Tweet The death of Pinball is one of the saddest events in gaming history. While no one can question the popularity of a pinball table, they never made much economical sense. The more a person played a pinball table, the less money that person would spend. A skilled player could dominate a table with only a...

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...

Tweet If there is one game that should sell on the Nintendo 3DS, Mario Kart 7 is it. Not only have Mario Kart games sold well on every Nintendo console, they tend to keep selling month after month. From this point forward nearly every 3DS owner will probably pick up Mario Kart 7 at some point. This popular...

Tweet It isn’t very often that the week’s biggest game is on the iOS. Publishers tend to push rather hard to get their games out before Black Friday as they apparently want to make money. Downloadable games, especially those in the mobile space, aren’t as particular. This is especially true...

Tweet When Super Mario 64 was released in 1996 for the Nintendo 64, it took Mario out of his flat screen roots and placed him squarely in the third dimension. What is rarely spoken of is all the things that were lost in the transition. Many of these things were staples of Mario’s identity. Gone was the...

Tweet Football season is right around the corner. Its the time for Fantasy Football drafts, speculation on Brett Favre’s return and another edition of Madden. Yes, the long running football franchise is back once again, even if the season itself was in question. Unfortunately it looks like most of the...

Tweet My colleague Mike Miglacio discussed the roadblock that Nintendo placed in front of Operation Rainfall this week, and last night on the podcast, Blake, Ross, and I discussed Nintendo’s actions a little further. For those of you who deprive yourselves of listening to our podcast, Ross and I were...

Tweet The end of June is here and the video game drought has finally arrived. Vacation season means fewer major releases for home consoles. There is a small exception in the portable market. After all, people need something to play on long car rides? This is the perfect time to release a long awaited core...

Tweet Majesco Entertainment has become synonymous in recent years with its localizations of the popular Cooking Mama franchise for the Western market.  Their lineup this year is impressively diverse, ranging from casual titles such as a new 3DS iteration of the aforementioned Cooking Mama franchise and a...

Tweet Heroes of Ruin is Square Enix’s upcoming title for the Nintendo 3DS (sorry that it’s not Kingdom Hearts 3DS). It’s an action-adventure game that takes advantage of the 3DS’s co-op capabilities, and it’s so seamless that players can drop in and drop out of a game at the...