Mario Kart® WiiFormat: Wiiâ„¢Launch Date: 04/27/08ESRB: E (Everyone): Comic MischiefGame Type: Kart RacingAccessories: Wii Wheelâ„¢ (included)Players: 1-4 locally or up to 12 on Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection with up to 2 players locallyDeveloper: NintendoMario Kart Wii is the sixth installment in the Mario Kart series from Nintendo. In this series of games characters from the Mario…
Gaming From The Past: Might and Magic
In 1986 New World Computing published the first game in the Might and Magic series: Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum. The original Apple II version of the game was written almost single-handedly by Jon Van Caneghem over three years. After hooking up with Activision for distribution the game was…
Nicodemus, the Cursed Pilgrim
Several years ago, when my local gaming group was heavy into the Mordheim game, Games Workshop released a special character miniature: Nicodemus, the cursed pilgrim.What made Nicodemus so cool was not just that he was a slightly larger character (he has a growth problem) but that he knows every spell in the Lesser Magic list….
Gamma World: A Failed PBEM
Several years back, after getting out of the service, I tried to reunite with my old gaming buddies via PBEM. It started out OK and quickly fell apart. What follows are the three narratives that evolved from that experiment. Each one is written from the point of view of that character.Dren is a Pure Strain…
Why They Call it a Crawl
In the gaming world a “Dungeon Crawl” is used to refer to any game that has a core focus of going into a dungeon setting, fighting monsters and taking loot back the city to buy stuff with. After buying the new (and hopefully better) stuff you go back and crawl around in the dungeon some…
Wii Fit: One Week Later
I received my copy of Wii Fit last Tuesday. It has been in my possession for one week now. So, what do I think about it and what has been my experience? Read on to find out.The Pre-Possession MindsetWhen I first read about Wii Fit last year I was not exactly excited. I was more…
Gaming From the Past: Pool of Radiance
Back in 1988 SSI released the first in a series of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons computer games. Pool of Radiance was the first of these games and it is the one I’m going to talk about today.It all started in 1985 when TSR saw the success of the Ultima series of computer games and decided…
Wii Fit: The Unboxing
As I mentioned in my earlier post today my copy of Wii fit arrived via UPS this very morning. Yes, I know it is not supposed to be available for purchase until May 21, 2008 but the fine folks over at Walmart dot com decided I should get mine early!I checked my packing slip and…
Devil May Cry 4
This being the first Devil May Cry game that I’ve ever played before (shocking, I know), I feel that my disappointment with the game must mostly be the result of my lack of experience with the franchise, although upon further reflection I suspect otherwise. Let’s begin at the beginning, and focus on the game before…
Nintendo Releases Metalic Rose DS Lite
Most of us thought that the pink DS Lite was released by Nintendo to target the female gamers of the world. It turns out we were wrong.The pink DS Lite was just the first step in Nintendo’s master plan to turn non-gaming girls into gamers. Behold the new Metalic Rose Nintendo DS Lite!Nintendo is making…
I’ve Got Some Money To Spend
A few years ago I signed up for the affiliate program over at Funagain Games. For a while I was looking at how much money I had made in commissions and after a while of not making anything I forgot about it.This morning, on a whim, I took a look and discovered I had earned…
GTA IV Has Nothin on THQ’s Nickelodeon Game Line
Yeah, yeah, yeah… I read the news about Grand Theft Auto IV breaking half a billion dollar in sales in its first week on sale. Those are some very impressive numbers, very impressive, but they got nothing on THQ’s numbers.THQ’s longstanding partnership with Nickelodeon has resulted in sales of more than $1 billion and accounted…