I beat the game last night, with 100% completion, meaning I obtained all of the cherished suit upgrades, missile expansions, and energy tanks. I spent a sum total of 21 hours, 34 minutes in the MP3:C universe, and enjoyed every minute. The last boss – Dark Samus and the stolen Aurora unit – were incredibly […]
Head tracking with the Wii remote
This evidently made the rounds back in December, but I’ve just now caught it over at Evil Avatar. Evidently, an enterprising young engineer figured out to make a program that allows you to simulate head tracking using a Wii remote and the sensor bar in reverse order. Absolutely brilliant. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw]
If wishes were horses, I’d pick up an ATV
So, I’ve been gradually removing the games from my wish list lately as review scores come out and my anticipation for certain titles wane as real gameplay stories begin trickling in. After checking out the tracklist for Guitar Hero 3, I no longer have an interest in that game. Battalion Wars 2 is getting a […]
Nintendo might be hoping that Battalion Wars 2 won’t sell well
GoNintendo is a Nintendo fan blog I read frequently because Rawmeat Cowboy will post absolutely anything there that is even remotely Nintendo related, and I can’t get all the content he manages to post in a single day on a single site, anywhere else. Today, RMC posted an “End of Day Thought” regarding the complete […]
A good example of marketing demonstrating its irrelevance
There are times when marketing people shouldn’t be allowed to speak. This is one of those times. Here’s a small portion of an interview with Insomniac Games’ marketing director, Ryan Schneider. Insomniac is the developer of the Ratchet & Clank games. Kikizo: You’ve said that some inspiration is taken from games and movies, but have […]
Weekends are made to be broken
Ever have a weekend sneak up on you that you intended to be quiet and peaceful and ended up being hectic and exhausting? Yeah, me either. For some reason, I had thought this weekend would be fairly mundane and routine. We had Caleb’s soccer game on Saturday morning, and that was pretty much it. We […]
Hey, what’s this?
Hmmmmm….interesting….. (psssst — I’m gonna be away for a while…….)
Metroid Prime 3: I can haz bad revyooz now?
Because LOL language is fun. And giving Nintendo games bad review scores is “in”, apparently. I should preface this by saying, no, I haven’t yet played the game. That will change Tuesday evening. I really shouldn’t be tossing in my 2-cents judging reviews for games that I haven’t yet touched. But, oh, wait! This is […]
August: the month of Metroid
I was reading an interesting editorial over on IGN from Matt Casamassina discussing the complete absence of hype and/or marketing for the upcoming Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. I thought it was a great read, especially considering we are less than 3 weeks away from MP3’s launch, and Nintendo hasn’t even bothered to update the official […]
Thoughts on the new minE3
In a word: disappointing. That pretty accurately sums up how this year’s E3 has played out this week. All of the big three have essentially played it safe this week. Chris Kohler over at Game|Life says it better than anyone else I’ve read so far: Typically, it’s been the “battle of the press conferences” to […]