Deus Ex and Madden NFL 2012 have officially ended the dreaded “summer drought of gaming”. However there are two standout games, or rather publishing companies that I wanted to talk about: Electronic Arts and Activision. Two very large gaming publishers that look to come away with a large amount of profit this upcoming season with two triple A first person
Remastered ports are a relatively new phenomena but it is easy to see why they are so popular. All you have to do is take a couple of games that people loved from the previous generation, clean up the graphics and make a collection out of them. Personally I think it is a great way to relive some of our
The land of Tropico welcomes you back with open arms as the latest and greatest version of the game has been released on the PC. Tropico is lush, beautiful island set in the Caribbean ready for a ruler to lead it into prosperity. That ruler is you and you must build up your island and meet the needs of your
Straight out of Atlus comes a charming game where you play as Sisyphus, the doomed king whose personal hell includes pushing a boulder up a hill to just have it roll back down. One day Sisyphus decides that he has had enough of his torture and uses the boulder to escape from Hades. Soon after his escape he rolls his
Allow me to start this off by stating that this may not be the most popular opinion, it might not even be the “right” opinion, however it’s a different side to an argument that has been controversial lately. So I’m just going to throw caution to the wind, open up this can of worms and prepare for the backlash. Much ado
One genre of games that has been ignored since the advent of console gaming has been the vehicle simulation game. Long gone are the days that Microsoft Flight Simulator was a top selling game. It is good thing that simulation games still exist on the PC and Railworks 2: Train Simulator is one of the better simulation games I’ve
Let’s face it people, love it or hate it DLC is around for good. Companies make too much money not to plan for it and offer it up for its games. Now for those that listen to the podcast, you will know that we don’t love the DLC model here at NGN but I am willing to go over some
Video game retail giant Gamestop has never been an honest or fair company to its patrons and the latest news on GameStop should not surprise anyone. It is amazing that GameStop is even still in business with all the scams they were caught executing and yet people still purchase video games from them. I say it is time that some
In this episode we talk about what we are playing, our favorite video game heroes and villains and we talk about the rumor that Nintendo will port its games to the iOS. Show notes Intro Music: Suburban Tram by Anamanguchi (from the Scott Pilgrim saves the world soundtrack) Break Music: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Soundtrack, Track 1 Guests this week: The Obnoxious Gamer and Trevor For
Warm weather, the beach, town festivals, concerts, and the fact that it’s not snowing all give me a reason to love the summer as a person. However, as a gamer there’s something to be desired. Movies have their “summer blockbusters” and Video Games have…the X-Box Live Arcade’s Summer of Arcade. I’m not one to complain about smaller, independent companies making
