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.
Tags: Joefeesh, Link, Mario, Miyamoto, Nintendo, Pikmin, Pokemon, Princess Peach, The Nintendo Zone, weird, Zelda
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Fri, January 21 2011 » Opinion Pieces » 1 Comment
In a change to your regular feature, this week Luke Mears takes the reins of the Thoroughly Underrated Games You Should Probably Play to bring you a look at an oft overlooked gem on the Xbox 360. Anyone that has ever listened to The Newb Review Podcast, or read any of The Newb Review Shop [...]
Tags: Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Luke Mears, Mightyles, Perfect Dark, Piñata, pinata card, Pokemon, Rare, Review, Thoroughly Underrated Games You Probably Should Play, Trouble in Paradise, UK, vision camera, Viva, XBox 360
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Thu, July 29 2010 » Articles, Thoroughly Underated Games... » No Comments
1999 was a golden year for handheld gaming. With the truly astronomical success of the original Pokémon titles for the Gameboy the previous year, an enhanced version was released to tie-in elements of the animé series, and Pokémon Yellow was born. Whilst the popularity of Pokémon has certainly dwindled in recent years, in the Western [...]
Tags: Ash, Bulbasaur, GameBoy, Gameboy Advance, Pikachu, Pokemon, Pokemon Yellow, Retro, RetroFix, Review, Squirtle, Tom Wallis, Tom01255, Yellow
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Tue, March 9 2010 » Retrospectives » 2 Comments
It’s quite possibly the sleepiest podkey ever recorded as Braindead_hero, Crofterz, LavaLampBamboo and Tom01255 talk about the weeks news, site updates and new releases including; Final Fantasy XIII going gold Are rythmn games killing the games industry? and SonyMotion Controller delayed to Autumn. We also have all your e-mails, our terrible pokemon impressions and the [...]
Tags: band hero, braindead_hero, crofterz, DJ Hero, final fantasy xiii, guitar hero, lavalampbamboo, motion controller, natal, Podcast, podkey, Pokemon, Sony, The Newb Review, Tom Wallis, Tom01255
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Fri, January 22 2010 » Podcasts » 2 Comments
It’s our first (released) podcast of 2010 with Braindead_Hero, Crofterz and Tom01255 as we talk about all things gaming… including; Things not looking so great for EA Modern Warfare 3 not being developed by Infinity Ward Natal confirmed for Holiday 2010 All this as well as all the site updates, new releases and terrible terrible [...]
Tags: braindead_hero, crofterz, EA, GameBoy, Modern Warfare 3, natal, Podcast, Pokemon, The Newb Review, Tom Wallis, Tom01255, Wii
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Thu, January 14 2010 » Podcasts » 8 Comments
