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Angry Birds everywhere

March 7, 2011September 26, 2012 Doug Groves 3DS, Angry Birds, facebook, Microsoft, mobile gaming, Nintendo, Rovio, Wii0 comment

It seems that Rovio’s fowl flinging game is aiming to be completely ubiquitous this year. The smash hit that took the iPhone by storm has since been ported to Android and a board game will be appearing soon on Windows Phone 7, Xbox LIVE arcade, and Nintendo’s Wii and 3DS. Beyond that, they are launching a Facebook version of the game in the coming weeks as well. The Finnish company has even announced a somewhat bizare deal with deal with Microsoft for Bing to be the ‘official decision engine‘ for…

Disney Epic Mickey: Not quite Disney World

December 10, 2010December 20, 2010 David Doel Disney, Disney Epic Mickey, Junction Point Studios, Nintendo, review, Warren Spector, Wii1 Comment

For a while before it’s announcement legendary game designer Warren Spector – who has worked on classic hits such as the Ultima series, Thief, and Deus Ex – was rumored to be working on a new franchise with a new team. That game turned out being Disney Epic Mickey for the Wii. For a licensed game with a big name behind it there has been a lot of high hopes that this would add to the list of great exclusive 2010 releases for the console. Unfortunately, after spending quite a…

Review: Metroid – Other M

October 14, 2010October 19, 2010 Raj Metroid, Metroid Other M, Nintendo, ohmpage, Raj Patel, review, Wii2 Comments

The latest game in the long-running Metroid series is finally out, and for the first time it’s been created by Team Ninja of Ninja Gaiden fame. Other M is a direct continuation of Super Metroid, and it doesn’t skip a beat. Tying back to the classic game goes beyond merely connecting the dots narratively though, Team Ninja is tries to evoke many of the original aspects while mixing them with new elements to create something different. It’s an ambitious throwback with a melange of game mechanics from the older two-dimensional…

Talking Rock Band 3 at the PS3 Holiday Event

October 12, 2010October 14, 2010 Doug Groves Cam Curran, DLC, event, harmonix, interview, Microsoft, MIDI, MTV Games, Nintendo, Playstation, pro guitar, pro mode, PS3, Rock Band 3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 3601 Comment

MTV Games and Harmonix were showing off Rock Band 3 at the recent PS3 Holiday Event held at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, and we talked with Cam Curran of MTV Games to find out what we could expect from the game when it’s released Oct 26th.

E3 2010 – keynote round up.

June 18, 2010 Doug Groves 3DS, E3, E3 2010, EA, Electronic Arts, Kinect, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 3606 Comments

Even though you may have seen live blogs of the major keynotes from E3 this year, you may have missed some of the details, or even the nuance of having something told to you second hand. Luckily most of those keynotes can still be seen online. Now you can play the Sony and Microsoft keynotes side by side and decide who looks goofier, someone using Kinect, or someone using Move. In order of appearence: Microsoft – Electronic Arts – Ubisoft Nintendo – Sony – Kinect

A Brief History of the Modern Pixel, 8-bit Heroes, and more…

May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 drsquid Adam Atomic, Adam Saltsman, Amiga, Army of Trolls, art, Commodore 64, Dot.AY, Gaming, Gary J. Lucken, independent, indie, Jason Rohrer, Nintendo, Pixel, Pixel Art, SiD, Simon Cottee, Sleep is Death, Studio Joho, video3 Comments

Simon Cottee, animator of the pixel art cartoon Rule (created in Sleep is Death, see it after the jump) has put together this short documentary on pixel art, where he talks to SiD creator Jason Rohrer, chiptune musician Dot.AY, and Studio Joho, creators of the Dan the Man video (also after the jump) Ars Technica also recently posted a great pixel art article, 8-bit heroes: Ars explores the resurgence of pixel art. They talked to some of the field’s best artists and developers, such as Gary J. Lucken (Army of…

If Mario Was Designed in 2010

May 12, 2010May 12, 2010 drsquid Achievements, Classic, facebook, Gaming, Mario, Nintendo, Tutorials, Zack Hiwiller0 comment

If Mario was first designed in 2010, he’d probably have to adopt some of our modern trends… Game designer Zack Hiwiller recently posted on his blog a series of screenshots of what Super Mario Bros. would be like if it was made today. His observations are spot on but, obviously, from the note he added, there are other game designers who might feel a bit ‘uncomfortable’ looking at his post: While this post is meant to be humorous, it isn’t meant to be humorous at the expense of my fellow…

Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands gameplay video

March 13, 2010 Doug Groves DS, Nintendo, Prince Of Persia, PS3, PSP, Sony, The Forgotten Sands, Ubisoft, Wii, Xbox 3600 comment

The new Prince of Persia, due out in May, helps fill in the seven year gap between The Sands Of Time and Warrior Within, as seen in the new trailer, which has both gameplay footage and developer commentary. From the looks of it, it’s very much in the Warrior Within vein design-wise. Interesting to note that to build the game, Ubisoft Montreal made use of their in-house Anvil engine, which allows for up to 50 enemies on screen at one time. Besides the classic parkour style action, there’s some new…

Punch Out for Wii – Little Mac hits the Streets of Toronto

May 17, 2009May 20, 2009 drsquid Nintendo, Wii4 Comments

On a cold Sunday night near Bloor and Bathurst in Toronto, Nintendo set up an outdoor projector and a wii showing off the new Punch Out! for Wii….I shot this a little late, so the crowd was small… As for the quality of footage…well one thing for me to remember in the future with an HD capable camera is when you leave the memory card in your computer it records to the camera’s miniscule internal memory – at QVGA resolution only 🙁