WiiU Presents Great Opportunity To Bring Back Starfox
It’s really hard to watch the original Starfox running in its original form on the Super Nintendo. Sure, there are times when the low-resolution 3D graphics, made possible by bundling the then-vaunted SuperFX chip into the game cartridge to assist with the heavy lifting, went relatively smooth. Then there’s the other majority of the time where you can literally count the frames as they’re being drawn on the screen. Starfox was a technical tour-de-force in 1993, so it only makes sense that the Wii-U is the ideal platform to resurrect the franchise nearly 20 years later, hopefully without all he baggage the series accumulated over the years.
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Kinect Fun Labs Hands On
During this year’s E3, Microsoft unveiled Kinect Fun Labs, a collection of free “gadgets” that show off some of Kinect’s unique functionality, from object scanning to body tracking. As the only FleshEatingZipper staffer with a Kinect, I decided to test these little mini-games out.
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Yoshi’s Island Is The Best Mario Game Ever Made, Period.
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Everyone played Mario growing up. Even for kids of the nineties, born when he was surfing pipes and hopping on goombas for the first time, it was an unspoken rite of passage. “You’re in,” it meant, “You’re part of this video game thing now.” In 1994, I fell in love with Donkey Kong Country primarily because it wasn’t Mario. When Super Mario World came around to launch the Super Nintendo in 1991, it seemed like it was just aping itself, running through the routines. By then, most games on the Super Nintendo were just just variations of that side-scrolling formula that Mario created. Donkey Kong Country was different, rendering a world of unbelievable depth with ground-breaking 32-bit graphics and incredible animations.
Then Yoshi’s Island came out.
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Redbox To Conquer Video Game Rentals June 17th
Over the past couple of years, the infamous RedBox has become increasingly popular — especially in our present economy. People have figured out that you don’t have spend more than $5 on a shitty movie. Now that Block Buster is no longer in the picture, where are we supposed to rent video games? Redbox acted based on the request of many gamers and are here to save the day!
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Why Do They Even Bother With Star Trek Games?
Regardless as to where you sat on Star Trek versus Star Wars (most of us were on both sides, anyway), there’s no denying that the latter had the best games. LucasArts was a legendary game developer with best-in-class titles, long before Blizzard held the crown. (Then, y’know, things changed.) Meanwhile, Star Trek never had a homebase developer that would ensure its games got the proper love and respect they deserved. So with the recent announcement of a new Trek game, in the form of a shooter to be released in time for the new film next year, how is anything different? I just don’t see how.
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Official Scoop : Minecraft – Mods Incoming!
Markus “Notch” Persson, the mind behind Minecraft, has flooded his blog with a ton of new information about plans he has for the supermegazomg-smash hit game, including a revelation that mods for the game are to be expected.
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id Finally Sells Me On RAGE, Tells Me To Wait Another Month To Get It
id, the legendary developer behind dour, violent shooters like Doom, Quake, and… well, more Doom and Quake, has been working on Rage for what feels like forever. It hasn’t been until new videos of its nearly complete form surfaced that I was convinced that this game was something I didn’t just want, but needed. Of course, as soon as I change my mind about the game is when they announce that it’ll miss its September launch date, instead debuting to the world on October 4th. Are you up for some Rage? Well, why not?
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Netflix, Let Me Help You Out
Let me preface this: I don’t have cable TV. I get all my content by paying for Netflix and Hulu Plus. Back when I had cable, I’d learn about new TV shows from commercials. Now it’s harder unless I scour the TV news or visit the networks’ websites. That said, I use Hulu a lot more than Netflix and the stats back me up: 1,427 videos watched since December 2008, and 95% of these are full shows, not clips! Hulu just makes it easier for me to find new TV shows to watch. Why? I’ll tell you what’s up. Read the rest of this article…
It’s Okay Randy Pitchford, Duke Nukem Forever Just Isn’t A Good Game
Dear Gearbox Head Honcho and Duke Nukem Advocate, Randy Pitchford,
Recently, you told us that we would be held accountable to our readers if we scored Duke Nukem Forever toward the negative. Well, you better start the Inquisition now, because you’ve got a long road ahead of you.
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Virgin Mobile Will Win You Over
There has always been a stigma attached to prepaid wireless networks. Typically they provide incredibly sub-par phones and despicable service that tends to leave a bad, metallic taste in your mouth. Virgin Mobile, the prepaid wireless carrier that piggy-backs off of Sprint, is trying their best to change that stigma. Unlike the others though, they’re actually gaining more customers. Find out how after the break!
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