Dear Nintendo: Forget About Us

Dear Nintendo: Forget About Us

Cynicism is a rapidly spreading disease, and our generation is suffering from a terrible case of it. On one level, you can’t blame us. The people who came before us have destroyed the economy, and the unrest seems to spill over into all areas of our lives. It makes maintaining relationships more...

Community Question of the Week: Why is there so much casual gamer hate?

Community Question of the Week: Why is there so much casual gamer hate?

If you happened to listen to the latest EvilCast, or follow some of us on Twitter, you may have caught on that we are now giving Blake a ton of shit for becoming a casual gamer. Why does he deserve to be the brunt of our jokes? Easy, he continuously plays what many of the “hardcore” crowd have...

The Zelda Experiment

The Zelda Experiment

If you’ve talked to me in the last week or seen my rants on Twitter, then you know that I’ve hit a massive wall-o’-frustration with Ocarina of Time 3D.  never played the original game back on the N64, because–as Blake would say–I’m old. The N64 released when I was in...

Evil.JP: The Catherine Conundrum

Evil.JP: The Catherine Conundrum

Gaming fans all over North America are falling head-over-heels in love with Catherine. Atlus USA just recently announced that the game had the biggest launch of any title in the publisher’s 20 year history, selling over 200,000 copies across both the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 platforms during its...

Release of the Week: Age of Empires Online (PC)

Release of the Week: Age of Empires Online (PC)

This week has some notable re-releases on new platforms. Summer of Arcade hits From Dust and Bastion make their way to PC this week. The Wii classic No More Heroes is getting HD treatment as it gets re-released for the PlayStation 3 in the form of No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise. If you bought a Move then...

Weekly Poll: Have you started playing games on Google+?

Weekly Poll: Have you started playing games on Google+?

The inevitable finally happened with Google launching games on Google+. There are only a few options available right now, but I would expect these to increase in variety and number as the days tick away. Sure they are not nearly as annoying as the entertainment options that spam my Facebook wall. However, I...

EvilCast Recap, Episode #92

EvilCast Recap, Episode #92

It is that magical time every week when a few of our favorite staff loudmouths pundits get together to argue constructively talk about gaming news.  Ross, Keri and Blake are back once again to pick away at every boring bit captivating morsel of news that was worth discussing.  Some of the stories that...

Is Mobile Killing Traditional Gaming?

Is Mobile Killing Traditional Gaming?

“So I think that’s the real challenge for us now, rather than worrying about the difference between a couple consoles and some order of magnitude, whether 3X or 4X. It’s about how do we deal with iPhone 8… if you watch where the gamers are going that’s where they are. Your iPhone 8 will probably...

Hands-on: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken Hybrid

Hands-on: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken Hybrid

The King of Iron Fist lives on. At premiere fighting game tournament Evolution 2011 which took place in Las Vegas at the end of July, Namco Bandai brought out its full Tekken Force lead by producer Katsuhiro Harada to support the upcoming arcade/console release of Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Also on display...

Review: Bastion (XBLA)

Review: Bastion (XBLA)

When a terrible calamity rips the world apart, what’s a Kid to do? Pick up his trusty hammer and get to work putting it back together, that’s what. Guide the Kid along with some guidance from the Narrator as he collects the cores and shards that will restore the Bastion and correct the...