It is hard to believe that the Wii was released almost 6 years ago now, ready for Christmas 2006. Although hardcore gamers instantly mocked the single handed remote control-styled Wii Motion Controller, it quickly caught …

The platformer is one of the true foundations of gaming. It encompasses everything we enjoy about playing video games with it’s simple to grasp core gameplay, but almost limitless challenge which is left at the …

Written by Lepruk86 and posted in the forums

Whose fault is it that our once worshipped gaming heroes become run-of-the-mill characters that descend in to worthlessness simply because their are too many games released within a …

As this decade draws to an end(yes, it’s that time of year already!) it seems like the perfect time to reflect on the past decade of gaming. A decade which has seen gaming evolve and …

Written by Lepruk86
Following the news that, in Japan, players will have to pay to play online in Monster Hunter 3 for the Wii, it got me thinking and I feel more and more like we …

Well as many of you know, Nintendo has had 5 different console outings in its quarter of a century in the gaming world (well 5 main ones anyway). So what I thought I would do …

Written by Lepruk86

I still notice a lot of disgruntled *core* gamers moaning and whining about the Wii’s line-up. I find it hard to believe this far into the development of the console that people aren’t …

I’ve read and wrote a lot since the inception of this current generation of consoles, and have heard many new terms enter the ‘gaming dictionary’ that were never needed before. Terms such as “demographic” and …

Written by MilkyMalky
If we had to pick one word that would describe Nintendo’s current console, most would choose the same word: Innovation. So it seems strange to me that the most of the excitement and …

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 …

Publishers would do well not to rely overmuch on the past and promote new titles.

Like our taste in foods, our taste in games can change…

Due to the huge success of both the Wii and DS, it’s obvious that Nintendo are going to release new products in both the handheld and console market.
There are quite a few games that allow …

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 …