Tag Archive: Gamecube

Oct 18

Classic Sonic vs Modern Sonic

With the release of Sonic Generations looming, and SEGA revealing a second demo for the game to go live today, we thought it was a good time to finally settle the debate. While most people will agree that 2D Sonic games are vastly superior to their 3D counterpart, there is apparently some debate in the …

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Aug 19

Nerds on the Rocks 57: Super Prime Fusion

The Metroid series celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, and we’ve whipped out the party hats once again. Very special guest Darren joins Earl, Nick and Dylan as they discuss the storied franchise from NES to Wii. We talk about the franchise, what it has bought to the table and how it has evolved over …

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Jul 12

Power Hour: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

I will start off this article by saying I am cheating, and I realize I am cheating, but let’s explain why it works. First off, it is cheating because I’ve already played through a great big chunk of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door when it was originally released way back in 2004. That said, …

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Jun 23

Nerds on the Rocks 49: The Legend of Nerd-a

The 25th anniversary of gaming’s most revered franchise is here. Nintendo kicked off the celebration with a special e3 montage, re-release of Link’s Awakening on the 3ds eShop channel and Ocarina of Time for the 3DS. We do our own part with this Nerds on the Rocks special. Eric and Earl bring along Phil and …

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May 14

Retro Reveal: The Nintendo GameCube

With Nintendo set to pull back the curtain on their next home console in a few short weeks, we’d thought it would be interesting to take a look back at some of their other console unveiling. While researching for this article, it was curious to note the different methods the Big N took to reveal their …

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Apr 15

Nerds on the Rocks 39: Fatality Friday Edition

FIGHT! Mortal Kombat 9′s release hangs over us, as the bloodiest fighting game franchise returns to its roots in an all-new adventure, but before we get there the Nerds take a trip on the nostalgia highway as we discuss all things Mortal Kombat. From the first game WAY back in the early 90s, to them …

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Mar 18

Nerds on the Rocks 35: Be The Hero

Dylan takes over Nerds on the Rocks this week! He is joined by Nicholas, Eric and Earl as we discuss the good, the bad and sometimes the very ugly of comic book video games. We websling with Spider-man and beat up thugs with Batman and fight a ton of robots along the way. So drink …

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Mar 04

Nerds on the Rocks 33: Super Mario Ed.

There are few icons that are synonymous with their industry, but there’s no way to talk about video games without talking about Super Mario. And we talk about Super Mario A LOT in this episode. We discuss all the main Mario titles from Super Mario Bros to Super Mario Galaxy 2 and everything in-between. Joined …

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Oct 23

Nerds on the Rocks 17: Sonic Boom

Blue streak, speeds by, Sonic the Hedgehog! Too fast for the naked eye, Sonic the Hedgehog! Sonic, he can really move! Sonic he’s got an attitude! Sonic! He’s the fastest thing alive! Welcome one and all to Nerds on the Rocks episode 17 and if you can’t tell by my lovely singing this episode is …

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