Tag: nintendo
REVIEW: Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024)
jesslind | Apr 2, 2024 | 1
It’s been nearly twenty years since this princess has had her own solo game (which I haven’t had a chance to play), but being a huge Nintendo fan, you bet your bottom dollar I was stoked for Princess Peach: Showtime! when it was announced during the last Nintendo Direct. And the theme being desc...
Read MoreOf Games, Engines, and Culture Wars: A 2024 GDC Retrospective
IllTemperedTuna | Mar 25, 2024 | 0
Something is rotten in the streets of San Francisco. Excrement bakes into the asphalt as the light of day burns the refuse into the asphalt. Needles pile from wasted years of moral highs. The Game Developers Conference has wrapped. Elbow rubbed elbow and jerk rubbed jerk among the usual crowd playin...
Read MoreMar10 Day Sees Super Mario Bros. Movie Sequel Announcement
March 10 is Mario Day because the abbreviation of the month plus the numbers in the day kinda looks like “Mario.” (At least it’s less tenuous than May the Fourth.) Wisely, Nintendo decided to capitalize on the occasion by making a big announcement. Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto and I...
Read MoreUniversal Announces New Epic Universe Theme Park
You can tell there’s blood in the water in Orlando because Universal Studios – excuse me, Universal Orlando Resort – is developing the next innovation in theme park experiences, and it’s clearly meant to rival Disney World. Today, Universal announced what it’s calling the Universal Epic ...
Read MoreAnalyzing the Post-Endgame MCU Box Office
What’s up, Geeks + Games? It’s ODIN! There is no doubt that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shadow of its former self, with the 2023 releases accounting for some of the biggest box office bombs of any studio that year. Not only does Disney clearly overspend on the budgets and marketing for ea...
Read MoreE3 Video Game Expo Discontinued
E3 is no more. The Entertainment Software Association has officially announced that it will no longer hold the annual video game expo, with its concise statement emblazoned on the E3 website. E3 has had some trouble over the past few years; the showcase was canceled in 2020 amid COVID restrictions a...
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