Articles by Tony Budny

Nintendo has received criticism in the past two years for releasing less than desirable titles. Lists like this, which is dotted with games over 2 years old, don’t do much to fan the flames of …

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This game, this franchise, need no more introduction that that simple sentence above. The hit SNES series will make a triumphant return sometime this fall, marking the first time gamers can play along with the …

The Nintendo Wii stands to sell less consoles this month than last for the 6th consecutive month. Wii sales are down 227,000 in the U.S. and are down 39% for the year. Price …

And skydiving into the Wii Sports Resort to begin your game experience is…. another person’s mii. Hmmm. So much for first impressions.
Or, maybe not… the other mii jumps out of a plane and falls rapidly toward …

Plugged in blogger Ben Silverman sees signs of a slowdown for the console that current leads the third generation in sales, citing the recent trouble in Japan, some difficulties incorporating the Wii Moton Plus into …

We’ve all complained before about the lack of third-party titles for the Wii up to now. While there has been a slight increase in output, we still talk of the shovelware for a console that …
The Wii’s uses beyond gaming have been well documented, from surgery to rehabilitation. Scientists in Denmark have taken the Wii’s uses into the everyday. PC World says a person can control a …
Sony has cut the price of the last-gen Playstation 2 console to $99 in North America. Speculation about the reasons for a price cut has left most with one conclusion: Sony has decided that …

IGN reported sales of the Nintendo Wii are expected to surpass 50 million within the next couple of days. Sure enough, today was the day: the announcement was made. This breaks …

CNET blogger Don Reisinger brings the point up here.
This got me thinking: have we all had it wrong in our discussions about shovelware and the lack of hardcore titles on the Wii? Its showed its …

Sony has lagged behind XBox and the Wii in sales globally, so, about a month ago, to combat this problem, they released a price comparison chart featuring the “prices” of all three systems.
Sigh. We all …

According to VG Chartz.com, Wii Sports has now surpassed Super Mario Bros. for the NES as the number 1 selling video game of all time, with a whopping 40.24 million units flying off the shelves …

Back in my day, we had to walk 15 miles in the snow, up hill both ways, to play our games. And you know what?! It was better that way!
At least our systems worked for …

It seems that we have a plethora of new members hopping on the Wii train this holiday season. Some fell off the horse and have looked to get back on, others just received the magical …

In a land full of such great gaming titles, there’s only room for so many good ones. That’s where I come in.
What, you thought I was going laud the greatest games of 2008? Good lord, …