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Joyswag: Cooking Mama 3 and Cake Mania 3 (DS)
by David Hinkle 
{ Nov 4th 2009 at 2:15PM } 
- Leave a comment telling us whether you prefer to bake or cook
- You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec)
- Limit 1 entry per person per day
- This entry period ends at 2:59PM ET on Tuesday, November 10
- At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Cooking Mama 3 for the Nintendo DS ($30 ARV) and Cake Mania 3 for the Nintendo DS ($20 ARV)
- For a list of complete rules, click here
Majesco publishing DSi augmented reality game 'Ghostwire' in late 2010
by JC Fletcher { Oct 27th 2009 at 1:30PM }
Using the mic and camera on the DSi, as well as in-game tools like the "EMF tuner," players search around them for hidden ghosts, and then attempt to give them peace by solving puzzles. Some ghosts will require items before they appear and interact with you, and some will apparently be malevolent and less receptive to your efforts. At which point, we assume, you have to solve their problems despite their lack of help, instead of just leaving them to go about their ghostly business.
Review: A Boy and His Blob
by David Hinkle { Oct 13th 2009 at 4:00PM }
After playing the game for a bit, it became clear that I was going to have to give up my need to solve the game's puzzles unsupervised. See, A Boy and His Blob thought that I would be far better off if it held my hand.
Gallery: A Boy and His Blob (Wii)
[Note: This review also comes with this "complimentary" video. Enjoy!]
New Serious Sam HD trailer is anything but serious
by Richard Mitchell { Oct 9th 2009 at 8:30PM } 
For now, just enjoy the video.
A Boy and His Blob gameplay video is remarkably huggable
by Griffin McElroy { Oct 4th 2009 at 4:00PM }
You know what more games need to have? A hug button.
This inspiring innovation is introduced in the gameplay demonstration for A Boy and His Blob seen above. Okay, so maybe an "embrace command" wouldn't pan out too well in, oh, say, Gears of War. Perhaps hugs are rarely appropriate in a video game context, requiring the presence of anthropomorphic gobs of slime to be considered acceptable. We don't really care about all that stuff -- all we know is that our hearts have been warmed to a point where eggs could be scrambled on our bare chests.
This inspiring innovation is introduced in the gameplay demonstration for A Boy and His Blob seen above. Okay, so maybe an "embrace command" wouldn't pan out too well in, oh, say, Gears of War. Perhaps hugs are rarely appropriate in a video game context, requiring the presence of anthropomorphic gobs of slime to be considered acceptable. We don't really care about all that stuff -- all we know is that our hearts have been warmed to a point where eggs could be scrambled on our bare chests.
Cooking Mama 3 trailer, fresh from the oven
by JC Fletcher { Sep 11th 2009 at 1:15AM }
The trailer features the first look at the game's new shopping mode, which appears as a top-down RPG-style presentation. It also features flashes of the familiar cooking gameplay, including the return of the most ridiculous recipe from Mamas past -- instant ramen. Really?
For the most part, it looks like Cooking Mama, which we've yet to become tired of, so we don't mind. And now with the addition of food with faces, we don't think we will ever get tired of it.
A Boy and His Boy-Shaped Blob in a new trailer
by JC Fletcher { Sep 5th 2009 at 5:00PM }
This 'launch' trailer (though the game isn't out until October) includes some animated story sequences, the use of which shouldn't be much of a surprise in a hand-drawn game. It also includes a quick look at some delightful jellybean-granted Blob abilities, like a mech and some kind of "boy" shape.
ESRB reveals Data East arcade collection on Wii and more
by JC Fletcher { Sep 3rd 2009 at 1:16PM }
Other surprises include Crash 'N The Boyz: Street Challenge (which was known as Crash 'N The Boys: Street Challenge on the NES), the Kunio (River City Ransom) sports game, and Tomena Sanner, the intriguingly quirky-looking one-button WiiWare running game from Konami!
