A word to the reader: This is not an attempt to bait anyone. I am not judging Nintendo against Microsoft or Sony since Nintendo is clearly doing their own thing at this point. The opinions contained within are mine, feel free to disagree with them, I merely ask that you do so in a civilized manner.

Each year brings new and exciting moments in video games. Be it experiences within actual games or pieces of news from the industry, 2008 was packed full of memorable moments. Below, in no particular order, are my ten most powerful moments of 2008. Read them over, share your opinions and tell us your favorite moments in the comments section.

I had such high hopes for Sonic Unleashed when I first heard about it. The first videos and screenshots reminded me of Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast. Now THAT was a Sonic game. Fast paced action and platforming made it an excellent addition to the franchise. That’s the next gen Sonic game everyone’s been looking for. Something that takes all of the things that were great about the older games in the franchise, and brings them into this generation of gaming. Unfortunately, Sonic Unleashed isn’t it.

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…

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…

It’s a dilemma faced by many of us, how do you get your non-gamer girlfriend, or boyfriend, to play video games? It is not just tolerance I am talking about, if you are in a relationship then you have probably…

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…

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…

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…

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When Mega Man 9 made it’s triumphant 8-bit leap onto the virtual console on Monday, the online instruction manual lept onto the VC with it. That manual contained some information about future plans for some rather controversial DLC.…