Just Dance 3 Gets Some Mario

Today, Ubisoft have announced a new downloadable track for its best-seller Just Dance 3, featuring Nintendo’s Moustachioed Mascot Mario. The track will be downloadable through the in-game Just Dance store on December 14th for 250 Wii Points, exclusively on Wii… sorry Xbox and PS3 owners! After distinguishing himself in kart and football, Mario will set [...]

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Tue, December 13 2011 » Gaming News » No Comments

The NINTENDO ZONE

You’re travelling through another dimension — a dimension not only of dancing goombas and insatiable pink blobs but of manipulative, teasing princesses. A journey into a platonic land, where the boundaries are only those of sexuality and violence. That’s a signpost up ahead, your next stop: The Nintendo Zone!

The Nintendo Zone is a place created by men. These men want you to go on an adventure but they don’t want you to know cold or pain. They want you to experience love but never act upon it. They would have you smelling the flowers in a blood soaked battlefield, while masses of bodies lie heaped next to you, unnoticed.

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Fri, January 21 2011 » Opinion Pieces » 1 Comment

DLC Review: Alan Wake – The Signal

2009 was a great year for games, we had Batman: Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Left 4 Dead 2 amongst others, and this year seems to be a continuation of that. It’s incredible to think that already this year we’ve managed to get our hands on Mass Effect 2, God of War 3 and Super Mario Galaxy 2, with games from the Halo, Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed, Fallout and Castlevania series all still to come.

With a constant flow of big titles coming out there’s fierce competition and with that comes fairly big titles losing out on sales and somewhat slipping under the radar. No game this year sums this up more than Alan Wake.

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Tue, August 17 2010 » Reviews, Xbox 360 » No Comments

Review: Super Mario Galaxy 2

Mario Galaxy brought us mind bending gameplay and a universe with very few rules outside of Nintendo’s safe zone. The platforming is so tightly tuned that they can even cope with constantly shifting gravity and level designs that no other game would attempt. Mario Galaxy 2 extends the brave concept to all new heights and also addresses some of the issues that I did have with the first game.

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Wed, August 4 2010 » Reviews, Wii » 1 Comment

The Newb Review Episode 30

This week Tom, Alan, Sabbi and Ash take to the mic to discuss the latest news in the world of gaming. We discuss the cancellation of 1 vs 100, long running magazine PC Zone shuts down and Peter Molyneux tries to outdo Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg in a “my game’s bigger than your game” contest. [...]

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Sun, July 25 2010 » Podcasts » No Comments