Archive for December, 2008

Nintendo is Recalibrating Metacritic

Metacritic is considered the industry standard for game ratings, and rightly so.  By aggregating the opinions and evaluations of well informed and well versed game reviewers, Metacritic is a fairly accurate evaluation of the quality of a video game.  Large and small development companies alike seek to achieve a high Metacritic score, which is understood [...]

The Virtual Hug: History in the Making

In the late 1800’s, film was a young medium.  Through now as common as the air we breathe, at that time it was only recently that celluloid film was invented, allowing recording to occur in real time.  This invention left aspiring filmmakers as well as audiences scratching their heads as to what people were supposed [...]

Random Mario Wallpaper

Here’s some fun Mario wallpaper that I did up using an assortment of Google Images.  If anyone wants it, enjoy.

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Mario and other characters are (C) Nintendo.

Best of the Design Competition

Thanks to everyone who entered the design competition!  It received a good amount of submissions, the best of which will be covered in this post.
To review, the competition was to design a game that had peripheral benefit, a game that the player would view as a worthwhile experience outside of enjoying a piece of entertainment.  [...]