Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin huddle in a corner, kept safe from the advancing Nazgûl by their hastily lit watch-fires. Emitting a piercing shriek, the Witch-king of Angmar strides forward, dark eyes gleaming as from under the blackness of its cloak it slowly pulls out… a fire extinguisher? It’s with this and other tongue-in-cheek digs at its own source material—Peter [...]

Pokemon has been with us for a long time. Many ’90s kids, myself included, still have fond memories of Red and Blue. Making that huge decision about which starter to choose, collecting the best generation of pokemon, battling and beating all eight gym leaders, and becoming the champion of the Pokemon League; it was a fantastic gaming experience. Then came Yellow [...]

Memetic Games, the indie dev team behind the Dementium II port, has just released a behind-the-scenes look at their development process. The video begins with the group discussing the atmosphere of the game and how they overcame the many challenges of porting a DS game to the PC platform, but quickly turns … strange. Dementium II does not yet have a release date, but is expected [...]

get your boyfriend back Admit it you love secrets and the world is full of them.  Even the video game industry has a tendency to keep secrets.  So why not indulge in your love and check out these five secrets from the video game industry. 5: The original name of the Xbox Back in 1998, four Microsoft engineers from the [...]

Our coverage of the Electronic Entertainment Expo continues, a little late, but continues nonetheless. If you missed the recap, our fearless leader, and Editor in Chief of New Gamer Nation, Joe Marchese has you covered with what was announced at the conference. I will do something a little different and just talk about the conferences Nintendo presented. Pre E3 Conference [...]

The Nintendo 3DS is pushing several Mario titles later this year.  Personally, the impending launch of Mario Tennis Open peaks my interest the most.  Mario Tennis Open is due to be released May 20th and today Nintendo released multiple screen shots to give gamers a view of what the game will look out. Additionally there have been several enhancements to [...]

Activision just announced that a new Ice Age game is in the works to coincide with the movie release this year. Players will be able to go on an adventure using all their favorite characters including Manny and Diego. The launch is planning to have a release on the Wii, 3DS, DS and Xbox 360 for anyone in Europe you [...]

In this episode we talk about what we are playing, what is going on with Nintendo and their desire for DLC and we play a little role playing in what would you do if you owned Nintendo. Show notes Intro Music: Suburban Tram by Anamanguchi (from the Scott Pilgrim saves the world soundtrack) Break Music: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Theme Song [...]

This one is for you Nintendo so listen up.  The Nintendo 3DS is a nice piece of hardware and you would think this would be flying off the shelf causing shortages across the nation.  Well, the reality is that the Nintendo is not selling and it is way below expectations.  Frankly I am not surprised and I am going to [...]

Rumor has spread that Nintendo will be releasing a new console at E3 this year.  Sure the Wii was a great success but we want to see more from this new console and this is what we want to see.   5. Ability to use the console as a media device – Today’s consoles are more than just gaming machines. [...]