Month: April 2009
Infendo Radio 141 is on now!
This week Kyle and Sean talk about DSi Ware’s first week, Reggie’s ambiguous statements about “DSi Virtual Console” possibilites, Majora’s Mask, Star Fox, and more! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Be sure to leave some comments or give us a call on the Infendo Radio Hotline: 206-338-BIGN (206-338-2446) after the show! And now you can follow us on Twitter, too! Podcast: P...
Super Mario Bros. 3 Box Features Mystery Level
While I was researching the design of old video game boxes for an assignment, I happened to come across a unique screen shot on the back of Super Mario Brothers 3. The box featured an unplayable level that I don’t remember ever playing. I find it strange that levels were cut out of the game but left on the box to tease you. Has anyone ever notice anything similar to this happening on other g...
Guest column – Kids these days
[Guest column by Ben from Pennsylvania] I just wanted to say how sick I am of your 17 year old Average Joe gamer. The only thing he seems to care about is new games with new graphics. I’ve recently heard kids at school say how excited they were for Resident Evil 5, despite having never played a Resident Evil game before. I was even ostracized for saying that it wasn’t as good as the pr...
Dead Space Wii looks promising, despite being an on-rail shooter
I doubt this will be better than the Xbox 360 and PS3 original, because on-rail shooters are a more limiting experience. But you can’t say EA isn’t putting effort into it. Still, I suspect Wii owners would have preferred a port of the original. Being a fan of motion aiming, I know I would.
Nintendo: Wii MotionPlus in July
After months of speculation and rumor about a delay, Nintendo today confirmed to the eager masses that its Wii MotionPlus 1:1 motion control accessory will arrive in June for Japan, and July for North America and Europe. The official announcement was made by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata during, of all things, an address at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan. The exact release date ...
Why video game sales shouldn’t matter to gamers
I’ll admit, tracking monthly console sales can be a fun diversion. It’s always nice to see how one of your horses is doing in a race. But man has the focus on sales gotten out of hand, because playing games is a lot more fun than looking at spreadsheets. Imaginative designer Tim Schafer explains: If your money or livelihood is dependent on a game, then you should concern yourself with ...
DSi, and others, herald a glorious end to physical media
Don’t be fooled by the cameras and whatnot. The recently launched Nintendo DSi is all about downloads. The oft-rumored PSP2, which I’m 99.9% sure will lack a UMD drive or physical media drive of any kind, will be completely DLC-driven when it arrives this holiday season (and it will have plenty of Hannah Montana too!). The proverbial tide has already changed.
YouTube Tuesday: Great Songs from the GameCube Era -Updated-
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTdbgaMkOB0[/youtube] I picked seven ten GameCube songs to share with you guys today. Some of these songs are actually on my MP3 player, because they are either composed very well and are quite catchy or just soothing to listen to. There is no particular order to this list, but I want to ask you Infendo, what are some of your favorite songs from video games ...
Rock Out – music DLC for the week of April 5th
Click on in for the list of Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour DLC for Wii this week!
Poll – Downloading games
Cartridges and discs are becoming quite passé, so we want to know: {democracy:81}
PS3 Outsells Wii for March in Japan
Reuters is reporting that March sales for the PS3 in Japan (146,948 units) ended up higher than the Wii’s (99,335 units) for the first time since the console’s launch. The article reports that Sony’s big sequel releases “Resident Evil 5” and “Ryuu ga Gotoku (Yakuza) 3” were the reason for the spike in Sales. While it’s easy to tell that sequels to Se...
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s7Y9d_aXww[/youtube]