Review: Yoostar on MTV (Xbox 360 with Kinect)

Review: Yoostar on MTV (Xbox 360 with Kinect)

Tweet I don’t usually think I have a lot in common with Beavis and Butthead, but after playing Yoostar on MTV for Kinect, I know there’s at least one thing: We’ve all seen way more Jersey Shore than necessary. Game: Yoostar on MTV Publisher: Yoostar Entertainment Group Developer: Blitz Games...

Review: Vengeance and Virtue DLC (Pinball FX2 / Marvel Pinball)

Review: Vengeance and Virtue DLC (Pinball FX2 / Marvel Pinball)

Tweet The Vengeance and Virtue downloadable content package adds four new tables to Pinball FX2 for the Xbox 360 and to Marvel Pinball for the PlayStation 3, capping what’s been a successful year for Zen Studios in delivering pinball to the masses. The tables in this package are challenging and...

Release of the Week: Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)

Release of the Week: Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)

Tweet Normally the week before Christmas is pretty quiet as far as major releases go. A couple generic titles might make an appearance, but with gifts already purchased a major game would do better releasing in the new year. Star Wars: The Old Republic is breaking this trend in a big way. This isn’t...

EvilCast Recap, Episode #108

EvilCast Recap, Episode #108

Tweet With the holiday gaming lull in full effect Chris, Ross, Keri and Blake pow wow again to see if there is anything interesting to discuss in the wide world of gaming.  They finally decided to acknowledge the Spike Video Game Awards by taking a look at some of the winners, while also blabbering on about...

The Greatly Exaggerated Demise of the Nintendo 3DS

The Greatly Exaggerated Demise of the Nintendo 3DS

Tweet What do Zach Braff, Bob Barker, Fidel Castro, Sean Connery, Miley Cyrus, Will Ferrel and the Queen of England have in common with the Nintendo 3DS?  Each have been erroneously reported as dead in the press at one point or another, and each is still very much alive and kicking. Take a mental trip back...

Review: Mario Kart 7 (3DS)

Review: Mario Kart 7 (3DS)

Tweet I’m playing through Mario Kart 7 with a ferocity I haven’t had with the series in some time. Part of that was for this review, but the other is because I’m actually enjoying Mario Kart once again. I’ve made it no secret over the past few years that I hate Mario Kart Wii. There...

Release of the Week: Joe Danger: Special Edition (XBLA)

Release of the Week: Joe Danger: Special Edition (XBLA)

Tweet Pretty much every game of 2011 has been released. Well, there is this one little MMO coming out just before Christmas, but ignore that for now. This week has mostly been dedicated to DLC. Gears of War 3, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and Battlefield 3 all get DLC this week. There are also a...

EvilCast Recap, Episode #107

EvilCast Recap, Episode #107

Tweet As things were ramping up for the Spike Video Game Awards, Keri, Ross, Chris and Blake took every excuse to ignore the hell out of it.  Why does the industry insist on making a mockery of itself on television, when that is what podcasts are for?  In a perfect example of that the team discusses...

Miyamoto Returning to the Captain’s Chair

Miyamoto Returning to the Captain’s Chair

Tweet The internet shut down again yesterday over some mammoth news. It finally happened… Shigeru Miyamoto is retiring…. except he’s not. No, Miyamoto is not retiring to the rocking chair to sit in that legendary garden of his to smoke the Pikmin pipe into his old age, but rather is...

Review: Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (WII)

Review: Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (WII)

Tweet For a first-party AAA game in an extremely well-known franchise releasing this time of year, Skyward Sword‘s fanfare upon arrival was remarkably quiet.  Perhaps the nearly year-long game drought  had something to do with it, or perhaps it was this game’s unsurprising year-long delay, but...