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Friday, Sep 12
Madden dominates NPD sales figures for August
2. Madden NFL 09 (EA Tiburon, PlayStation 3) - 643,000 3. Madden NFL 09 (EA Tiburon, PlayStation 2) - 424,500 4. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) - 394,900 5. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 328,700 6. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) - 200,200 10. Guitar Hero: On Tour (Vicarious Visions, Nintendo DS) - 111,200
Thursday, Aug 21
Geek Newsletter August 21, 2008 — When it’s out of warranty
Microsoft shows off updated Photosynth tech at SIGGRAPH Microsoft Office Labs lets you try pptPlex Start saying goodbye to Microsoft product boxes: Microsoft Money first PSP-3000 hits North America in October Review: Guitar Hero: On Tour for Nintendo DS
Thursday, Aug 14
Geek Newsletter August 14, 2008 — Unplugging feels good
Sheraton Hotels begin implementing Microsoft Surface Donkey Kong recreated using Legos Review: Braid for Xbox 360 Microsoft looking for Zune exclusive content Microsoft Office Live Update 1.2 Now Works with Firefox Sony considers OLED TVs for Europe
Thursday, Jul 10
Geek Newsletter July 10, 2008 — Should You Get the iPhone 3G?
Use Microsoft Live Search Australia and win iPods Microsoft teams up for another Yahoo! bid Microsoft backs Icahn in Yahoo! proxy fight Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008 winners announced Problems make Sony remove PS3 Firmware 2.4 Nintendo denies widescreen DS rumors The day my MacBook died
Tuesday, Jun 24
Review: Operation Darkness for Xbox 360
It is nice to finally get a game that tells the story of World War II the way it truly happened… complete with the often-forgotten elements of zombies, werewolves and vampires. Enter the unique and often bizarre world of Operation: Darkness for the Xbox 360 by Atlus.
Thursday, Jun 19
Geek Newsletter June 19, 2008 — Truly Interactive Games
Share This With the Wii Fit being hacked and the iPhone set to have a number of games available for it, are we that far off from being a real part of games in the future? Chief Geek, Joel, explores this in more detail in today’s newsletter. June 13th - June 19th Contents 1 Geek Thoughts 2 This Week...
Friday, Apr 11
Review: Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword for DS
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword is held sideways kind of like a book; it’s the same setup as Hotel Dusk. The left is typically the map, while you control the movement on the right touchscreen using the stylus. If the graphics are impressive, then the input even exceeds that level of polish. The only r...
Friday, Mar 21
Review: Nanostray 2 for DS
The game controls rather easily in the default scheme, which mainly relies on you using the d-Pad to steer, and a couple of the face buttons to fire. If you’d rather make life difficult on yourself, then you can try to use the stylus controls. Many people complained that those controls felt ta...
Thursday, Mar 20
Guitar Hero DS has innovative plug-in controller
Guitar Hero: On Tour is expected sometime in the summer and will include over 20 licensed songs and uses the DS microphone as well as the touchscreen. Both single-player career mode and multiplayer modes are expected to make it into the game.
Friday, Mar 14
Review: Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer for DS
Share This Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer first come out in Japan in 1995 on the Super Nintendo or Super Famicom, and a year later it was ported to Game Boy. That release was also in Japan only. But now, SEGA has taken over the ChunSoft franchise and released the title on the Nintendo DS. Re...
Friday, Feb 22
Review: Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles for DS
One of the most difficult aspects of translating an open world to the Nintendo DS is the limitations of the device itself. It’s not exactly a tiny version of Assassin’s Creed, therefore; and those expecting a wide open experience will be somewhat disappointed.
Wednesday, Jul 11
Review: Touchmaster for DS
The games are separated into three categories: Cards (9), Puzzle (7), and Skill (7). Each makes good use of the stylus, though there are some exceptions. Some of the games ask you to make snap decisions, but are unforgiving of your stylus movements. More than a few times, I found myself losing...
Friday, Jun 15
GAME: Review: Death Jr and the Science Fair of Doom for DS
You fight baddies by using a combination of the d-pad and the stylus. It's really easy to perform combos, too, because all you have to do is keep tapping the enemy and the combos will just keep piling on. You roll out of the way from shots by pressing the d-pad twice in a direction. It wasn't super g...
Monday, Jun 11
GAME: Review: NARUTO: Ninja Council 3 for DS
After hitting the boss/bad guys a few times, you'll get a chance to perform one of the special moves listed on the touch screen. You'll know that you nailed it, because the screen will change to a circle and it will ask you to perform an action on the touchscreen. After you successfully pull off...
Friday, Jun 1
GAME: Review: The New York Times Crosswords for DS
To change lines in the puzzle, you tap to move to another across line and double tap to move to a down line. Additionally, since most puzzles are far larger than the DS screen, you must drag the entire puzzle side to side or up and down using the stylus.
Wednesday, May 9
Opinion: GAME: Nintendo dominates Japanese game charts for Golden Week
Positions 1 and 2 in the charts are filled by the DS games Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings and popular Japanese board game Momotarou Dentetsu DS. The next 5 slots are all Wii titles with Wii Sports (see our review ) still featuring due to it being bundled with the ever popular Wii hardware as...
Thursday, May 3
LABS: Review: SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS for the DS
Card fighters are a tough sell in the U.S., but are wildly popular in Japan. I think this title maintains the balance. I don't really understand the card fighters appeal, but I know a lot of people will enjoy this game. I found the gameplay slow and missed the violence of more standard fighters; ho...
