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After PC, are shooters better on Wii? |
15 Apr |
That’s the question IGN asked this week. And despite being a much more popular genre on HD consoles, columnist Michael Thomsen thinks shooters are better on Wii.
The simple act of moving in a Wii shooter has a slow gravitas suggestive of being in control of an actual human body and not a camera tripod on greased wheels… What [Wii shooters] lack in technical stature and one-sided nuance, they make up for with creative potential, and a richer palate of core mechanics that are so often totally ignored in dual analog shooters.
While I agree with what he’s saying, and I think Metroid Prime 3 controls like a dream, I’m not sure the overall experience is far more superior on Wii than dual thumb waggles. It’s just different. No?
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Tags: iPod, Metroid, Wii
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Apple Beat Nintendo to a Unified Gaming Network…For Shame
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8 Apr |
Alright, I know this isn’t an Apple blog, but today’s iPhone OS 4.0 announcement brought us word that Apple is working on a unified social gaming network. That’s right, Apple beat Nintendo to it, leaving Nintendo the only major competitor in the market that doesn’t have one.
PS3 & PSP: Playstation Network
X-Box 360: X-Box Live
iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch: Game Center
PC: Steam
Wii & DS/3DS: ???
For being an a major innovator in the video game industry, Nintendo sure is taking their sweet time on this. If they don’t announce something at E3, I’ll be very, very put out. Its a matter of necessity at this point. A little hint, Nintendo: CLUB NINTENDO!
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Square Enix members: claim your rewards now |
5 Apr |
Have you been registering your Square Enix games like a good, devoted fan? If so, you may have earned a reward, ranging from postcards to an iPod Touch. Depending on your rewards status, you’ll be able to access a special survey that will give you access to your prizes.
You should hurry if you want to receive your prize, though. The redemption period lasts for little over a week, ending on April 14th. The Square Enix Members site warns that “you will be ineligible to receive the reward” if you miss this deadline, so we’d advise you to check the site now before it’s too late.
But what if you didn’t register your games yet? Unfortunately, while you’ve missed the window for 2009 prizes, you’ll still be able to acquire points for the 2010 period. It took nearly a dozen registered games to reach Platinum status this year, so there’s still a [...]
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Tags: DS, game, games, iPod, rom, site|
OC Remix’s Latest Album Features Music from Donkey Kong Country 2
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30 Mar |
I love me some video game music. I especially love me some free, awesomely remixed video game music. I know you do too.
If you aren’t aware, OCRemix just released their latest album-totally free for download-was just released and it’ll make you go bananas! (See what I did there?) “Serious Monkey Business” has almost two and a half hours of Donkey Kong Country 2 music, remixed into some great new stuff. Any self-resepecting Nintendo fan will be uploading this to their iPod (or Zune, if thats how you sway) within the next day. Mmm mmm good.
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Analyst: iPhone has Apple taking a bite out of DS, PSP software sales |
23 Mar |
This whole iPhone as a gaming platform thing might just be catching on. According to a report by mobile analytics firm Flurry, revenue from games sold for Apple’s touch-based devices grew from $115 million in 2008 to an estimated $500 million last year in the US. Impressive indeed — but even more so is Flurry’s research showing that iPhone / iPod touch games now account for at least 19 percent of total US handheld software revenue, up from 5 percent in 2009.
Flurry’s findings show that most of that share has been taken away from Sony’s PSP, which accounted for 11 percent of 2009’s handheld software revenue, down from 20 percent the year before. Money taken in from Nintendo DS game sales, on the other hand(held), only decreased five percent since 2008, with Flurry pegging it at 70 percent of the market in ‘09.
The firm sees Apple continuing to put the [...]
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Tags: Apple, DS, game, games, iPhone, iPod, nintendo, PSP, rom
