As a result of its E3 conference, Nintendo has been critiqued heavily over abandoning the hardcore gamer therefor here I am, once again playing the devil's advocate. I have to say I find that kind of response peculiar as Nintendo may actually have the largest selection of hardcore first party titles available, while the DS has been an outlet for niche hardcore titles like the dungeon crawling roguelike Etrian and Shiren series. Perhaps the problem is that even their serious games, like Zelda ...

July 14, 2008: Nintendo's upcoming Wii™ MotionPlus accessory for the revolutionary Wii Remote™ controller again redefines game control, by more quickly and accurately reflecting motions in a 3-D space. The Wii MotionPlus accessory attaches to the end of the Wii Remote and, combined with the accelerometer and the sensor bar, allows for more comprehensive tracking of a player's arm position and orientation, providing players with an unmatched level of precision and immersion. Every sli...

I recently took part in some forum discussions regarding the development of modifications for various popular PC games, as people complained they don't make them like they used to. I'll quote myself here and while it might appear a bit disjointed since you can't really see what the other people were saying, it conveys my feelings on the subject perfectly. Let’s not be too quick to blame developers for the lack of quality projects. There are also several well developed HL2 mods, but almo...

I love independent developers' games. Or at least, I love many of them. My recent(ish) purchases include Styrateg, Depths of Peril, Noitu Love 2, Mount & Blade, Galactic Civilizations II (and expansions), Puzzle Quest, Trackmania United Forever, Noitu Love 2, Aquaria, Eschalon: Book I and Larva Mortus. My single major beef with several of these is this one. I'm really sorry, but I'm spoiled by Steam, Impulse and other digital distribution methods like Atari's download ...

Well, everyone's heard the big news by now. Diablo III then. It sure looks good. Blizzard have always been great at movies and they seem to deliver here also. Their website design is also top notch and this new one offers quite a few goodies for fans, the best of which is, I think, the journal area. So kudos for that also. There's a certain WoW vibe evident in the screenshots but during actual gameplay it's not so noticable and it maintains a nice, dark and gritty look even though these ...