Too Much Awesome

Every year we find ourselves in the same place here, writing up on the big companies of the year and judging how well they did or didn’t accomplish the goal of being a video game company. Gus took a strong Pro Sony stance with his 2011 Sony Wrap Up, Brian was less thrilled about Microsoft’s- [...]

If there’s one thing I love, it’s Pokemon. The series, despite doing its best to stagnate, is just as good as it’s always been. However, there’s one place that it’s still lacking entirely: A real Pokemon game on a major console rather than a handheld. We’ve got a few tries, such as Pokemon Stadium 1 [...]

Hey Pokefans out there, it’s the greatest week of the year: The week a new Pokemon game arrives on shelves and demands we Catch ‘Em All one more time, just for kicks. The 5th Generation is now out with Pokemon Black and White versions adding over 150 new Pocket Monsters to the roster, but is [...]

Dragon Quest is insanely popular in Japan. Here in the US, however, it’s also insanely popular. And I’m perfectly okay with this as the games tend to be extremely high quality. Squanre-Enix, doing what they do best, decided that it would be a great idea to remake a bunch of old Dragon Quest games for [...]

Can I just go ahead and be a bit of a Nintendo fanboy for a minute and say that Nintendo kicked so many butts during 2010? I have so much good to mention that I’m not sure how to contain myself. However, as with anything, they hit a few major stalls, just like the other [...]

“Hey wait a second! Chris, didn’t you already do a preview of Pokemon Black & White?” Yes, actually, I did indeed do a preview of Pokemon Black & White. We in the US are still waiting until spring of 2011 for the new versions to come out, but Japan has had Black & White since [...]

When last we left off, I was swooning over the storytelling prowess of Majora’s Mask and specifically, how dark the tone of the game placed the series. My hopes for a new Zelda game were high and I was eager to hear what would happen next. Before a real console sequel though, we’d be getting [...]

This year’s E3 is now over. As you may have guessed, I was not there. That’s not to say I’m completely without my knowledge of things that occurred during this year’s major press conferences. In fact, Other Chris is lucky and naturally talented enough to be an intern for a major game site (I won’t [...]

Ah! We’re finally getting down to the party! Mario’s career has gone in many, many directions, but still one of the most unexpected and influential had to be Mario Party. It spawned a whole new style of party games, beyond inventing a genre that would be copied over and over. So let’s get this party [...]

We’re knee deep in my memories of Mario, and now that both the 2D platforming and 3D platforming aspects of Mario’s career are out of the way, I figured I’d give him a break and focus on some of the other stars Mario has made along the way. This part is all about the spin-offs. [...]