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Switch’s New NES Controllers Do More Than You Might Think
Nintendo has shipped out its first batch of classic-style NES controllers for Switch. I got a pair today, and I found them to be much more useful than I originally imagined they would be, in surprising ways. The Nintendo Entertainment System controllers are only available if you’re a member of Nintendo Switch Online, the paid…
By Chris Kohler - Uncategorized
Spider-Man PS4 Players Are Still Holding Out Hope For The ‘Sam Raimi Suit’
Spider-Man for PlayStation 4 includes dozens of suits that players can wear during the game, each drawing from a different piece of the character’s comic book past or recent cinematic appearances. There’s the Scarlet Spider, or the suit from the recent film Homecoming. But there’s one suit that is conspicuous by its absence, and fans…
By Ethan Gach - Uncategorized
New Trophy Data Reveals How Many People Are Playing Certain PS4 Games
To celebrate the five year anniversary of the PS4, Sony recently launched “My PS4 Life,” a marketing campaign that creates videos highlighting players’ individual stats and milestones. It turns out that some of the data shown in these videos can also be used to reverse-engineer how many people have played certain PS4 games, shedding some…
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ReviewsYear in ReviewThe Year in Mini-Games, 2018
2018 has spoiled me with so many great games. But instead of listing what my favorite games were, I decided to go deeper and list my favorite games inside of those games. Here are my favorite mini-games of 2018, in no particular order. I’ve cut together a sweet video, but if you’d rather miss some…
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The Year In Old Games, 2018
Whether you want to play your classic games on the Switch, the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One, a half-sized wooden arcade cabinet, a tiny PlayStation, or a Genesis controller plugged into your TV, 2018 had you covered. It’s time once again for a look back at the year in New Old Games. While the majority…
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UncategorizedStreet Fighter V Competitors Carry An Otherwise Messy Capcom Cup
Capcom Cup wrapped up a year of Street Fighter V over the weekend with an explosive grand finals match between Japanese powerhouses Kanamori “Gachikun” Tsunehori and Hiromiki “Itabashi Zangief” Kumada. The players were incredible, but the tournament itself was a bewildering mishmash of poor scheduling and tiresome padding that unfortunately encapsulates the issues with Street…
By Ian Walker - ReviewsYear in Review
Fahey’s Top 10 Games Of 2018
While I spent a sizable chunk of 2018 in a hospital, I did manage to squeeze in time with some very good games. From virtual reality mice to the rebirth of a cool dragon, here are my 10 favorite games of the year. CrossCode If massively-multiplayer online role-playing games were around during the age of…
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UncategorizedWargaming, creator of World of Tanks, is making a Diablo-style dungeon crawler and put out a new trailer showing gameplay today It looks very sturdy and has a bunch of loot and flashing lights, but because it’s Wargaming I’m still a little skeptical. On the plus side though, it’s not free-to-play.
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