Tag Archive: PlayStation Vita

Jun 05

E3 2012: Day 1 Recap

In its eighth year at the annual tradeshow  extravaganza, this generation of consoles is quite alive and kicking. Day 1′s string of press conferences brought along a lot of exciting new footage, confirmation and expansion of known quantities, a few boring duds, and just as many if not more genuine surprises, including what was likely …

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Jan 30

Dual Wielding 56: Vita La Wii U

This week’s episode is jam-packed with hands on impressions of both the PlayStation Vita (and its suite of launch titles) and the Wii U. When that is out of the way, news covers Nintendo’s financial situation and their big news investor’s meetings, rumors of the next Xbox possibly locking out used games, Kingdoms of Amalur …

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Jan 01

Vita is Doom-ed

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As they say, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. With recent articles and news pointing to a less than stellar start for the PlayStation Vita, gamers have taken to proclaiming the console is DOOMED. A fate that was also cast upon the 3DS. With our marketing minds hard at work, we have come up …

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Nov 07

Dual Wielding 50: Bioshock to the System

Episode 50 marks a major milestone as we sit down with a member of the Bioshock Infinite team to get the latest on one of next year’s most promising games. We also learn about Halloween at Irrational Games and the secret to a good gummy vodka mixture! In addition, we talk about the latest releases …

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Oct 31

Dual Wielding 49: Drake’s Battlefield

Battlefield 3 was the biggest release of last week, and it serves half of the podcast as Adriaan and Jason get into their frustrations with the final game. PC issues and downed servers keep them from the future of gaming. Earl is busy proving that he is the every man in Uncharted 3, does Drake’s …

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Oct 24

Dual Wielding 48: Night of the Living Bat

After a 2 week hiatus, the global alliance of gamers is back! And with a fury, in whatcha been playing there is discussion of Batman: Arkham City, RAGE, Dead Island, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Super Mario 3D Land and Sonic Generations. In addition to that, share experiences from the Uncharted 3 AMC event this …

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Sep 19

Dual Wielding 45: Tokyo Game Show 2011

TGS 2011 has come and gone, and we use up the first half of the show discussing the show. While announcements were sparse on the console front, both handhelds got needed attention. We dissect the 3DS and PlayStation Vita after TGS. Does the future look bleak for both consoles? Then after some technical difficulties, we …

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Jul 03

State of Gaming ’11: The Sony Brand

  While the article title says “The Sony Brand”, this article will mostly focus on the PlayStation 3. However, I shall briefly touch on the PlayStation Vita. As it stands right now, it doesn’t look like Sony has learned many lessons from the PSP’s life-time. While the Vita looks like a more promising device this …

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Jun 13

Dual Wielding: Post e3 2011 Special

E3 has come and gone, the biggest week in gaming is over, and we sit back and reflect upon all the big news from the show. Did it leave it up to expectations? Who made the best showing? What stuck out in our mind? And who really hated the orchestra? Only one way to find …

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