Month: May 2008

  • Game Overview: WiiWare, MLB Power Pros 2008

    Insert another credit, because it’s time for your weekly video game news and you’ve just hit the Game Overview screen. WiiWare In a move that is still very confounding to me, Nintendo launched the WiiWare service this week with not even as much as a message in our collective Wii inboxes to tell us about […]

  • Grand Slam: Post-Exams and MLB Standings

    Exams are finally over, so we can get some good ‘ol posting done again. Unfortunately, I don’t have much prepared, so go check out the MLB standings and be in total awe over the fact that both the Marlins and Rays are leading their respective divisions.

  • Sony: MGS to a City Near You

    Check out this news post at IGN! I’m totally gonna go to NYC for this

  • Embedded Reporter: Super Mario World!

    Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. I know it’s not technically embedded on this page, but you must go and check out this link I got from Kotaku to watch the absolute greatest Super Mario World clip you will ever see. I’m not kidding, this is a MUST […]

  • Game Overview: Late Link Edition

    Insert another credit, because it’s time for your weekly video game news and you’ve just hit the Game Overview screen. This week’s Game Overview’s got more links than a sausage-fest: GTA destroys sales records! X-COM sequel announced! and, my personal favorite: MLB Power Pros 2008 officially announced! Sorry for the late post, I’ve had exams […]

  • Game Overview Editorial: Difficulty in Video Games

    You’re playing through an RPG. You’ve gained five levels, found some sweet equipment drops, minimized the use of your precious items, and then it happens. You come up against a behemoth of a monster. Your party is decimated, your progress lost, your controller tossed through the screen. Does this even begin to sound familiar to […]

  • Wednesday Morning Quarterback: Bowling, Mechanical Bulls, Standings and Predictions

    You’ve probably heard the saying that hindsight is 20/20 on Monday morning, so just imagine how well I can call ’em two days later on Wednesday. That’s right, it’s time for Wednesday Morning Quarterback, your weekly sports round-up. Free bowling last night at the lanes in Helen Newman. I’ll be the first guy to say […]

  • Filmmakers Bleed: Iron Man

    It was back in 2002 that Spider-Man paved the way for the new wave of comic book movies and, aside from a few Marvel mistakes (Hulk, Daredevil, Ghostrider), the genre has been continually evolving and, surprisingly, getting better. This past Friday saw the release of Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr., and I’m happy to […]

  • Embedded Reporter: The ‘Roll

    Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. There once was a man named Bertold Who drank beer when the weather grew cold As he reached for his cup… “NEEEEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP!!!” Oh, snap! You just got limerickrolled! My two favorite rickrolls. Enjoy!

  • Sony: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

    SPOILER ALERT: This review may cover plot points that will spoil MGS3. “Whoever wins, the battle does not end. The loser is set free from the battlefield, while the winner must remain there. And the survivor will live out his life as the warrior until the day he dies.” -Big Boss to Solid Snake The […]