The modern gaming input device has changed little over the years. Sure there have been the few specialized peripherals, light guns, guitars, dance pads and the like. However, the home consoles have been a parade of modified joysticks and buttons…

In the beginning, there was Duck Hunt, well, for me at least. The Mario Bros/Duck Hunt combo was the first game to appear in my household. The year was 1988 and nothing could have been more amazing to my four-year-old…

After extensive time with Fallout 3 I could not help but long for the bug-free games of yore. As any PC gamer knows, computer games have always had their share of problems. This has mainly been attributed to the problems…

Bringing me back to the days of creating toothpick bridges and structures in my middle school industrial arts class, World of Goo is a game that straddles the line between education and fun while achieving great results. In a game…

By putting the tools to develop games into the hands of anyone with enough time and gumption to teach themselves coding has given the opportunity for unique and innovate game design to invade the industry over the past few years.…

While many “core” gamers have frowned upon Wii Music almost since conception as just another gimmick, the recently released song list has not helped ease these preconceptions. With songs like “Twinkle Twinkle” as well as “Yankee Doodle” the conception of…

Gamecenter CX, the DS game based off of the hilarious Japanese television show Retro Game Master, is truly an experience that every gamer should play. The show consists of Japanese Comic Shinya Arino playing a variety of video games (usually…

One of my biggest gripes with the games industry is the planning of new intellectual properties. Often times these new IP’s are looked at through rose-colored glasses having their sequels announced before the launch of the series, making developers count…

With the introduction of the slightly updated DS, named the DSi, Nintendo has entered into the handheld download market along with both the PSP, and Apple’s iPhone. Nintendo is in a unique position to use the download store on the…

The incredible success of the Wii can be somewhat attributed to the brilliant advertising campaign that Nintendo has implemented for it’s little white console. With the focus on communal gameplay as well as the ability for anyone to use the…