Oh right! There are three current-gen consoles! I almost forgot for a second as the Wii has taken the back seat to both my 360 and PS3 lately. But rest assured Nintendo fans, the Wii has become a bit newsworthy lately. How so?
Well for starters, they're reinventing some classics. Hopefully that turns out for the best. And they're upping their perception as a home entertainment device, and not just a games console. Will it finally have DVD playback? Hit the jump and see.
I'm a gamer, always have been. Problem is for a large number of years that's really just consisted of the video variety. That's a huge mistake on my part, to not enjoy the video game's analog brethren... the board game. There’s actually a vibrant and intense board game world out there that’s been pushed to the sidelines by game players such as ourselves for too long. In this column I'll be diving into this world, looking at games that hopefully you'd like to try out for yourself.
Our look into the world of board games just keeps on trucking! Last time we talked about the light bluffing game Cloud 9, and while this weeks game is made by the same company, they really couldn't be any more different (except in the fun department. ZING!) Party games are pretty much defined by two elements, very easy to understand rules and can handle a ton of people at once. Word on the Street is just that kind of game. The rules take about 2 minutes to explain, and can handle two teams as large as you want playing against each other.
I'm a pretty non-competitive person. I mean I enjoy competition, it's just at the end of the day I don't mind if I win or lose (it's probably why I was never good at sports). Sure I love to win, but I don't need to win to have a good time. Which is a good thing, because while I really enjoyed Word on the Street I can honestly admit to totally sucking at it.
Street Fighter II themed rap. Yup, you heard that right. Technically it's a song sung from Balrog's perspective on his quest (from Bison) to go find Chun-Li. Yea, it's bad.
So recently this shirt popped up on Threadless, and though I vowed to not spend any unnecessary money this month.... I just might have to make an exception. I mean, it's only one shirt... right??
I need to find out what that says on the bow of the ship there. Google and Wikipedia tell me it's Russian for Alexi. Cool reference, but I would've went with Pajitnov.
The limited edition of BioShock should have come with a tube of Krazy Glue since many of the glorious Big Daddy statues broke if you looked at them too hard. Thankfully, you can now get your very own Big Daddy (and Big Sister) made in the less delicate medium of plastic. Toy-makers, NECA, have created a set of BioShock 2 figures, which includes a bouncer, a Big Sitter and Little Sister set, and Subject Delta (the suit you had to jump into later in the first game).
But that's not all. NECA will soon be rolling out those EVE hypo replicas - the best thing since candy cigarettes - and even a Big Daddy plush doll like the one seen in the first BioShock 2 teaser trailer. Very nice.
This Atomiswave arcade game, Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, was released in July of 2005, but never made it to North American consoles until 2007. But by then everyone was fascinated with the waggles and the blu-rays. Thus, the 2D tag-team fighter featuring the all-stars of SNK's games was tossed instantly into the bargain bin.
However, SNK are giving Battle Coliseum another chance, this time with 3D backgrounds, a sprite filter (a la MvC2), and hopefully online play. The game is being released exclusively through Xbox Live Arcade - sorry PS3 owners. The game will be out in Japan during Spring. There's no word yet on localization, but given that XBLA also got Mark of the Wolves and King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match, I'd say the odds of it making it over here are pretty high.
If you Megafans have been dying for a taste of MM10 before its March release, then have I got a treat for you. Some Megaman 10 footage was captured the Consumer Electronics Show going on this week in Vegas (I actually had an opportunity to go. I would have jumped all over it, had I known a MM10 demo would be there.) The video comes courtesy of the good folks over at The Megaman Network. Be sure to check out the rest of the videos and their in-depth hands-on Megaman 10 report here. High def footage from Digital Chumps here.
Yes, controller mods are about a dime a dozen on the Internet, but this one is special. The creator, a Ben Heck disciple that goes by techgeek90 used a RetroZone kit to attach the USB cord to the SNES controller. Inside, a USB flash drive holds as many ROMs and emulators you could ever need, making it easy to take your old school gaming on the go. If you'd like to make one for yourself, you can head on over to the Ben Heck Forums.
Someone has gone and made a table-top analog version of Pong. Actual moving parts? User-rotated scoring? This is both awesome and confusing on so many levels.
This has been bouncing about the web faster than a beach ball at a Nickelback concert, but it's awesome enough that I just had to get my own link love in as well. Some people are entirely too crafty to walk around with us mere mortals.... as evidenced by this set of 100 cupcakes depicting 100 different board/card/video games. I cant even imagine how long this must have taken, and they all look so damn good! Game names are hidden so see how many you can guess first.
I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite but my gut reaction says #60 Yar's Revenge, though #72 Zork has to be right up there too. Extra nerd points for the bevy of board games being shown off here. As far as cake crafts go, this one is going to be hard to top...
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