I completely forgot this was happening until I went by it, but Nintendo is running a promotional event for the Wii version of their popular “Mario Kart” game at D.C.’s Union Station. They seem to be a day early; the email I got from Nintendo announced this was to take place tomorrow. (See screen shot [...]
Scene: Union Station Gets Wiid On
May 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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8-Bit
April 30th, 2008 · Comments Off
I’m not much of a fan of Beck’s music, but I gotta give him props for the packing of 8-Bit.
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A History of Matching Tile Games
November 17th, 2007 · Comments Off
A History of Matching Tile Games: Includes Nintendo classics such as Tetris and Dr. Mario.
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It’s-a Mario!
October 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments
It’s-a Mario!: Say hello to my new little friend.(FredoAlvarez/flickr)
This Mario figurine produces sound effects from the Super Mario Bros. games when you press down on it. Mario joins two Snoopies, three miniature Japanese lucky cats, four Italian glass cats, several shot glasses and a voodoo doll from New Orleans among other items on my tchotchke [...]
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Whee, More Wiis!
April 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Nintendo will increase production on its popular-but-elusive Wii console. It’s about damn time!
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The Return of Gamer’s Thumb Syndrome
July 20th, 2005 · Comments Off
Over the weekend, the mate bought me a refurbished PlayStation 2 plus two games. Yes, it took me long enough to get it — blah, blah, blah. This is the first new (to me) console system I received in about 15 years.
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, I was an avid gamer and, admittedly, [...]
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