Steve Schardein

Impressions: Mario Kart (3DS)

At first glance this seems like just another run-of-the-mill Mario Kart title.  But some of what we saw leads us to ask: could we be witnessing a return to form for the series?

Impressions: Nintendo Wii U – Nintendo’s next console

Today we were fortunate enough to spend some time with Nintendo’s upcoming console, the Wii U. Read on to discover what we thought of it!

Impressions: Luigi’s Mansion 2

Don't be scared; Luigi's Mansion 2 is looking great.

Impressions: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Skyrim will keep me busy until I'm elderly.

Nintendo Roundtable 2 – Open-book notes from the event!

Tonight, we were honored to be asked to participate in a second Nintendo roundtable event.  This is the first and only time that two roundtables have ever been held at E3, so the buzz was thick in the air leading into this event.  The only details leading into this roundtable was that it featured a particular Nintendo third-party developer; no one had any clue who that might be. As it turns out, i...[Read More]

Nintendo Roundtable 1 – The (Nearly) complete paraphrased transcript – Part 3

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Nintendo Roundtable 1 – The (Nearly) complete paraphrased transcript – Part 2

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Nintendo Roundtable 1 – The (Nearly) complete paraphrased transcript – Part 1

We were fortunate enough to attend the Nintendo Roundtable tonight, where a wide range of topics were discussed about upcoming 3DS, Wii, and even Wii U games (well, one of them, anyway).  So without further ado, I now present to you my pseudo-transcription (paraphrased) of nearly everything which was discussed.  Please enjoy Part 1!

Amoebattle Hands-on Impressions

Remember when the DS was first announced and everyone was praising its capability as a platform for portable RTS games? Yeah, well that never really happened. And while we’ve seen a handful of said games, we’ve yet to see anything in the vein of a traditional Starcraft or Command & Conquer experience. Intrinsic Games’ newest DSiWare project—titled Amoebattle—isn’t exactly traditional per se, ...[Read More]

Lenovo X220 i7-2620M CPU/GPU throttling: the full details and breakdown

Got a Lenovo X220 with an i7 and trying to make heads or tails of this throttling issue?  We've got the full details along with some new information.

Conduit 2

The Conduit is filled with cheese.

Pilotwings Resort

It's all right, I've played a pilot before.