Preorder A Boy and His Blob, get a blob
by Randy Nelson { Aug 24th 2009 at 5:15PM }
Now here's a novel idea: Preorder A Boy and His Blob at GameStop and receive ... a blob. Well, at least something that looks like the blob from the game's title. In actuality, it's one of those foam rubber stress-relief balls. Only shaped like a the blob -- and far more cute.
Note that -- thankfully -- the bonus is just the blob and does not include a boy, foam rubber or otherwise. Girls who preorder the game also get the blob, but are able to claim they're "a girl and her blob," which would probably make a good title for the sequel.
A Boy and His Blob is out on October 13 and looks gorgeous.
Note that -- thankfully -- the bonus is just the blob and does not include a boy, foam rubber or otherwise. Girls who preorder the game also get the blob, but are able to claim they're "a girl and her blob," which would probably make a good title for the sequel.
A Boy and His Blob is out on October 13 and looks gorgeous.
Majesco bringing more Tetris to DS and Wii
by JC Fletcher { Aug 20th 2009 at 1:15PM }
Between the release of Tetris on iPhone and announcement of a PSP mini Tetris game from EA, and these two upcoming releases from Majesco, it's suddenly a wonderful time to like Tetris. Which is just a different way of saying it's a wonderful time to be anyone on the planet Earth.
Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop your troubles away
by JC Fletcher { Aug 13th 2009 at 7:10PM }
The "Let's Shop" game, in which players dodge distractions to pick up ingredients at a grocery store, leads to the other new mode, "Combine and Create," which somehow allows players to invent their own recipes based on ingredients used in existing in-game recipes. It's an iterative upgrade, sure, but here's a secret: Cooking Mama continues to be fun even when it's just new recipes.
Gallery: Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop (DS)
Get your one-liner in Serious Sam HD by using Twitter
by Ben Gilbert { Jul 15th 2009 at 11:00PM }
(click to Sam-size)
Here's the thing -- we already told you pretty much everything you need to know in the headline up top. Sure, we could expand on it a bit and tell you that the company producing Serious Sam HD, Devolver Digital, will be accepting entries via its Twitter account from July 15 to July 30. We could remind you that the producers are Gamecock and Gathering of Developers veterans Mike Wilson and Harry Miller -- known for storming Ken Levine and spawning Hail to the Chimp.
We could even let you know that the only way to find out if your one-liner is going to be voiced by Serious Sam voice actor John J. Dick is to follow the aforementioned Devolver Twitter account or the game's publisher's account, Majesco, in "early August." But why would we do all that?
... Dammit!
Gallery: Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD
The Shorts DS game draws our attention
by JC Fletcher { Jul 15th 2009 at 1:00PM }
Kirby Canvas Curse started it, but in the last year there has been an explosion of games that mix traditional platforming with user-created platforms. The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity did it, and the upcoming Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, MarkerMan Adventures (also published by Shorts publisher Majesco), and, outside of the DS, Crayon Physics, Drawn to Life on Wii, Max and the Magic Marker on WiiWare, and Trine allow players to make platforms by drawing shapes.
And, as it turns out, we are extremely receptive to this idea, even when it is in a game in which you control a character named Loogie. See the trailer after the break.
Croteam seriously remaking Serious Sam for XBLA [update: It's coming to PC too]
by JC Fletcher { Jun 25th 2009 at 9:30AM }
Publisher Majesco told Eurogamer that the remake, which will "re-imagine The First Encounter," will be available on XBLA late this summer for 1,200 Microsoft Points. The new version will include four-player online co-op.
Though we look forward to blowing up stuff with abandon, we are a bit concerned that this news could mean that the "next Serious Sam FPS game" to which Croteam's CEO referred is actually the first one again.
Update: cdv Software Entertainment AG has confirmed to VideoGamer that the game will also be appearing on PC.
Gallery: Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD
Mad Dog McCree blasts his way to Wii with the Gunslinger Pack
by David Hinkle { Jun 16th 2009 at 8:40PM }
You won't be forced to go it alone in each of these adventures either, as this compilation also adds a bit of multiplayer flair. There will be both Posse and Rebel modes, the former allowing up to four players to work side-by-side for a high score, and the latter allows up to four players to work independently, shooting things to gain the highest score of the bunch.
