I have been trying for over a week now to figure out the right words to describe the experience of the 3DS, previewed at the Nintendo E3 press conference. Anyone who has talked to me since that event knows that it has been a difficult task. The problem arises because the instant I start talking [...]
Kirby’s Epic Yarn is a completely new take on the series, focusing on innovative game mechanics and increasing the cute factor by an infinite amount.
Nintendo’s press conference was full of blockbusters, hands-on, and the impossible 3DS
Immediately after Nintendo’s press conference, I got a chance to play the upcoming Zelda game for the Wii, entitled The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Nothing was revealed about the story of the previously un-subtitled Zelda game during Nintendo’s press event. It’s look? It looks like it has the skeleton of Twilight Princess (with the presence [...]
You could call the original Picross DS, the bastard lovechild of Sudoku and Minesweeper, one of the most addictive puzzle games on a hand-held console. Using numeric clues, you use logic and the process of elimination to correctly fill grids with patterns of dots that result in a picture once the puzzle has been solved. [...]
This year, I’ve praised Mass Effect 2 for the role-playing experience that it provided. I’ve also written about the advances that Heavy Rain has made with story-telling in videogames. And most recently, I’ve realized that I have spent 72 hours playing Conquest in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. These three games — all far from perfect [...]
Nintendo announces the 3DS. We speculate at what that is (with pics!)
Are there a new Wii and DS in the works from Nintendo? In all probability, the answer is “Yes.”