Holy sacrilege, Batman! When most gamers think of the ultimate videogame boxing badass, Mike Tyson (of the appropriately named Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!), immediately comes to mind. Unfortunately, they are quite wrong. Just like real life, Tyson’s deadly for the first 90 second of the match, but if you’re able to stay the path, he’s a [...]
Meridian, the development crew behind the rock solid Alive 4 Ever, is already planning its next fun-filled assault on the iPhone and iPod touch with Against the Fire!, a game that appears to build upon the basis of its popular zombie-shooter. Like Alive 4 Ever, Against the Fire! in which you play a firefighter trainee [...]
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s expensive game purchases. Unless you’re feasting on a steady downloadable content from the likes of Popcap, PSN, Virtual Console, Wii Ware, and Xbox Live Arcade, chances are that you’ve found [...]
The Slingbox is a device used to watch your television content anywhere there is an Internet connection. Pretty spiffy. Another company, Spawn Labs, intends to do the same thing for video games with the addition of a social element. Imagine a friend in California wants to play Xbox 360 with you, but you’re away in [...]
If Meridian’s Alive 4 Ever’s evokes memories of another zombie-blasting franchise, consider it a lovingly crafted homage more than an outright rip. Alive 4 Ever lets players select one of four highly skilled warriors (each with their own special skill sets) whose mission is to eradicate the undead menace that has arisen thanks to mechanics [...]
When it’s not suffering horrible hardware maladies, the Xbox 360 can be a special thing sometimes. It has some decent exclusives, a robust online matchmaking service and the Xbox Live Arcade where one can download arcadey games of the past and present – Metal Slug 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game and Ikaruga [...]
Bits and Bytes is a weekly round up of some of the more interesting gaming news items that happened to slip through the cracks during our normal posting schedule. They’re presented here in easily-digestible bite-size chunks. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter for more 2D gaming commentary. 2D vs. 3D 2D games and 3D [...]
This week has been all about remembering and honoring the Dreamcast with our friends from around the Web. Today, we conclude our 10th anniversary coverage with Kerry, co-host of The Lunchpail Platoon Podcast, which you can find at Nerdballoon (you may also know him as the host of the wonderful Project D). We’re talking Dreamcast, [...]
Mars Matrix, over a decade later, stands tall as one of the Dreamcast’s finest shooters.
When I think of a person that’s truly a fan of SEGA’s body of work, no one comes to mind before Terry “Valkor” Lewis, editor-in-chief of The Other View. From the Genesis’ time to the present day, he’s stuck faithfully by SEGA’s side. Today, he’s here to talk Dreamcast as our week-long reflection continues. What [...]
