PSP Review: Patapon

I like it, I can’t tell you why, but I like it. There’s something strangely addicting about hitting buttons to a beat, like a pringle, I just can’t have one. It’s music, its cartoonish 2D environment, it draws me to it pata pata pata pon, pon pon pata pon. Oh right, I gotta write this …

‘Ultimate Band’ from Disney

The House that Mouse built is entering the market that was perfected by Guitar Hero, and made even better by Rock Band. Disney’s video game unit announced the Nintendo exclusive on Wednesday. Ultimate Band rather then using an new controller, would rather use the existing Wiimote and DS. “We thought we could do a very …

Relive the 8-Bit Days in Your Browser

Wanna kill time at work? Navigate over to nintendo8.com and relive your childhood with 100 original NES games all playable through Java in your browser. Seriously, why does Super Mario Bros never get old? What was your favorite NES game? Super Mario 3 still takes top honors for me. Have fun, just don’t blame you …

Gears Of War 2 Announced

Late last week at the GDC (Game Developers Conference) in San Francisco, Microsoft officially announced Gears Of War 2 for the XBOX360. Right now they are saying it’s due to be released in November of this year, versus IMMEDIATELY, which is when I suggested to them that they should release it. If it’s even half …

The Sims Online Set Free

So, if you’re anything like me there was a brief period of time where you were addicted to The Sims. It may have been brief for me (Finals saved me from the abyss by breaking my addiction), but it was a good time none-the-less. That’s why its a bit frightening to see EA making available …

Phil Harrison Resigns from Sony

Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios announced his resignation, his responsibilities being assumed by Kazuo Hirai, who will also remain President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment International. Harrison had been with Sony since 1992, just prior to the launch of the first Playstation.