Archive for Category: "Video Games"

JUG State of the Game Address: The Amendment Wars and Video games

JUG State of the Game Address: The Amendment Wars and Video games

It is a very odd sort of patriot that would destroy the First Amendment to protect the Second.—- Jerry Holkins I have written on, and discussed at length, the matter of video game violence and the effect it has on society. In our weekly podcast and on editorials written for this site, I’ve stated my [...]

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Wii U Games Are Coming to Redbox May 28th

Wii U Games Are Coming to Redbox May 28th

Looking to try out some Wii U titles without signing your soul to Gamefly or dropping 60 bucks? Redbox is finally flying to your rescue.

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JUG Interview: Pat the NES Punk

JUG Interview: Pat the NES Punk

  And you thought Brandon was bad…

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Disney Closes LucasArts Ending Star Wars 1313 Production

Disney Closes LucasArts Ending Star Wars 1313 Production

Word has blasted from hyperspace today to reveal that Disney, fresh from buying LucasFilm and LucasArts back in the fall, has closed LucasArts Studios effectively lightsabering any current and future projects. Remember that really cool trailer for the gritty crime shooter Star Wars 1313? Now it’s just a Force vision ghost thing like Obi-Wan and [...]

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Yaaarrrrrrrr, mateys! Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has been revealed!

Yaaarrrrrrrr, mateys! Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has been revealed!

I’m not aware of anyone who doesn’t like pirates.  Thanks to Johnny Depp and his portrayal of Jack Sparrow, almost everyone claims to love pirates.  Ubisoft must’ve picked up on this too, because after visiting Colonial times during the last installment of the series, now Assassin’s Creed will hit the high seas with a completely [...]

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Ubisoft Announces Free Rayman Legends Challenge Mode for Wii U users

Ubisoft Announces Free Rayman Legends Challenge Mode for Wii U users

Disappointed with the delay and now “non-exclusive” status for Wii U’s Rayman Legends, still the only game available as a demo on most Wii U kiosks, and the shining hope for a lot of gamers who picked up the console?  Well, join the majority.  Ubisoft has a solution, though, and it should make the wait [...]

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Rayman Legends for Wii U delayed until “early September”, with simultaneous release on Xbox 360 and PS3

Rayman Legends for Wii U delayed until “early September”, with simultaneous release on Xbox 360 and PS3

Disappointing news, Wii U fans.  For those of us looking forward to something new to play this month with the impending release of Rayman Legends, which by all accounts looks to be a stellar game, we will have to wait a bit longer.  Ubisoft Montpelier announced today that the game was going to be pushed [...]

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Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Black Ops 2 Banned in Pakistan.

Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Black Ops 2 Banned in Pakistan.

If your a Pakistani resident and want to pick up a copy of the newest Medal of Honor (because maybe you just like punishment) or Call of Duty game, you are very much out of luck. Pakistan has banned the purchasing or selling of either of these games from authorized electronics dealers within the countries [...]

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New Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Cinematic Trailer

New Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Cinematic Trailer

While Nintendo continues to bombard us today with sweet Wii U delights, lets not forget there are other games coming out this year. While I was skeptical and a little angry at Blizzard 5 years ago when they first announced Starcraft 2 would be a trilogy of games each spotlighting one of the vaunted races [...]

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Nintendo Direct – 1/23/13 – Wii U Virtual Console, New Games, and more!

Nintendo Direct – 1/23/13 – Wii U Virtual Console, New Games, and more!

Nintendo’s patron saint Satoru Iwata dropped by the INTERNETS this morning to bless us all with more Wii U knowledge, and boy, did he deliver!  Below, you’ll find screenshots and information about what was discussed, in case you missed it!  Let’s go! Miiverse Iwata began by talking about Miiverse, stating the community was thriving, and [...]

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Guest Article: Street Fighter x Mega Man

Guest Article: Street Fighter x Mega Man

  Tis the season to be jolly and Capcom is showering fans with more than ample reason to get excited.  Through the love of loyal fans and fortunate timing, the 25th anniversaries of the Street Fighter and Mega Man franchises collide in the fan created, Capcom endorsed entry that is, Street Fighter X Mega Man.  [...]

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Star Wars Battlefront Online Concept Art

Star Wars Battlefront Online Concept Art

Don’t you love it when videogame news can totally ruin your day? Development house Slant SiX, creators of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, were picked up to do Star Wars Battlefront: online back before 2010. The company hit some hard financial rocks and suffered lay-offs, destroying like Alderaan any hopes of us getting to see [...]

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Thoughts on The Phantom Pain Trailer Shown at VGA’s

Thoughts on The Phantom Pain Trailer Shown at VGA’s

The VGA’s didn’t contain much in the way of major surprises for the gaming industry, except maybe for this strange trailer shown from Moby Dick Studios for their new (and first ever) game The Phantom Pain. The trailer, which you can watch below, doesn’t hold much in the way of answers to what this game [...]

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Wii shall call it….Mini Wii!

Wii shall call it….Mini Wii!

Actually, it’s being called the Wii Mini, a new $99 console version of the popular Wii in a sleek red and black.  Here’s the catch: it’s only being sold in Canada, and it cuts Gamecube and Internet functionality in order to make it into that nice, sexy package.  No game is included, either, and while [...]

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Nintendo of America President Interview on CNN

Nintendo of America President Interview on CNN

Check below for the video interview CNN conducted with Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America and COO. Reggie goes on to talk about graphic capabilities and features of the Wii U and how it stacks up to competitor consoles right now. Reggie joined the Nintendo of America team back in the Gamecube days [...]

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Wii U Tablet Controller has Global Screenshot Capability

Wii U Tablet Controller has Global Screenshot Capability

  As Wii U consoles worm their way to reviewers around the country, more and more details are surfacing about Nintendo’s next big thing. The ability to take a screenshot of whatever is happening on the tablet screen at any time (whether its during app or game usage) is a welcome add-on. This feature could [...]

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New Grand Theft Auto V trailer revealed!

New Grand Theft Auto V trailer revealed!

  IGN posted the new trailer for one of the gaming world’s most anticipated upcoming games, Grand Theft Auto V. Lookin’ mighty good if I say so myself. What do you guys think? Looking forward to it?    

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EA Reveals Design Philosophy Behind Xbox 720

EA Reveals Design Philosophy Behind Xbox 720

  While armchair investigators continue to scour the inter-webs for Xbox 720 details, all that we truly know is that some developer and publishing houses have demo or prototype units in their grubby hands. While no one knows the full specs or capabilities of the machine (mostly because it is still being designed) it is [...]

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New Skyrim DLC, Dragonborn, has a Trailer and a Release Date

New Skyrim DLC, Dragonborn, has a Trailer and a Release Date

  December 4th will be the day many players will be re-entering Skyrim for more head slashing and dragon slaying as new DLC titled “Dragonborn” will be releasing to the masses on xbox live only. Though I suspect many people have given Skyrim a break for all of the other releases hitting us pretty hard [...]

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So Marty played the WiiU…..

So Marty played the WiiU…..

Earlier today Marty stumbled upon a demo of the soon-to-be-released WiiU! Check out the footage and hear Marty talk in detail about how awesome the WiiU is during the Episode 32 podcast!  

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