Posts Tagged Metroid
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Best of E3 2009
This year saw E3 return to its roots and try to be the spectacle of games we all know it should be. It brought with it some incredible looking games, but also some neat little surprises. But when it was all said and done, what was the best of show? Read on. DS Game of the Sh...
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E3 2009: Nintendo press conference review
This year sees E3 trying to return to its roots after a disastrous 2008 show. One of the biggest parts of any E3 show is the console manufacturers’ press conferences. They typically range from the epic (introduction of the Wii) to the horribly, horribly wrong (introduction of the PS...
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Video games and the battle against being irrelevant
The Globe and Mail has an interesting column up by Chad Sapieha about the timelessness, or lack thereof, of video games. Basically, his argument is that video games, unlike film and literature, are not timeless. That a game played today will not echo with the same resonance ten years ...
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Image of the day: the evolution of Nintendo, with special guest
If you've spent much time browsing about online, odds are that you've seen those evolutions of Mario complication images. Some have even included Link from The Legend of Zelda. This new one, however, is above all the rest. Not only does it feature Mario, Link, Samus, Donkey Kong and Kirby, but ...
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Video of the day: Mirror’s Edge pushes boundaries of first-person games
Mirror's Edge is Electronic Arts new attempt at breaking the boundaries of first-person games. Other titles have attempted this with some success. The Metroid Prime series and Breakdown have both revised the rules of what one could do in a first-person title. This interview with the developer o...
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The precarious problem with the Wii’s first year
The Wii has been an unquestionable retail success so far. No one would have expected over a year after its launch it would still be difficult to find in stores, and it would still be outselling both the PS3 and Xbox 360. In the mindshare of so-called hardcore gamers, however, it has had a much rou...
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Top five most influential SNES games
Super Mario All-Stars While a good argument can be certainly be made for Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island (the proper Mario sequels on the system), both of those games were in many ways evolutions of the Super Mario Bros. 3 formula. Super Mario All-Stars on the other hand was a breath of fresh...
