46 pm | Comments
Aeropodcast #111: Music To My Ears

This week on the Aeropodcast, the crew talks up the importance of a great soundtrack in a game.  Each writer talks about his own favorite soundtracks from video games, and how they helped shape their …

Fascinating Look at Dialog in a Complex Story
November 30, 2009 – 6:08 pm | Comments
Fascinating Look at Dialog in a Complex Story

Over at the Obsidian Blog, Chris Avellone has a great write up talking about the process of how they created audio and branching dialog options for their upcoming title, Alpha Protocol. 
Along they way, he discusses …

First Impressions: Bayonetta
November 12, 2009 – 2:00 am | Comments
First Impressions: Bayonetta

It’s hard to believe that this game can be that good. The gaming press have been all over it, wet-dreaming their way through 10/10s and perfect scores, so when I hit the floor at the …

Bayonetta Laid Bare by Japanese Public
November 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | Comments
Bayonetta Laid Bare by Japanese Public

To celebrate the release of SEGA’s Bayonetta in Japan this week, Tokyo commuters got to see the amazonian heroine laid out in all her glory by way of huuuuuuuge billboard postings spotted at Shinuya and …

Bayonetta Demo Impressions (PS3)
October 21, 2009 – 11:21 am | Comments
Bayonetta Demo Impressions (PS3)

Bayonetta has been high on my radar since I got a chance to play it at E3 this year, and it was a bit irritating when it was pushed back to January 2010 here in …