The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D FINALLY Announced
Today during their Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo FINALLY announced they are remaking The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask for the 3DS. Fans far and wide have been clamoring for this remake ever since The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time was rendered in 3D for the handheld system a little over three years ago. This is one of my personal favorite Zelda titles, and I think it’s...[Read More]
The Pokémon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby Special Demo is pretty sweet
A couple weeks ago, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company teamed up to release a special demo of their upcoming set of games, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. Nothing like this has ever been done in the Pokémon series before, so like all new things that happen in the gaming world, the Internet is trying desperately to decide if they love the idea or hate it. It’s easy to see why thi...[Read More]
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby
Pokémon is a media franchise published by Japanese video game company Nintendo, owned by The Pokémon Company, and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996, focused on the titular creatures. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second-most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world...[Read More]
Just Dance 2015 Review
”If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.” – Douglas Coupland There’s the inevitable point during every Halloween party where everything begins to unravel faster than your friend Denice’s toilet paper mummy costume when she got stuck on a treadmill. “Sexy Mechanic” is bored with your fanatical ...[Read More]
BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma Review
When I first fired up BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma, my expectations were low because I didn’t know too much about the series. I knew that the games were typically fighting games and that the Internet’s otaku at large typically swoon over them. I’m no stranger to oddball Japanese pop culture (we can talk about my Super Sentai addiction later), so I thought I really had nothing to loo...[Read More]
Review: Stick it to the Man (Wii U)
Your day starts out like any other: another long, boring and seemingly endless day at the hard hat testing company. The hours stretch on and on across a figurative distance so great that only a literal mathematician could compute them. Each unending stretch of hours is punctuated only by the cranial blunt force trauma you willingly endure for a meager salary. Finally, a whistle’s shrill tone...[Read More]
Review: Child of Light (Wii U)
When I was a child, I believed in magic. There were dragons that lived in concealed caves beneath the tightly packed soil of my backyard, and an ancient crone enchantress that lived in the house across the street. She was a quiet, reclusive sort of witch and I felt it was my duty to keep any other children in my neighborhood away from her front stoop, lest they be turned into some creepy crawly cr...[Read More]
C2E2 Cosplay Highlights
There was just too much coplaying goodness to capture in its entirety, so here are a few of my favorites. My personal best in show goes to the Bumblebee cosplayer featured in the video. Bumblebee Transformer Cosplay at C2E2 from Aron Deppert on Vimeo.
More from C2E2: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Regin
While at C2E2 this past weekend, I wasn’t just talking about action figures and ogling Spandex-clad gentlemen. While this convention is mostly about comics, there are usually some games on display there as well. I got to chat with some of the team from D3 Publisher, which is the company that brought us one of my favorite Nintendo DS games ever: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. They w...[Read More]
Warpo: Fledgling toy company wants to break the boundaries of space and time
This weekend, Chicago was host to the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, or C2E2 for short. It is mainly a comic convention, but it is also a chance for a ton of other agents of geekery to show off their wares. There are endless booths showing off things like cosplay accessories, t-shirts, television memorabilia and scads of action figures. There are brand new action figures and vintage ones th...[Read More]
Review: Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (3DS)
Most people who have ever brought a child into the world would tell you that it is a life changing, magical experience. A lot of people find it to be so transformative of an experience that the very essence of who they are, all the way down to their speech patterns, can change. Phrases that sound like “whats a mattew wid daddy’s widdle man” become just as commonplace as a bottle of pacifier ...[Read More]
Review: Pokémon Battle Trozei (3DS)
I’ve publicly declared that regardless of how much I may adore Pokémon games, I do not care for the spin-offs. It’s actually quite embarrassing just how public I have gotten with these declarations. I proclaimed my undying love for only the core of the Pokémon franchise as I walked up and down the aisle of a city bus. I have hijacked the loudspeaker at my local supermarket just to expl...[Read More]