Review: Kid Icarus: Uprising

When considering Kid Icarus: Uprising there’s really only one question you need to ask.  How seriously do you take your video games?  There are different ways to take your video games seriously.  Some people invest themselves intellectually and emotionally into single player narratives, watching storytelling in the medium evolve and occasionally are deeply moved themselves. … Continue reading Review: Kid Icarus: Uprising

Review: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D

How do you approach reviewing a game like Ocarina of Time? How do you review a game so universally acclaimed by critics and loved by fans? If you’ve been gaming for any length of time then certainly you’ve heard the crazy amounts of praise the original game has received, and rightly so, it brought an… Continue reading Review: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D

Roundtable: Nintendo E3 2011

The last of the hardware giants, Nintendo, held their conference Tuesday morning, showing off a slew of games for the 3DS. But perhaps most importantly, they dropped the Wii U bomb, announcing a brand new HD console with a screen built into the controller.

Handheld Round-up: Nerdy Specs and Comparison

Yesterday, Sony unveiled the successor to the PSP: the Next Generation Portable or NGP for short. And with the breakdowns of the yet to be officially announced Xperia Play available I thought I’d satisfy my nerdy need for charts and do a breakdown of the specs of the various devices for anyone else who is… Continue reading Handheld Round-up: Nerdy Specs and Comparison

3DS Price Revealed?

At E3, Nintendo showed off the 3DS, it was very impressive but they didn’t give a price for it. GAME’s Swedish site lists the price at 2,799.00 kr which is about £250 or $360. Quite expensive but the website does say that the price is preliminary and subject to change. It also says that it… Continue reading 3DS Price Revealed?