Category Archive: Video games

General purpose gaming news tag.

May 18

Nintendo and SEGA Sitting in a Tree?

I will be honest, there may be nothing to see here, but the recent interactions between SEGA and Nintendo (at least in Japan) have been quite intriguing. To begin with, let’s look at what I’m talking about. Just this week, during one of their Nintendo Directs, Nintendo and SEGA announced that they have entered into …

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May 13

Dual Wielding 109: Ubi Does what EAvision Won’t

This week we kick off our pre-e3 countdown with a look at various 3rd parties heading into the event. With EA and Activision narrowing their focus, we have an idea of their line-up and we turn our folks to major Japanese developers like Square, Capcom and Konami. Before the festivities begin though, we discuss New …

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May 06

7 & 7 Review: Luigi’s Mansion 2: Dark Moon

7 & 7 Reviews are short-form reviews that focus on 7 core aspects of a product. 1) Luigi: Plumber, Hero, Ghostbuster – The ever-charming little brother of the most famous plumber in the world returns to the solo spotlight in another spine-tingling adventure through haunted dwellings. Despite being reluctantly forced into hero duty due to the …

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May 06

Dual Wielding 108: Don’t Give Dyack Money!

This week, we have impressions of Far Cry: Blood Dragon (buy that), the ever charming Luigi’s Mansion 2: Dark Moon, new Super Mario Bros U and Injustice: Gods Among Us to start off the show. In news, EA confirms that Madden will be skipping the Wii U and FIFA may not be too far behind. …

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May 05

Mai Tunes: Tetris Themes

The original Tetris was known for being one of the best puzzle games of all time. It also known for its pretty quality music. Well for the most part, there has always been a discussion among gamers as to which piece of music is the best in Tetris, and we’re here to settle the score.. …

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Apr 29

Dual Wielding 107: Nintendo Sigh Edition

This week, Nintendo is making news.. most of which is leaving gamers baffled. Nintendo appoints their current global President and CEO as Nintendo of America’s CEO, they decide to forgo a giant e3 press conference and come in hurting with their latest financials, it wasn’t their best week! On the flip side, we talk a …

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Apr 19

Flash Friday: Ninja Slash

Ninja Slash (also available on iTunes for $0.99) Created by DooPop Arrow Keys / WASD to move P to pause/resume R to start/restart Space bar to use Shadow Cloak And endless runner game, where as a ninja, you slash hordes of zombies.  Simple but addicting. Screenshots:  

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Apr 16

Dual Wielding 106: Injustice: Bioshock Among Us

This week’s show meets with some technical difficulties (surprisingly), and the second half of the show has been axed. On the plus side, you get nearly 45 minutes of impressions including Bioshock Infinite, Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate and Injustice: Gods Among Us. A lot of fun discussion to be had so enjoy this shortened but …

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Apr 12

Editorial: R.I.P. LucasArts, Beware the House of Mouse

The writing has been on the wall for awhile, but last week it became official: legendary game developer LucasArts is no more. Ever since Disney struck a deal to acquire all of George Lucas’s properties (consisting of LucasArts, Industrial Light and Magic, THX, and, of course, Lucasfilm) back in November 2012, this scenario has merely …

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Apr 09

Batman: Arkham Origins and handheld spin-off ‘Blackgate’ revealed

We’ve known there’s been something going on in the world of Batman games, but this morning Game Informer announced its cover story for next month, revealing the Caped Crusader’s next interactive adventure: Batman: Arkham Origins. Arkham Origins is apparently slated to hit shelves on October 25 of this year on PC, Xbox 30, and PlayStation …

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