Nintendos and Don’ts

As a lifelong loyal Nintendork, I totally have E3 Fever to the max!  With less than a week until Nintendo’s press conference, I am so unbelievably excited to learn more about the Wii2/Stream/Project Cafe/whatever, that I am foaming at the goddamn mouth!  I know every website on the internet is speculating and theorizing and daydreaming about this thing, but I figured I’d join in on the fun as well.  Instead of attempting to make realistic predictions, however, I’m going to throw my two cents in on what Nintendo absolutely should do with its new console.

A Love Letter to LJN

LJN was a company who published video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System.  Aside from introducing the concept of surfing gorillas to the industry, the company was mostly known for slapping together hastily-produced games that tied in with movie properties.  Due to the popularity of their licenses, every child of the NES era probably owned an LJN game at some point; many probably even begged their parents for one as if the game was goddamn Super Mario Bros. 4.  Because of the high-profile and low-quality nature of their products, LJN has become a very popular target for gaming-themed internet humorists like Seanbaby and the Angry Video Game Nerd.  The company has pretty much become the go-to reference point for crappy old-school gaming.  But I am here to make a confession:  I loved these games.

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Passage to the New Year

It’s 2011, everybody!  Let’s make it an awesome year!

NIGHTBAT: Secret Files and Origins

Meet Nightbat.

Of Mice and Monkeys

It is a great time to be a Wii owner!  While the unwashed masses are slogging their way through the latest repackaging of their precious war franchise, we video game fans are getting some amazing games.  I am currently working my way through two of them.

Necro ComicCon Exmortis

I attended the New York Comic Con yesterday, and now I’m so tired I feel like the walking dead.  Hopefully that’s enough to justify (a) the ridiculous pun in this post’s title, and (b) a break from the Halloween-themed posts, which you might have noticed I haven’t been keeping up with as much as I planned to anyway.

Shattered

Just a quick update to let you all know that I started playing Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions for the Wii yesterday.