Sick of the abundance of gimmicky, immature titles for the Wii (Rayman, Warioware, pretty much any of the various games that make you look and feel like an athlete lacking basic motor skills)?  Finally, there’s another option.  Gamers should be familiar with the mysterious advertisement for the Wii-exclusive game The Sophisticate. Until we were recently [...]

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With the introduction of Sonic Unleashed, SEGA announced a new engine that will be used to harness the power of the PS3 and Xbox 360.  The Hedgehog Engine, as SEGA dubbed it, allows for beautiful graphics and streamlined switching from 2D to 3D visuals.  Of course, many feared that Nintendo’s system wouldn’t be able to [...]

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One feature of Xbox Live that has been gaining prominence is downloadable content. It’s perfectly understandable, if you want a game trailer or demo, maybe even some new songs for Rock Band, just ask mom for her credit card and hope she didn’t see the bill for when you bought Three-Hole Jenna. It’s the [...]

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In an effort to cater more to minorities, Nintendo’s next Animal Crossing game uses a new engine specifically designed for the Wii, codename “Lacist Engine.”  According to Nintendo, this new engine is so advanced that it can replicate your Animal Crossing character realistically, based on your responses to carefully chosen questions.  Unlike previous versions of [...]

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Recently, the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises have been the two most successful franchises in the music/rhythm genre, but are more noticeable for introducing people worldwide to Warrant’s masterpiece, “Cherry Pie”.  This monopoly of the genre may change, however; as new Canadian developer Is It Art unveiled a competitor at a conference last week.

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E3 came and went, so don’t expect a plethora of new and exciting videogame announcements for awhile. Of course, “new” and “exciting” are terms used loosely. With the gaming industry the way it is, developers are more content with rehashing franchises in order to minimize risk. What does that mean for us? Well, it seems [...]

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