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Old School Sunday: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link commercial

It’s incredible that this Nintendo classic has hit the 21 year anniversary. Not to be confused with the latter side scrolling adventure game ‘Battle of Olympus’ Zelda II was released in 1988 in North America and 1987 in Japan. Many Zelda fans did not accept The Adventure of Link even being called ‘the […]

Why We Should Care: Mirror's Edge, Sexism And The Notion Of Fun

Why We Should Care: Mirror’s Edge, Sexism And The Notion Of Fun

[Editor’s note: Cursed with hardware failure, “Xper” returns from a PC-less void of confusion with his usual feminist and socialist rant about why we should care about games. Are we looking at a returning theme, or perhaps a series?]

“Yeah looks promising, I just wish they sexed up the character a bit.” - Excerpt from a […]

[UPDATED] Top 5 Selling Video Games on Every Gaming Platform

[UPDATED] Top 5 Selling Video Games on Every Gaming Platform

[Updated May 23rd, 2008] What makes video games successful? Is it the marketing, the gameplay or the name? While the correct answer is not known, what IS known is that Video Gamers know what they want. I’ve listed below the “Top 5 Selling Video Games on Every Gaming Platform” with how much revenue they’ve made. […]

7 Greatest Video Game Urban Legends

7 Greatest Video Game Urban Legends

We all have heard of them, swore to have done them or know someone whose cousin has. That’s right, I’m talking about Video Game Urban Legends (VGUL). No, I’m not going to talk about the munchkin in the back of “Wizard of Oz” who supposedly hangs himself from the tree. Not also talking about how […]