Ever used a broom reenact yourself on stage as an 80’s Rocker with glittery wild hair and eye makeup?  Me neither!  But, if your a Wii owner playing your ‘Air Guitar” will be soo ancient.  Nintendo’s newest “fad” will be Wii Music.  With Nintendo’s announcement of Wii Motion Plus, they’re promising more accuracy on their Wii-motes.  Check out this chick jam to a very unknown song.  Man, she can play the crap out of it though!

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: air, broom, eye, Guitar, hair, Heaven, makeup, Music, Nintendo, Nintendo Wii, owner, renact, rocker, stage, Stairway, Wii Music

In tribute of this past weeks announcement of Mega Man 9, we’re going back to 1987 to bring you how it all started… Mega Man part uno.  Known to some as Rockman, Megaman, developed by Capcom, was a side scrolling action NES game.  Mega Man was the only NES Mega Man title to feature a score counter.  I consider Mega Man to be one of the first strategic games due to the Robot Master attributes you gain after you defeat them.  For ex. The easiest way to kill CutMan relies not in your Mega Buster, but in your Super Arm that you got from GutsMan in the last stage.

Characters

• Mega Man — Tool assistant, originally known as Rock (or Mega in the remake), created and modified by Dr. Light to combat Wily.
• Dr. Albert W. Wily — The antagonist of the game, his goal is world domination. He appears as the final boss in a hovering ship (at first a tank-like machine in the remake).
• Dr. Thomas Light — Creator of Mega Man, aids Mega Man on his adventure to stop Dr. Wily.
• Roll — Mega Man’s sister, she makes her debut in this game, though in the NES version her name is not mentioned. She is only seen at the ending of the credits in the NES version, but she can be downloaded in the PSP remake as a playable character.
• Robot Masters — Cutman, Gutsman, Elecman, Fireman, Iceman, and Bombman.

Mega Man is made up of six stages, with a Robot Master at the end guarding a weapon. The stage select screen allows the player to choose from these six stages, and when they are all completed, the seventh and last stage appears in the middle of the menu, replacing the text “Stage Select, Press Start”. This last stage is in fact more like four regular stages linked together, some a bit shorter than average, but with bosses that are considered harder than usual.

Mega Man 9 is due out on the XBox Live Arcade and Playstation Network.  We’ll keep you updated with all the news “Mega Man 9″ related.

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: announcement, Dr. Albert W, Dr. Light, Dr. Thomas Light, Dr. Wily, Edition, game, man, master, Mega Man, Mega Man 9, NES, Old, part, robot, Rock, Rockman, School, Sony PSP, stage, Tribute, uno, version

Being probably the biggest proponent of Rock Band on staff here at Kezins, the Rock Band Stage Kit you see to your right is a necessary addition to the rock extravaganza that goes on at the Macias (Mah-SEE-Ahs, Juan!) household regularly.

Ok, to be honest, its not entirely necessary and simply based on the sticker shock of $99.99 at GameStop (due August 15) it lends itself to “crazy luxury” territory, but if it gets you that much closer to feeling like that ultimate rock star you truly are…why not dip into it? Right?

Via GameStop

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: addition, extravaganza, Gamestop, household, Juan, Kezins, Kit, Macias, Mah, Necessary, proponent, Rock, Rock Band, SEE-Ahs, staff, stage, sticker

Last night we got a chance to talk to two key Starbreeze figures at the last Game Developers Evening, arranged by the Swedish Game Awards committee, in Stockholm, Sweden. Robert Nyberg, HR (human resources) Manager at Starbreeze and Jens Andersson, lead designer on The Darkness, took their time to talk to the Kezins.com staff.

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written by Jesper Sellerberg \\ tags: Athena, component, Con, Darkness, development, didn, Features, game, industry, Interview, Jens, Jens Andersson, lot, multiplayer, part, question, Riddick, Robert, Robert Nyberg, something, stage, Starbreeze, Stockholm, Sweden