Archives for the ‘video games’ Category

Be a Sushi Bar Tycoon with “Sushi Go Round”

By Shay • Oct 6th, 2007 • Category: Japan, internet, video games13 comments

If you’ve ever wanted to be a sushi bar tycoon, here’s your chance.
“Sushi Go Round” is a fun game on Miniclip.com that has you, the player making and selling sushi to your customers.

Its combination of delightfully cute pixel graphics and increasingly fast-paced gameplay make “Sushi Go Round” pretty addicting. As far as flash games [...]



E3 ‘07 MGS4 trailer (an omgz moment)

By Shay • Jul 16th, 2007 • Category: Japan, Videos, news, video games12 comments

So pretty much the E3 2007 highlight for me is the latest trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The latest preview from Hideo Kojima and company is an 8-minute-plus cutscene movie — beautiful. [...]



Wii > PS3?

By Shay • Nov 20th, 2006 • Category: More, Opinion, humor, video games3 comments

Well, I think this proves how much better the Nintendo Wii is than the PS3. I couldn’t have said this better myself.
This is a parody of those Apple commercials. Instead of a PC and a Mac we get a PS3 and a Wii. This little clip was on Attack of the Show on G4. [...]



R.I.P. Lik-Sang

By Shay • Nov 1st, 2006 • Category: China, internet, news, video games4 comments

Well, it’s official…popular online game retailer Lik-Sang.com is out of business. The Hong Kong-based video game site was forced to shut its web-doors after multiple lawsuits. The lawsuits were brought by Sony, specifically Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. The grounds of the lawsuit were that Lik-Sang infringed on Sony’s [...]



Get smart…play games

By Shay • May 15th, 2006 • Category: Reviews, video games4 comments

We can credit the game Brain Age for the Nintendo DS with bringing a new demographic into handheld gaming. That group is previously non-gaming adults. That is good but the best thing is what Brain Age can do for everyone. Brain Age is a mind training game.

Developed in Japan by renound neuroscientist Dr. Ryuta [...]



The Nintendo Wiiiiiiiii

By Shay • Apr 30th, 2006 • Category: Opinion, news, video games5 comments

As it’s been announced, the next gen gaming system from Nintendo has changed names. The name has been changed from the moderately cool “Revolution” to the laughable “Wii”. That’s right…they will be giving us the Nintendo Wii (pronounced ‘we’) come launch.
I can definetly say that I was shocked to hear of this. For starters, [...]



Join the (Namco) club

By Shay • Apr 15th, 2006 • Category: internet, video games0 comments

The American division of gamemaker Namco recently began what is dubbed clubNAMCO. clubNAMCO.com is an online club and store for oldschool Namco fans. We’re talking Pac-Man, Galaga, Pole Position, etc. Era-defining arcade games finally have an official merchandise headquarters.

Upon browsing the clubNAMCO store, there’s some pretty cool stuff. Aside from an abundance of cool [...]



Airship-o-rama

By Shay • Apr 10th, 2006 • Category: Anime/Manga, Japan, Opinion, video games3 comments

A common piece of fantastic technology constantly reappears in many Japanese anime and video games. That fantasy craft is the airship. Airships have been seen in many facets of Japanese entertainment. Their reaccurance symbolizes their popularity with creators and consumers alike. Now, the whole airship thing is not nearly as common as the giant [...]



The day stamp collecting became cool

By Shay • Apr 6th, 2006 • Category: Japan, news, video games2 comments

If you thought stamps weren’t cool, boy were you wrong. In Japan, there are now Mario Stamps being released. They will be available for limited time though, specifically until the 31st of May. These are surely a neccessity for any obsessive Mario fan. Even if you’re not a Nintendo fanboy, they still would be [...]



(Review) Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence

By Mike • Mar 22nd, 2006 • Category: Reviews, video games5 comments

As Shay has already mentioned, I was finally able to get my hands on the Limited Edition of Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence last week. So, for the few days, I’ve been draped under a blanket drinking hot tea to soothe my cold and a Dual Shock 2 in my hands the entire time. So, [...]