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January 04, 2011
Nintendo Latest Sports Game with Mario
Recently Nintendo of American gave confirmation of a release date for the upcoming Mario Sports Mix. The newest addition to the Mario sports games series will officially hit stores in the United States on February 7, 2011.
The game, created by Square Enix, will be available for the Nintendo Wii. It will feature games for up to four players in volleyball, hockey, dodgeball, and basketball. It will accommodate up to four players on one Wii, or up to two players can join online. Each game will include the ever-present power ups such as banana peels and green shells, and each character will also have their own special move to aid in gameplay. Different venues in the game will also provide for different experiences.
Apparently, players will be able to utilized famed Nintendo characters such as Mario, Luigi, Wario and friends, or their customized Mii characters. Other Mario friends will join the game, who have yet to be announced, but
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January 04, 2011
Wii Fit to Improve Health
Jo Collinge was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease 18 months ago, in result her nervous system was effected greatly and was having difficulty with simple tasks such as walking. But thanks to the Wii Fit, she was able to recover greatly. Using the Wii Fit for45 minutes a day, the business analyst played multiple games such as Wii Fit's boxing, step aerobics and the hula hoop mini-games, she was able to regain her life again.
The Wii was originally a Holiday gift to her daughters, but now Jo recommends it to anyone suffering from the sickness. To professionally back up her claim, a university from Belfast received a grant to study the positive effects -
December 21, 2010
When Gears of War 3 got pushed back, most of the office was pretty bummed out about it, but we're excited to hear that the game Bulletstorm will include early access to the Gears of War 3 Beta. EA and Epic Games have announced that the Epic Edition, of Bulletstorm will include the beta access as well as a 25,000 EXP bonus and some multiplayer visual upgrades.
Aesthetically, Bulletstorm looks awesome. The color palette shown throughout the trailers doesn't show a gritty looking shooter with dull browns and grays nor cartoon like greens and purples, but has it's own unique look that confidently displays a sci-fi looking world with fluorescent blues and orange. Bulletstorm's unique and untested look could be why the Gears of War 3 beta is being included.
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December 18, 2010
Politics in Games - North Korea not going be lead by a Gaming Loser
One of Kim Jong Il's sons is apparently too busy playing video games to take over the reins of his father and run the world's most secluded militaristic oppressive country. Wikileaks (you know that organization that just likes to be the fly in every government's luncheon soup) has released information from a 2008 U.S. government consulate cable in Shanghai to the U.S. State Department. In addition to the information about the future prospects of North Korea and its leader being in very ill health they released this:
"...the two youngest sons, Kim Jong-chol and Kim Jong-un, far too inexperienced and incapable of effective governance. xxxxx, observing that KJI's oldest son, Kim Jong-nam, is
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December 18, 2010
Back to Future Game Available Soon
Coming soon to a future near you: the Back to the Future franchise is launching into the video game world, with the first game installment hitting stores for PCs at the end of this month.
The game will pick up where the third film left off, in the first of five installments. Players will be able to play as Marty McFly and Doc Brown, traveling through time and encountering off the wall characters and peculiar situations. However, few details have been let out about where in time the game will actually take the player.
Co-creator/co-writer/co-producer of the films, Bob Gale, has been hard at work building the games,
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December 17, 2010
Mortal Kombat Pre-Order Goodies
I've never had a huge issue with pre-order bonuses. In most cases, the content added through pre-ordering your game at a local game store always felt additional. It wasn't until recently that I've felt like pre-ordering was actually more like paying ransom. Since when did content that feels fundamental to the game suddenly get taken from the experience and split apart amongst different retailers?
Mortal Kombat 9 is a prime example. At this point I think it's safe to say that 80% of the people that will be excited for the newest Mortal Kombat have experience with the old Mortal Kombats, they've been there and done that with Mortal Kombat. We'll
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December 16, 2010
The latest patch for the hit PS3 driving simulator Gran Turismo 5 is going todelight those who were complaining about the details of damage in the game.After downloading the patch, "My Lounge" it allows you to choose exactly how much of mechanical damage you're willing to have on your car due from online play.
To be more detailed about this patch's key feature, you can have your car take as much damage and be looking spiffy and untouched for theentiretyof online play with "NONE" option. In addition, with the "HEAVY" option, if you took a lot of damage during playtime, your car would look so damage, I don't think even Carfax would take it. And somewhere in the middle,there's a "Light" option where it shows your car taking some moderate damage but regenerates it over time....which I would have liked in real life, especially when I was driving through wintertime Iowa during my college years.
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December 15, 2010
Cheap as in Free!Free Games!
There's a nice gaming surprise for those of you that haven't checked the gaming marketplace in a while. Doritos recently released two completely free downloadable arcade games. Harm's Way and Doritos Crash Course. While you shouldn't expect full fledged arcade titles packed with a ton of extras, you can expect two pretty decent games (for being free). If you remember Dash of Destruction, just know that these two games pack a lot more content and will require more then a single sitting to unlock all the achievements.
Harm's Way is an unusual racing game with two modes of play. In the first mode you race around the track and
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December 08, 2010
Games & High Scores
It seems as though the older I get the more I appreciate games where the main objective is to achieve a high score. There's something about trying to out perform your previous attempts that can make a fun game highly addictive.
My first experience with shooting for a high score comes from the days of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR). The days when whole groups of socially inept gamers would learn how to interact with one another on Friday and Saturday nights at their local arcade. While it may not have been the golden age of arcade gaming like the 90's was with Street Fighter 2. We did have Soul Caliber, NFL Blitz, and DDR. In those days, waiting for your turn on the stage could take between ten and thirty minutes,
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December 04, 2010
Nintendo makes a mark during largest sales day of 2010
Nintendo most certainly had a rewarding Black Friday week, bringing in sales of over 1.5 million Nintendo video game systems in the entirety of last week (between Sunday, November 21 and Saturday, November 27). According to Kotaku, Nintendos internal sales estimated that the handheld systems fared best, with 900,000 Nintendo DS, DSi, and DSi XL systems selling out over the week, just in time for the holidays. The Wii sold just above 600,000 units.According to the Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime, an average of 9,000 Nintendo hardware systems sold during every hour of every day of Black Friday in the United States alone. He and Nintendo attributed these high sales this to the recent release of the 25th Anniversary of Mario red Wii and DSi XL systems, the orange and green Nintendo DSi holiday bundles included in Black Friday