The Supply and Demand of Amiibos

Amiibos Nintendo's line of near-field communication figures, amiibo, has consistently been making headlines since their debut late last year for their ability to sell out in the blink of an eye. Even the upcoming Super Mario line of amiibos set to release next month sold out on preorders the same day they were made available.…

February 18, 20150Comments

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Hatred Should Not Have Been Rated Based On Its Trailer

Hatred If you spend much time on Youtube, you’re probably familiar with Honest Trailers – a series that creates trailers that actually tell the truth about the movie or game they’re advertising, often with hilarious results. The movie series is on the Screen Junkies channel and the game series is on Smosh Games. The trailers…

February 15, 20151Comment

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Namco’s 20-Year Hold on Loading Screen Minigames Is Coming to an End

Namco In 1995 Namco released Ridge Racer, the first in the long-running racing series. Ridge Racer also saw Namco’s first implementation of a loading screen minigame, in this case 80’s arcade classic Galaga. It was a time when PC gamers were used to seeing loading screens, but console gamers weren’t thanks to the prevalence of…

February 8, 20150Comments

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VGamerZ’s GameZ of 2015: #3- Majora’s Mask 3D

Majora’s Remember Operation Moonfall? It’s like whichever Disney movie it was once told me: if you want something enough, your heart is pure and you really, really whine about it on the Internet, your dreams can come true. Moonfall, for the uninitiated, was a petition to bring The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask to the 3DS;…

January 25, 20150Comments

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Pokémon Alpha Sapphire: The Christmas Special

Pokémon There’s a nerdly ritual among gamers everywhere. We call it... holiday-themed Pokémon gaming. This past Halloween, for instance, I was indulging in some seasonal Dead Space and The Evil Within. But somehow, slavering mutants clawing at my face and psychotic murderers brandishing chainsaws just don’t scream ‘Christmas festive funtimes’ to me. So, this holiday season, it’s…

December 20, 20140Comments

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Of DLC, ‘Mario Kart 8’ and the Great Link Invasion

Mario In 2014 game-ery, DLC is nothing less than a dirty word (or rather, acronym). It’s the scourge of our times, and if there’s one thing the Internet likes to whine about, it’s this shady business. We all know the routine. From tiny little additions that barely qualify as microtransactions to whole new campaigns, these guys…

November 15, 20140Comments

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Is ‘Super Smash Bros’ the Biggest 3DS Game Yet?

Super Smash The 3DS, as we know, had a fairly humble beginning. Words like ‘disastrous’ and ‘reputation-mangling’ could be used, and there were many nervous Asian businessmen in Kyoto for a while there. What with the price, and rumours that the 3D super smash effect was made by the devil himself and will melt your…

October 4, 20140Comments

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Why ‘Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare’ is the Best Spin-Off for Some Time

Plants Fans are a fickle bunch. Fans of video games, infinitely more so. These guys aren’t above spittle-flying nerdly tirades on the Internet, so watch your darn step. If a series changes too much --or indeed too little-- it’s like a minefield of abuse and/or poorly-spelled death threats via Twitter. Which is, all told, not fun. Spin-offs…

August 2, 20140Comments

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The VGamerZ Monster Files: The Koopas

Koopas Let’s be frank: the underlings of the Mushroom Kingdom are fairly sucktacular. When your enemies consist of Goombas and Koopas, you’re not in any kind of darn trouble at all. You’re hardly in rapper in constant danger of being 'popped' in 'da hood' territory, right here. Goombas don’t even have any arms, and they look…

July 29, 20140Comments

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The Best Games You’ve Never Heard of: Dark Spirits

Dark Spirits Now, it’s safe to say that Nintendo’s Go Series doesn’t have a vast army of rabid fans (forgive me, lone crazy dude who loves them, but we’re hardly talking Call of Duty’s lofty levels of fame right here). This initiative brought a selection of odd little games to the DSi store, across all…

July 21, 20140Comments

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