It probably started off simply enough — after two relative disappointments in Donkey Kong 3 and Mario Bros., but with the quarter-sucking success of the original Donkey Kong merely a short memory away — Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto and his team got together to create a new game featuring the popular plumber from Brooklyn for [...]
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It’s lazy Saturday here at Geek Soap Box World Headquarters after a trying week of work, so let’s all relax together with some funky recreations of classic 8-Bit NES games. How about Michael Jackson’s Punch-Out!! to whet your whistle in anticipation of this summer’s impending Wii release in the phenomenal boxing/puzzle franchise. If the traditional is more [...] After a fantastic run in the 1980s and 1990s, Nintendo suffered through tough times for the better part of a decade. It lost the system wars two generations in a row to the Sony PlayStation juggernaut, and had unfortunately cultivated a reputation where hardcore gamers and third-party developers were taught to stay away from the [...] This meme is spreading like wildfire across Facebook. So, I’m copying and posting it over here as well. 1. I am utterly devoid of creativity – even as a kid, my stuffed animals had names like Pandy, Monkey, and Baby Bear. 2. The first time I didn’t get a 100% grade on an exam [...] Apparently, since 1972, 68 home console video game systems have been released in the United States. Here’s a quiz that gives you twelve minutes to enter them all. I got an astounding 43, as my mainstream video game geek-fu was strong, indeed. Heck, I even beat the Kotaku columnist and most of the commentators [...] ***NOT SAFE FOR WORK CONTENT OR HUMAN CONSUMPTION WARNING! TURN AWAY NOW!!!*** Every day, the advertising and marketing communities are inundated with talk about user-generated content, and how the future of marketing and communications lies in the hands of the consumer. This passing of the messaging torch, so to speak, has given rise to [...] …looks a little different that I might have expected. You know, cause it involves a World War I Flying Ace named Snoopy and all. Wow, that came out of nowhere and looks shockingly bad ass and awesome. I am strongly adding this to the “want” list. Of course, I am personally a bit biased. [...] One of the most anticipated games of the year was set to arrive next week: Sony’s innovative Little Big Planet. A cross between a traditional platformer and a fully customizable experience, Planet has already received rave reviews and accolades for not only its gameplay but for its revolutionary embrace of user-generated content. Unfortunately, the world will [...] What could possibly be better than the recent retro-style remakes such as Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Mega Man 9, and Gradius Rebirth? A real, honest-to-goodness, brand-new edition of Punch-Out!!! See more funny videos at CollegeHumor |
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