Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Dragon Age: Origins

I'm growing quite fond of Bioware's recent offerings to the gaming world.    Mass Effect is easily one of my favorite recent games, and the second game in that series is every bit as spectacular.  So, with my new-found love for their brand of Western RPG's growing, getting  Dragon Age: Origins was one of the easiest purchasing decisions I've made since I heard that two of my all-time favorites, Kirby Super Star (one of the most underrated games ever, possibly the best game one the SNES and my all-time favorite) and Punch-Out!! (an absolute classic in every way) were getting remade.

But was my decision justified?  Ehh...well, take a look after the jump.

Friday, June 18, 2010

E3 Thoughts

Ye gods, Nintendo. Ye gods.

Maybe only Wii-centric owners can fully grasp the impact of their E3 conference this year, which I could accurately describe as earth-shattering. My roommate, he of the XBox clan, was rather meh about the whole affair, having lost interest of Nintendo's offerings circa Gamecube. I could not disagree more. Nintendo's return to form at E3 was, like manna from the heavens, sustenance, proof that Nintendo did, indeed, remember their more intense fans, and announe exactly what we were all waiting to hear.

I had know that some old-school games would soon be announced - We all knew about Zelda and Metroid, and I had heard rumors of Donkey Kong and Goldeneye. But as the conference kept going, more and more games kept getting added to the pile, which was quickly approaching a staggering size. around 10-12 games were announced, 8 of which garner my intense desire. Let's go through the key ones:

Look what I found.

I have a blog, apparently. Well, time to clean it up and make it not suck with the no-posting, eh?