Jason Schreier

The NFL’s Replacement Refs Are Horrible, But At Least There’s Always Madden

One of my favorite moments of last night’s football debacle was this tweet by the folks at EA: That’s one of the nice things about virtual football, isn’t it? You don’t have to worry about lockouts or labor strikes. And there are no replacement referees to screw up game-changing calls and ruin the integrity of…

Man Who Believes That Reptiles Rule The World Wants To Know Why Sega Thinks He’s A ‘Controversial Figure’

Dear David Icke, I see you’re wondering why Sega thinks you’re a controversial figure. You’re holding an event called the Great Gathering of Consciousness in which you will spend nine hours telling an audience how to free themselves from the moon, and you’re wondering why Sega won’t let you use one of their songs from…

Here’s Cloud And Sephiroth Doin’ It Gangnam Style

This might be my favorite of the many Gangnam Style parodies to be released so far this fall. It’s just so well done (nice work, Christian Wright). Enjoy. Final Fantasy Gangnam Style [YouTube via GamerSpirit]

Well, That’s One Way To Make Aeris’s Death Funnier

I saw this over the weekend and felt like it was a must-share. Jenova: “Hey Cloud, the puppet store called, they’re running out of you.” Aeris dies to Seinfeld theme [YouTube]

Watch Francis Pump Himself Up For World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Channeling Mel Gibson’s Braveheart in this new video, Francis gets totally psyched for the next World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria. Totally. Psyched.

Ex-PlayStation Spokesman: ‘You Have To Question The Priorities Of The Company As A Whole’

An ex-Sony PR representative has publicly slammed his former company following a recent round of layoffs that left him out of work late last week. It’s hardly unusual for laid-off staffers to harbor ill will toward their former employers, but ex-PlayStation PR Will Powers voiced some striking criticism on Twitter this afternoon. He had harsh…

Nothing Goes Together Like Porn Mags And Final Fantasy

Like chocobos and characters named Cid, pornographic magazines are a proud tradition in Final Fantasy games. We’ve seen erotic mags in Final Fantasy IV, The After Years, V, VI, VII, VIII, and now Final Fantasy Dimensions, the new iOS game that’s surprisingly fun, albeit pricy Here’s the full scene: Remember when Final Fantasy games didn’t…

A Lovely Zelda Painting Comes To Life In Time-Lapse Video

Watch British artist Shanna May draw this cute Zelda painting in just four minutes. Ocarina not necessary. You can buy the painting here. You can also buy prints, in case for some reason you don’t want to spend £850 (~$1,377) on a canvas painting. Legend Of Zelda – Mega Painting [YouTube via GoNintendo]

Persona 4 Golden Lets You Sneak Out At Night

The lovely folks at Atlus have put up a short list of some of the new tweaks and changes in Persona 4 Golden, the Persona 4 remake that comes out for PS Vita on November 20. From Atlus’s Aram Jabbari: You can now sneak out at night when your uncle Dojima is out at work…

“Demand for Wii U has been off the charts,” says GameStop. They’re starting a wait list just for Rewards members

Football Is Basically An RPG

I watch a lot of football. I play a lot of RPGs. And I’ve always had this theory that they’re not all that different. So I went to an NFL player—probably the only NFL player who actually plays RPGs—to see if he’d agree. He did. “You can look at it as— everyone starts at level…

Don’t Panic: The Wii U Naysayers Are Wrong

Nintendo is doomed. Haven’t you heard? They’re about to release a new, underpowered console with a funny name that’s built around a silly gimmick. There’s no way anyone will buy it. Oh, wait. That was the Wii. And the DS. And the 3DS. All of which have turned into ridiculous successes for the folks who…

10 GameCube Games That Should Be Downloadable On Wii U

The Wii U won’t play GameCube discs. But it will play the Virtual Console, Nintendo’s online shop that lets you buy games from old consoles like the Super Nintendo and N64. We’re two generations removed from the GameCube now. That qualifies it as an old console. So when chatting with Nintendo of America president Reggie…

Torchlight II Only Costs $20 So More People Can Play It

Torchlight II is a massive game. It’s packed full of content. You can spend many, many hours hacking away at monsters, questing with your friends, and making mods in this new action-RPG (out today for PC). Yet it’ll only cost you $20, a third the cost of most video games today. That’s a steal. So…

Five Things I Like (And Five Things I Don’t Like) About The Latest Final Fantasy Game

I spent $31.42 on an iPad game two weeks ago. $31.42. On an iPad game. That’s the price you have to pay for Square Enix’s latest foray into old-school role-playing, Final Fantasy Dimensions. This new Final Fantasy is a traditional, turn-based RPG for both iPhone and iPad. You can download the app and play the…

Morrowind Modded Into Skyrim Is Something You Must See

Behold these lovely screenshots and videos from Skywind, the ambitious fan-driven project to mod all of Morrowind in the world of Skyrim The project is already pretty stunning, but they have a ways to go. The modders are posting about their plans and goals on the forums of Morroblivion, a site designed to re-create Morrowind…

This Week’s Nintendo Download Involves A Little Boy Hanging Out With Grown Men In Spandex

While I’m looking forward to Denpa Men, a new downloadable RPG for the eShop that sort of looks like a cross between Pikmin and Dragon Quest, I would strongly urge the folks behind the game to reconsider the above marketing campaign. This is the type of stuff that traumatizes kids for life. This week’s roundup…

Pikmin Meets Dragon Quest In This Downloadable RPG For 3DS

Take a dash of Pikmin, throw it into some Dragon Quest, and you get Denpa Ningen 2. Here’s some gameplay footage for the upcoming sequel, which Nintendo announced a few weeks ago for the 3DS eShop And believe it or not, we’re actually getting the first game in this bizarre Japanese series: The Denpa Men:…

Something’s Not Right Between Nintendo And Amazon, But Neither Side Is Talking

You can buy a Nintendo 3DS at GameStop. You can buy one at Best Buy. Target. Wal-Mart. You can buy it from pretty much anywhere—except for the world’s biggest online retailer. For at least the past year, retail titan Amazon.com has not sold Nintendo hardware. There are Amazon listings for the DS and Wii and…

Which New Pokemon Game Should I Play?

I have a dilemma. Here in the office I have Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2. One will go to Mike Fahey for review. One will go to my 3DS for playing (and JRPG columning). But I can’t decide which to keep. So I’m letting you guys decide. Vote right here: Should I play…