Tag archive: wii u [ 54 ]

Mega Headlines: One Exclusive Not-Pinball Episode

Exclusivity be damned. Actually, we all know it is just temporary and Dust is the latest beneficiary of that fact. I’m really excited to see what Zen Studios is capable of off of the pinball table as CastleStorm is looking pretty sharp. Zeboyd has finished the latest episode of Penny Arcade and I hope there are a half dozen more behind it. And Microsoft had something something. Keep up with even more headlines that have our attention on the Horrible [...]

Mega Headlines: Mario is Turning into a Clueless Jerk

I don’t know why I take Nintendo so personally, but there’s a special kind of angst that grows every time I go home and see my Wii U after Nintendo makes any announcements. Distracting myself with two of the SNES’s best games will only get you so far after you step on your fans, and continue to repackage your old games for the upteenth time as something we should be excited for. Anyway, 4A Games is much cooler than you [...]

Mega Headlines: Ignorant Derpy Truck Theft

While I do want Gearbox to be taken down a peg after their handling of the bad reviews of Aliens: Colonial Marines, if the misrepresentation goes through, we’re going to be seeing a lot less/different E3 demos. Grand Theft Auto V wanted a lot of attention this week, I could care less personally. I’m most excited for a new 3 person “truck” in Planetside 2, which should help me ignore just how annoyed I am at Katie Couric jumping into [...]

Mega Headlines: Faster, More Barfing, Single Player, and Worth the Investment

Changing up our news coverage a bit here on HN. As someone who is borderline addicted to following the video game industry, I’ll be bringing you a wrap-up of the chewiest headlines I can find a couple of times a week. It looks like 2K is going to salvage the XCOM shooter after all without taking as big of a risk to the reestablished franchise, but no one has any real idea of how well that game is going to [...]

Buffkins and Sizzle Chest – Super Gaming Best Friends Live #208

04/24/2013
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by Horrible JDevL in: Podcasts, Super Gaming Best Friends

Josh takes a really thankless job for the sake of his family, Justin falls for Aquaman and his trident, and Ethan builds towns on towns on towns. Plus shirtless Contra posters, scary offices, and dusty Wii U’s. UPDATE: This happened - http://buffkins.tumblr.com/ Super Gaming Best Friends: the podcast where Horrible Night writers and friends get caught up on their latest video game adventures and then get to know each other better by discussing off-topic interests. This episode was recorded live on the [...]

WTF Is This: Spin the Bottle for Wii U

04/08/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

I will say one thing that surprised me about the Wii U is that we didn’t get a flood of minigame collections. We are apparently getting at least one minigame collection, though, that makes me uncomfortable in all the right ways. Spin the Bottle is from Denmark developer, KnapKnok Games, which has worked on experimental party games such as “Dark Room Sex Game (an awkward no-graphics erotic rhythm game) and B.U.T.T.O.N. (a roughhouse game about pushing buttons and cheating.)” In [...]

Horrible Times #414: The Forced Farewell

04/08/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

I actually think that the more entertaining phenomena on April Fool’s Day are the companies that make honest announcements and don’t understand when the public doesn’t take them seriously. Granted, I’m not sure if there is a day of the year that anyone would have taken Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon seriously, but I admit that I had to dig a bit to confirm whether or not Telltale was serious about it’s poker game sequel. If only we could trade [...]

DuckTales Remastered is at PAX East

03/22/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

If you like DuckTales and really enjoyed the DuckTales game where you hop around in the guise of Scrooge McDuck, then I have a huge surprise for you (well I don’t, but the people that originally broke the story do). DuckTales Remastered has been teased as part of Capcom’s catalog at Pax EAST. Just watch the teaser trailer as I’ve had way too much to drink today. Hurray…hurray! Sources Joystiq Gamer’s Prey

Should I Play Black Ops 2? – The Cursed Checkpoint #202

02/22/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Podcasts, The Cursed Checkpoint

Two Justins, neither of whom are big Call of Duty fans/players, tried Blacks Ops 2. Gifford finished and is still playing it. Lacey quit. Can Justin convince Justin to give Blops 2 another shot? The Cursed Checkpoint is a topical video game podcast focused on discussions and interviews about a single video game, genre, news headline, or industry story. It features a rotating cast of up to 3 members of the Horrible Night writing staff and/or video game industry professionals. Episode [...]

The Cave Review: Deeper Darkness

01/28/2013
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by Aaron McNeal in: Rated, Reviews

People seem to have the strangest fascination with non-human things having the ability to talk: cars, smartphones, Tom and Jerry. (Looking back, Tom and Jerry talking might have been one of the worst events in my childhood history and I didn’t even know it.) In the case of The Cave, seven unique archetypes approach a talking cave (only three enter) in the hopes of finding what they most desire. An adventurer seeks treasure, a hillbilly seeks love, a time-traveler seeks [...]