Tag Archive: Metroid Prime

Feb 20

Top 7 HD Collections That Need to Happen

  1) TIMESPLITTERS (Includes TimeSplitters, TimeSplitters 2, and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect) You’ve probably heard DanielĀ and me gush about the series ad nauseum on Dual Wielding, so it should come as little surprise that the studio-formerly-known-as-Free-Radical’s signature franchise would top this list. In an era where the FPS genre unequivocally dominates the marketplace, it’s astounding that …

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Nov 12

Dual Wielding: Wii Retrospective

We’re less than a week away from the launch of the Wii U in North America. With the system set to release, we thought it was time to take a look back at the system that made it all possible, the Wii. Joined this week by Phil and Johnny Ace (his words), Earl, Jason and …

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Sep 26

Gone with The Wii: Top 7 Wii Shooters

The Wii U is set to hit stores in a little under 2 months from now. We thought with the next-generation of Nintendo console on its way that we would look back at the past 6 years of their last console. It wasn’t always the smoothest of experiences, but the Wii did have its shining …

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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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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 consoleĀ 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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Mar 29

My Video Games ABCs

This idea comes from Josh on Twitter, who got it from somewhere else, and I’m really not searching back that far! The idea is simple enough for every little of the alphabet, I shall post my favorite game, some of them have been combined as to not spread out over the list (Super Mario for …

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Nov 19

Bar Banter: Video Game Stories

Imagine you are in the middle of a movie, all the major players are moving into position for what you can only assume is the beginning of the climax, battle lines have been drawn, weapons have been raised, and you are asked to take out the book provided to you and read pages 35-40 to …

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