Every day, new advances are being made in the technology that powers our games. Often, these changes are subtle, and while they may certainly improve our gaming experiences, they're not always terribly exciting; it's hard to get enthusiastic about things like new networking protocols or eco-friendly microchips. So, when one visits a company at CES [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
GameCyte gets a hands-on look at the new WiiWare title from YUKE'S and High Voltage Software, Evasive Space -- a game about evading things. In space!
Continue reading...Friday, November 21, 2008
When I first got a call about playing and writing a feature about the Gaia Online-based browser MMORPG, zOMG!, I was fairly hesitant. Like many, my knowledge of what Gaia was came only from other forums which made fun of its community using overblown and extreme cliches. (For those who don't know what it [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 21, 2008
Among gaming's most dedicated enthusiasts, the Megami Tensei series is an especially cherished franchise. Spanning over twenty years and dozens of titles across several spin-off franchises, "MegaTen," as it is frequently abbreviated, has a loyal following among hardcore gamers. Once largely the domain of importers, MegaTen's various games have seen a recent surge in popularity [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
Last month's live preview of Empire: Total War involved quite a number of new features, not including the live sailing lessons -- as cool as they were, the final release of Empire will not allow you to sail around the San Franciso Bay with a bunch of game journalists. You'll have to wait for the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Among Hudson Entertainment's titles being presented at last week's Gamers' Day, the company's WiiWare contingent was out in force, showing off toilet repair crews and exploding aliens who lived in pinball machines. Hudson seems to have a habit of juxtaposing logically disparate themes in their games, and the pattern holds true for their forthcoming wintery [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Hudson Entertainment was showing something of a trend at last week's Gamers' Day event. Of all the games on display, nearly all of them were for the Wii, and as our discussion with Hudson's Mike Pepe demonstrated, the "casual" and "family-friendly" flags were flying high. When the Wii intersects with casual, signs frequently point to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 11, 2008
At last week's Gamers' Day event, Hudson Entertainment showed us quite a few games which would represent new entries in some of their most cherished franchises. It wasn't all sequels and remakes, though; Hudson had a few original titles to share with the world as well. One such title was Help Wanted, a new collection [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 7, 2008
I think the first time I ever came across fishing inside a video game was when I had to deal with the dreaded "Big the Cat" portion of Sonic Adventure, back on the Dreamcast. I've tried not to let it spoil my impressions of all fishing games going forward, though -- so last night, at [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 7, 2008
Visiting with Hudson Entertainment at last night's Gamers' Day, we watched curiously as members of the gaming press used a Wii Balance Board to propel a spherical kitten around a cardboard box. You'd think such an activity would be fairly self-explanatory, wouldn't you? However, what we were witnessing was Hudson's upcoming Wii title, Marble Saga [...]
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