In Real Life

Why It’s OK That GoldenEye Totally Sucks

Editor-in-chief’s note: I was annoyed when I heard that ‘an exhibition exploring fascinatingly bad games‘ being held at New York University on Friday would include GoldenEye a Nintendo 64 game I loved when I was in college. Earth Defense Force and Big Rigs I could understand. They’re so bad, they’re good. But GoldenEye? WTF?


April 3, 2012
Nintendo

Gotta Catch ‘Em All!

Not the Pokémons. There’s too many of them, and just when you think you’ve got them all, Nintendo goes and creates more.


December 26, 2011
Nintendo

Here’s A Christmas Classic Because Hey, Why Not

If free-to-air TV can bombard us with Christmas-themed viewing, then we’ll wish you a Merry Christmas with video gaming’s counterpart, the unforgettable boxing of a NINTENDO SIXTY-FOURRRRRRR! YES! YES!


November 8, 2011
Nintendo

Transforming A Nintendo 64 Into A Portable

There aren’t instructions here, not unless you’re really good at figuring out what’s going on in a bunch of images. But it’s still fascinating to watch a Nintendo 64 get picked apart and then pieced back together again as a portable.


September 14, 2011
Nintendo

Separated At Birth? The 3DS’ New Gimmick And James Bond’s Face

Some people think that the 3DS’ new second-circle-pad add-on is ugly. They mock it. They deride it. But maybe the 3DS “slide pad” is a beautiful homage to one of history’s greatest video game box-art optical illusions.


July 14, 2011
In Real Life

You Can Win For Losing In Super Smash Bros.

From the creator of “Elemental Kombat” comes this, a tale of cosmic justice delivered when some guy wins four in a row with Kirby in Super Smash Bros and starts douching it up. He totally had that coming.


June 18, 2011
Uncategorized

‘Is Navi Annoying?’ And Other Questions We Asked The Creators Of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

Kotaku recently asked eight questions of the chief creatives responsible for the Nintendo 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, questions like “Why does Link auto-jump?” and “Do you think Navi is annoying?”


May 4, 2011
Nintendo

Did They Improve The Ocarina Of Time’s Graphics Enough For You?

Here’s a new trailer for the June-scheduled 3DS re-make of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. The graphics have been improved, though my memory already made them look as good as they appear in this new trailer.


January 29, 2011
Nintendo

Nintendo, Let’s Have Great Metroid & Zelda 25th Anniversaries

On September 13, 2010, Nintendo celebrated the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. In 2011, two of its other great adventures, Nintendo Entertainment System games Metroid and The Legend of Zelda reach the same milestone. We should celebrate, Nintendo.


In Real Life

The Manly Art Of Posing With Video Game Systems

I’ve never posed with a video game system. I doubt you have either. But the top men in video games do that any time there’s new gaming hardware to show off. How cool can you look posing with plastic?