Archive for the ‘Nintendo’ Category

11 Dec 3

Why Nintendo Makes Good Games…but not Great Games

I’ve had a revelation recently. Nintendo makes good games. I know, that doesn’t seem like much of a revelation, but what I found was that while the games are good titles, they are never excellent titles. Nintendo has been around the video game industry now for well over 20 years. Those of us in our [...]

21 Jun 2

E3: Nintendo = No Go

Well, we just got put on “standby” for the Nintendo Press Event. What a fucking joke. If you are going to have huge press conferences at a scaled down E3, the least they could fucking do is be able to accommodate the estimated amount of people coming. Way to drop the ball ESA/Nintendo.

7 Jun 1

E3: The Big 3 Press Events

I’ve decided to start my behind the scenes E3 coverage today with some news. As you may or may not know I’ll be attending the brand new E3 Business and Media Summit this year representing Evil Avatar.com. The ironic thing of this is the exclusive nature of the event this year, being invite only. While [...]

8 Jan 0

Wii Availibility

I just got word from a source in distribution that a whole bunch of Wii systems and accessories, including those impossible to find Wii-motes, should be hitting retail shelves late this week or early next week. Those of you still looking for either the system or accessories should start looking come Thursday.

20 Sep 0

Prices per Region on Consoles

Consider the following quote: Given different costs of living, the price of an Xbox 360 is not the same in San Francisco and Topeka. How do you deal with that? Moore: It’s more expensive in Topeka. But we don’t just look at the console cost in isolation. We look at what it takes to be [...]

25 Aug 1

Are People too Lazy to use the Wii? Molyneux thinks so.

Legendary developer Peter Molyneux believes that gamers may be too lazy to truly enjoy Nintendo’s upcoming Wii console. He believes one of the reasons games are so popular is because they ARE a lazy activity. Interesting … laziness inherent in games would need to be preserved to keep gaming popular: “I’ve realised I’m an incredibly [...]

14 Aug 0

Lego Game Art

What’s cooler than videos games or Legos? Videos games AND Legos! The New Gamer | Journal – Lego Art technorati tags:legos, video, games

23 Jun 1

Console Wars: Episode IV

It’s the rebel Nintendo vs. the Galatic Sony. Who will prevail? And how can they take down the Playstation 3? By hitting it’s weak point for MASSSIVE Damage of course! Console Wars: Episode IV

7 Jun 3

Wii Devkit?

This thing is pretty damn sexy.

30 May 6

Nintendo: Listening to Fans is bad

What? I don’t know about you but I think this is just pretty lame. From The Gamerscore Blog. In an interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, the author writes: But the name Wii not wii-thstanding, Nintendo has grasped [an] important notion that (has) eluded its competitors. …Don’t listen to your customers. The hard-core gaming community [...]