I used to like long games a lot. I used to think games should definitely be a certain length. Maybe I’m getting older, but I don’t like it when games are very long anymore. Sometimes a longer game gives you more to do, but other times there isn’t necessarily ‘more’ to do, but instead it [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wii’
Pre-Summer Backlogs
April 14th, 2012
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It’s that time again! Spring is in the air, summer is right on the horizon, and we once again have backlogs of backlogs of backlogs, and lots of games are releasing in the next few months. We do this every year. We evaluate where we’re at with the games we played this past year, and [...]
Xenoblade Chronicles Impressions
April 9th, 2012
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I’ve been wanting to play Xenoblade Chronicles for a long time. XC is a Japanese game that localized in Europe first since NOE has been localizing more games than NOA. I modified my Wii to play import games, thinking that would be my only way to actually get to play, but my importing plan fell [...]
Pressure to Buy Now
April 8th, 2012
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We’ve been bothered by the increasing number of games pressuring the consumer to buy right away. In the past we would want to buy a game right away because we’re excited to play. Now we want to buy a game right away because if we don’t we miss out; In a way, we get punished. [...]
Nintendo Tree, Nintendo Tree, How Flammable You Must Be!
December 24th, 2011
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We want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This year we had fun making 3D Nintendo Christmas Tree Ornaments! We set up a workshop in our gaming room with glitter, glue, scissors, band-aids, razer blades, and lots of foam board. As you can see, the theme for our gaming [...]
Mario Kart 7 Review
December 5th, 2011
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My brother and I have always been really big Mario Kart fans. I doubt either of us can even calculate the many hours battling and racing against one another, friends, and family. So it is fairly obvious that we would immediately pick up the latest iteration of the series, especially since its multiplayer functionality allows [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy Deal Season!
November 24th, 2011
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of our celebrating readers and happy deal season to everyone! We’ve updated our Holiday Buyer’s Guide 2011 to include a section called Games We Want. These are games we have researched enough to know we’ll buy once we can afford them. This is also the time of [...]
Skyward Sword Impressions
November 22nd, 2011
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I have only put a few hours into The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword but so far the game is shaping up to be one of my favorite Legend of Zelda titles. Without giving too much away, you basically start out in a town on a floating sky island. Eventually you gain access to a [...]
