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Get Your Game Face On — In 3D
The 3DS Faces the Public | Kelly Yeom of Brooklyn and Roberto Sanna of Manhattan play Face Raiders while waiting for the midnight launch of the Nintendo 3DS at Best Buy’s Union Square location in New York.. (Photo: Anders Krusberg for Nintendo of America) Nintendo 3DS Buyer’s Guide We’ve played the games. We’ve shown you…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
3D and Short Play for Madden NFL Football
Madden NFL has had a largely tractionless history on Nintendo’s platforms since the Wii supplanted the GameCube. It’s a version that simply lacks identity, floating from cartoon characters attempting to play simulation quality football, to real world strategy that has to account for gameplay gimmicks. Madden NFL Football for the Nintendo 3DS doesn’t do much…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Legends in Your Living Room
Hype for Augusta National Golf Course’s appearance in Tiger Woods: PGA Tour 12 has reached near saturation limits. Did you know another legendary figure also ends a long absence from video games? If golf is too sedate for you, Randy “Macho Man” Savage returns to the ring in WWE All-Stars, his first appearance under the…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
GameFly Implies It’d Double Monthly Profits If It Got the Netflix Postage Rate
GameFly has been at it with the U.S. Postal Service for nearly two years now over what it perceives as preferential treatment to Netflix, whose mailings GameFly alleges are given higher priority by postal sorters, not to mention a better postage rate. So much that savings from the postage rate Netflix enjoys would double GameFly’s…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Top 5 of 10: High Achievers
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Shovelware for Achievement Whores [UGO] Well researched list that reads like a boosting guide for ultra-score seekers. Many of the titles are from the early…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Dragon Age II Coulda Used Dave’s Mapper
Maybe Dragon Age II, criticized for its repeating dungeon structure, could have benefitted from something like this nifty dungeon randomizing web application. Not that I’m any better at it myself. I suffered the same criticism the only time my D&D friends, all older than me, let me DM an original dungeon. “Is there a secret…
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UncategorizedPicked Up a 3DS? Whaddaya Think? Tell Us Here
I don’t get my 3DS for another 90 minutes – the GameStop here in Springfield, Ore. did no midnight launch (mall location) and won’t open until noon. But we’re already getting reports in from readers in North America about their experiences with Nintendo’s new handheld. Tipster RavenWorks: “I entered ‘Shazam!’ as my 3DS status message.…
By Owen Good
