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BOTW Link and Motorcycle added to Mario Kart 8 DX – Which means…
Last week, Mario Kart 8 DX players received a new outfit and vehicle seemingly out of nowhere. And it only serves to make Isabelle better...
Minecraft DLC Dangers
So, the easy way to remember this? Did you buy it with dollars or minecoins? Dollars are console specific, minecoins work wherever you are signed in. Keep in mind, the Mario Mash-Up pack and skins are still console exclusive, so you can not use them in Realms or non Switch only play.
Intelligently Incorporating Adaptive Difficulty
or, How to Make Boss Battles More Challenging Without Punishing the Player If you’ve been following Infendo on YouTube, or listening to our weekly podcast, you’d already know that a couple months ago, I restarted The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in Master Mode. This was the first time I’ve started the game from scratch since day one, and the only time I’ve ever playe...
Capcom’s Shady Business Practices – Building A Legacy of Mistrust
Yesterday one of my co-hosts on Infendo Radio wrote a rather brilliant article about gaming culture and entitlement, a topic which deserves more attention because, let’s face it, we gamers are an entitled bunch. We’re the same gamers who are willing to wait an extra year for $10 off Yooka Laylee, just because it took too long to come out. However, one of the examples used in that artic...
Nintendo Fans Are Too Entitled, And It’s Time to Change the Culture
Entitled Nintendo fans are nothing new - in fact, entitled gamers in general are commonplace. But is it time to change how we look at gaming?
Minecraft Realms: The Feature I Didn’t Know I Needed
Minecraft on Nintendo Switch got a major update this last week. And with my strange history with Minecraft, it is no surprise I am ecstatic. It received the 1.5.0 update to the Bedrock Codebase, which was the second half of the Update Aquatic. With it, came new mobs such as Turtles and Drowned (Sorry Phantoms, you are part of 1.6, not Update Aquatic). But with it, came one feature I either glossed...
Skyrim’s Political Landscape Is Starting To Look Familiar…
One of the first things I always ask when a person starts playing Skyrim is “which side of the civil war are you fighting for”? The civil war in Skyrim has always interested me – it isn’t very impacting in regards to the overall plot – but there’s something about it that feels compelling to me, and I’m realizing that it mirrors our own American government ...
Pokemon Go isn’t going anywhere
This past weekend weekend (July 6th to be exact), marked the 2 year anniversary of Pokémon GO, and the question always asked when discussing IVs and evolution tables out in public is 'Are there even still people playing that game?'
Minecraft And Me: A Story
For everyone that follows Infendo Radio, you all know I absolutely love Minecraft. On Nintendo consoles alone, I have put 25 hours into Bedrock, 145 into Nintendo Switch Edition, 15 into Wii U edition, and 1 solid hour in New 3DS Edition. That’s also not counting what I have put into Minecraft: PS4 Edition, PS3 Edition, and PS Vita Edition. That’s a lot of Minecraft. But, there is one ...
The Nintendo Switch UI sucks. Here’s how to fix it.
The Nintendo Switch is an amazing little system with one glaring problem: The Nintendo Switch UI is awful. Let's make it better, shall we?
A Trip Inside My Mind Part 2: Crash Bandicoot
I was out to lunch this week with my good friend Coby this week at work. As we were talking about things, I happened to mention my Donkey Kong article, and then the Switch came up in conversation. I told him I was picking up the Crash Bandicoot ‘N Sane Trilogy for Switch, and how crazy it was that Crash Bandicoot was coming to Switch. He said “Wow! I remember Crash Bandicoot”. Th...
The Best (And Worst) Eeveelutions In Pokemon History
Eevee’s a pretty popular Pokemon. Heck, it’s popular enough to sit aloungside Pikachu in the upcoming Switch title Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee. Over the years, Eevee has had a number of evolutions, and fan demand is still high for some new forms. For those of you who don’t know, Eevee’s popularity stems from the fact that it can evolve into a number of different forms, bas...