CID the Dummy – Nintendo Wii (game review)

Monday June 22, 2009 | Comments now closed

Editor’s Note:   As some of you know, I’m on staff as a game reviewer for the electronic entertainment site, Avault.com. I intend to publish all of my reviews on these pages to insure I have a full record of everything I’ve written. If you haven’t read this before, enjoy!!!

This current generation of consoles has amply demonstrated that with greater horsepower has come the ability to latch on to archetypes from gaming’s past and pull them into the light for new generations to enjoy. We’ve already seen the digital distribution channels promised by venues such as Xbox Live and WiiWare reanimate the adventure genre through titles such as the recently released Tales of Monkey Island. 2D platformers have also benefited from nostalgia, with titles like Bionic Comm... Continue reading »

E3 2009 – What I Learned from the Nintendo Conference

Wednesday June 3, 2009 | 7 comments

These days Nintendo makes these pieces so easy for me. They shocked the world with the Wii several years ago and since then have decided to sit pretty in the Mushroom Kingdom and either churn out predictable sequels or offer up one-off gimmicks to further add clutter to our crowded rec rooms.

I may be a little harsh out of the gate and I don’t mean to poison this piece with venom and vitriol but I have been a diehard Nintendo fanboy for life and will remain one ‘til my dying day (when I’m buried standing up in a lime-green sewer pipe jutting from some random emerald hill.) And I think Nintendo picked itself up quite a bit from their crash-and-burn disaster of last year. But I can’t help but bristle at the... Continue reading »

E3 2009 – What I Learned From the Microsoft Conference

Tuesday June 2, 2009 | 5 comments

At the tail end of this week, I turn the page on 36 and look ahead to see what 37 has in store for me. At that point, it’s official. I’m in my late-30’s. And yet, it’s somewhat encouraging that this peek into the wild woods of Geriatric Park comes at the end of my favorite week of the year.

The 2009 E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) launched in LA yesterday with the big Xbox 360 conference and the megaton charges that Microsoft lobbed were heard loud and clear (and streaming) a full coast away – making my day and more importantly, tightening my grasp on my youth.

No matter how old I get nor how many new responsibilities I draft into the fold, I always look forward to the next great video game experience.... Continue reading »