There are only a couple dozen tracks in Mario Kart 7 for 3DS, so I got to thinking about DLC downloadable tracks for the game. I think I’d be willing to pay around $5 for each new “cup” of four courses. Of course, this would create a question around the inclusion of these courses in the online aspect of the game. Do you think this is a good idea and how much would you be willing ...
There are a lot games released on the Nintendo DS that heavily use the touch screen as the only means of control. Most likely a majority of you have atleast played on of these games. So I have a question to ask you all… Have you ever accidentally damaged your DS’s touch screen while playing these games?
The awesome people over at Capcom recently sent me a copy of Spyborgs. An exclusive developed especially for the Nintendo Wii. As a lot of you probably already know, Spyborgs was originally planned as an interactive cartoon mixed with all sorts of gameplay elements. However, sometime during the production of the game, the game was scrapped and turned into a brawler/beat ’em up type of game. ...
It’s about time the video game industry grew up and acted like a responsible adult. I’m not talking about mature games. It needs to be more like its older siblings, movies and music, when it comes to fulfilling the basic expectation of a weekly release day. Record stores always have new releases on Tuesday, comic books come out on Wednesday, and movies typically come out every Fr...
Out of the top 20 selling games of 2008, less than half of them fit the profile of what type of game this MSNBC article considers appealing to the hard-core or serious gamer. So I think the question shouldn’t be “can the Wii win back the hard-core gamer,” but rather “does the hard-core gamer still matter?” The article goes on to say that Nintendo’s original ...
I don’t know about you, but I just want to go there, kill it, save her, and move on. How do you all feel about game narratives? Do you prefer open and exploratory or something more linear?